So, this is not the actual James Chance and the Contortions, just a fan page. .. simply because james chance is fucking amazing. oh shit! yeah. so listen, and love, the dictator of disco sofisco, the furor of the flaming funk, the laziest man in show business, the sax maniac himself... Mr. James Chance and the Contortions!!!
Here is some background info on this mu fucka
Chance arrived in New York from his native Milwaukee in the mid '70s, hauling his saxophone and his given surname, Sigfried. He soon hooked up with Lydia Lunch and her crew of downtown adolescent artists/mischief-makers, playing briefly in the seminal Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, but he left in 1977 to form his own band, The Contortions. Maybe more than anyone else in the so-called No Wave set, Chance was fascinated with black music of the era, and with The Contortions, sought to integrate the horn-spiked stop-on-a-dime rhythms of funk and the heady freedom of Ornette Coleman's sax playing with the confrontational and political theatricality of punk.
A tight rhythm section provided the band's funky skeleton, while open-tuned slide guitar, lurching organ, squawking sax, and all manner of groans and yells gave The Contortions their wild dissonance. Even today, with numerous bands in the post-punk renaissance acknowledging their indebtedness to No Wave in general and Chance in particular, The Contortions' blend of organized twitchiness and raw anarchy sounds remarkably unique. But like the scene to which they were so central, The Contortions burned out quickly, releasing only one album, Buy the Contortions, along with the four songs they contributed to Brian Eno's legendary No New York comp.
Chance soon resurfaced as James White (in honor of James Brown) with a new band called The Whites which actually featured almost the same personnel as The Contortions. Part parody, part homage, part smirking catastrophe in action, James White and the Blacks moved away from the punk that had defined their earlier incarnation, and towards a fusion of the soul, funk, and free jazz with disco that ranks as one of the weirdest musical hybrids of its era. But like all of Chance's endeavors, The Blacks' one album, Off White, called into question in all sorts of interesting ways the meaning of "black" music and "white" music and the ways racial identity is inscribed in artistic creations of any sort.
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Hi! Mad Juana is going to be on tour! We are hitting the road Aug.27th in US West Coast in support of the album with the full 8 piece band!!
Here're the dates ! -------------------------------------- August, 27 2008 09:00 PM Alex’s Bar 2913 E. Anaheim St. Long Beach, California -------------------------------------- August, 28 2008 9:00 PM Cat Club 8911 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, California -------------------------------------- August, 29 2008 9:00 PM Marilyn On K 908 K Street Sacramento, California -------------------------------------- August, 30 2008 9:00 PM East End 203 SE Grand Portland, Oregon -------------------------------------- August, 31 2008 9:00 PM El Corazon 109 Eastlake Ave. East Seattle, Washington -------------------------------------- September, 2 2008 9:00 PM Elbo Room 647 Valencia St San Francisco, California -------------------------------------- September, 3 2008 9:00 PM Starline 831 E. Fern Fresno, California -------------------------------------- September, 4 2008 9:00 PM The Scene 806 E Colorado St Glendale, California -------------------------------------- September, 5 2008 9:00 PM Dive Bar 3035 E. Tropicana Blvd. Las Vegas, Nevada -------------------------------------- September, 6 2008 9:00 PM Rogue bar 423 N Scottsdale Rd Scottsdale AZ -------------------------------------- September, 7 2008 10:00 PM Bar Pink Elephant 3829 30th St. San Diego, California -------------------------------------- Mad Juana Site We're really excited about the new "Bruja on the Corner" CD! Acetate Records
.. Hi there James Chance and the Contortions first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people you can click the link below to visit our profile which wlil provide you with more information and also give you the link to our website! I wish you the best of luck in your music career. Thanks again for being our myspace pal.
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