James Chance & the Contortions

No Wave Hero James Chance Dead at 71

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2024

New York musician James Chance — a key figure in the no wave movement of the '70s and '80s for his work with the Contortions and Teenage...

James Chance GoFundMe Launched to Help the Artist "Severely Affected by Personal Health Issues"

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2020

A GoFundMe has been launched to help no wave legend James Chance, who has been "severely affected by personal health issues and the COVID s...

James Chance & the Contortions

The Flesh is Weak

PUBLISHED Nov 11, 2016

Brian Eno has made many smart moves. Putting the Contortions up front on the seminal No New York compilation was one of them. The band repr...

James Chance & the Contortions' 'Buy' Set for Deluxe Reissue

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2014

No wave sax blaster James Chance's first full-length with the Contortions, Buy, has been treated to various represses and anniversary packa...

James Chance & the Contortions

Buy/Paris 1980: Live aux Bain Douches

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2004

James Chance (a.k.a. White, real name Siegfried) was the outrageous hot dog of no-wave’s late ’70s implosion, a tight-lipped and wittily sh...