- The Nuns
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The Nuns Genres punk rock (early)
new wave
gothic rock (later)Years active 1975–present Associated acts Rank and File Members Jennifer Miro Past members Alejandro Escovedo
Delphine Volino
Baron Rubenauer
Mistress Kris
Mike Varney
Richie Detrick
Pat Ryan
Leslie Q
Jeff Olener
Jeff Raphael
Bret DomroseThe Nuns were a punk rock/new wave band in San Francisco in the late 1970s.[1] The band has periodically reformed and played to the present day. The band formed in 1975, and were the among the first punk bands in California. In January 1978, together with The Avengers they opened for the Sex Pistols at their final concert at San Francisco's Winterland.[2] The Nuns have reformed and are now signed to London based Triple Silence, an offshoot of Salvation Group.[citation needed]
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Personnel
The original band included Jennifer Miro (nee Anderson) (vocals and piano), Alejandro Escovedo (guitar), Jeff Olener (vocals), Richie Detrick (vocals), Jeff Raphael (drums), and Leslie Q (bass). Leslie Q was replaced by Mike Varney in early 1978. Escovedo and Olener were the main songwriters of the more aggressive punk material, and Miro contributed the more pop material featuring her blase vocals.[3]
The Nuns original manager was Edwin Heaven, a San Francisco advertising executive who had previously worked with The Tubes. He discovered them when they opened at The Mabuhay Gardens for The Ramones.
In 1979, Varney was replaced on bass by Pat Ryan. Escovedo departed by early 1980. Delphine Neid (also known as Delphine Volino) was their bassist when the band performed in the late 1980s. Neid died of a drug overdose in 1990, days after recording the Desperate Children album.[1][4] Ritchie Detrick died of cancer in 1995. Baron Rubenbauer played guitar for The Nuns in the late 1990s.
Recordings
In 1979, 415 Records released The Nuns first record, a self-titled punk rock EP, The Nuns. It was produced by Joey D'Kaye, who was synthesist and producer for a fellow San Francisco punk band, Crime, and Howie Klein of 415 Records.[5][6]
The Nuns recorded and released several albums, including another self-titled record, The Nuns, recorded for Posh Boy Records in May 1980 but released later that year on Bomp (BLP 4010) and as a cassette on Posh Boy PBC 105, after Escovedo had left the band. This was followed by Rumania, released on PVC Records in 1986. Posh Boy then released Desperate Children, produced by Brett Gurewitz in the late 1980s, featuring Delphine Volino. A fifth album, 4 Days In A Motel Room : Their Greatest Sins, was released in the early 1990s, partly consisting of re-recordings of songs from the out-of-print Rumania album. Their most recent new release was New York Vampires, in 2006. "Rumania" is now scheduled for late 2011 as a digital download release through Posh Boy.
Discography
Singles / EPs
Title Year Cat # Label 1. Decadent Jew
2. Savage
3. Suicide Child1979 SUB01 415 Records 1. The Beat
2. Media Control1979 SS-7901 Rosco Records
(as Los Nuns)1. World War III
2. Cock In My Pocket1980 4166 Rosco Records 1. Wild
2. Suicide Child1981 FUN 002 Butt Records (UK release under license from Posh Boy, also releases in Finland and Spain) 1. In The Shadows
2. Invisible People1990 PBS 23 Posh Boy Records 1. Sex Dream
2. Anita1998 JM 7743 Alien Sex Goddess Records 1. Anita
(split with Die Form)1999 MT-460 Musical Tragedies 1. Hustler Blue
2. Rambo Thing
3. Dominatrix Tonight1999 MT-480 Musical Tragedies Albums
Title Release date Cat # Label The Nuns 1980 BLP 4010/PBC 105 (LP rights reverted to Posh Boy in 1981) Bomp! Records Rumania (rights reclaimed by band members following bankruptcy of PVC) 1986 PVC 8951 PVC Records Desperate Children 1990 PBCD 88158-2 Posh Boy Records 4 Days In A Motel Room - Their Greatest Sins 1994 8159-2 Posh Boy Records Naked Save For The Boots 2001 MT-442 Empty Records New York Vampires 2003 TRIPCD002 Triple Silence Records Video
The Nuns DVD, New York Vampires. was released on November 18, 2008. The DVD features the two TV show pilots as well as live concert footage, backstage interviews, a short film noir, photos and a music video shot in London for New York Vampires.
References
- ^ a b http://imuzdb.com/a167065/the_nuns
- ^ http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/nuns/concerts/winterland-january-14-1978.html
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (October 2003), The Great Indie Discography, http://books.google.com/books?id=HJfGtREyuSAC&pg=RA7-PA75&lpg=RA7-PA75&dq=the+nuns+miro+Escovedo+Olener+Detrick&source=bl&ots=mSC4l4v-xj&sig=18U-i4OzDTeuFoBYOLiE-y_6Ro4&hl=en&ei=DOMQTeK4DoOcnAfey6CoDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=the%20nuns%20miro%20Escovedo%20Olener%20Detrick&f=false, retrieved 2010-12-21
- ^ http://www.poshboy.com/alumni.htm
- ^ "Discogs 415 Records". http://www.discogs.com/label/415+Records. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- ^ "Discogs: The Nuns EP". http://www.discogs.com/Nuns-The-Nuns/release/464256. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nuns,+The
- ^ http://recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com/artists/nuns/nuns.html
- ^ http://www.collectorscum.com/volume3/nocal/
External links
- The Nuns official website
- The Nuns' record label reports the murder of Mistress Kris
- Allmusic: The Nuns
- "The Nuns", Rockin Rina's Women of 1970s Punk, October 4, 2004.
- Jennifer Miro at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- American punk rock groups
- Musical groups from California
- American New Wave musical groups
- Gothic rock groups
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