Tuxedomoon

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San Francisco, United States (1977 – present)

Tuxedomoon is an experimental avant-garde post-punk New Wave group formed in San Francisco, California consisting of core members Blaine L. Reininger, Steven Brown and Peter Principle. Formed in 1977 by multi-instrumentalists Reininger and Brown, then two students of electronic music at San Francisco City College, with technical assistance from video artist Tommy Tadlock, Tuxedomoon started playing salons and accompanying performances by Angels of Light. Brown’s connections to local theatre gave the band access to vocalists Gregory Cruikshank, Victoria Lowe, and, most frequently, Winston Tong. The band gained some level of recognition in 1978 when they opened for Devo. Michael Belfer, (guitarist), and Paul Zahl, (drummer) joined the band in time to help with the group’s first EP, No Tears. Lowe left prior to the album’s release in 1978. Soon afterward, Tong and Belfer left the group temporarily, and bassist Peter Principle joined the lineup. In 1979, the group signed to The Residents’ Ralph Records, with whom they recorded their next two albums, Half Mute in 1980 and Desire in 1981, after which the band relocated to Rotterdam for a small time and moved on to Brussels, believing their sound better fit the electronic scene in Europe.

The band soon created the score for a ballet by Maurice Bejart, which was released in 1982 as Divine. In 1983 Reininger left the group in order to pursue a solo career, and trumpeter Luc Van Lieshout joined. In 1985 Tuxedomoon had its largest success commercially with the international release of Holy Wars. Tong left the group again soon after its release and was replaced by Ivan Georgiev, who performed on the group’s next two albums, 1986’s Ship of Fools and 1987’s You.

1	In a Manner of Speaking	313
2	No Tears	158
3	Desire	104
4	Some Guys	69
5	Volo Vivace	67
6	The Waltz	65
7	Fifth Column	62
8	59 to 1	58
9	Nazca	57
10	What Use?	54
11	A home away	52
12	Tritone (Musica Diablo)	50
12	Bonjour Tristesse	50
14	What Use	49
15	Loneliness	47

Top Albums

Solve Et Coagula: The Best of Tuxedomoon
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Holy Wars
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Half-Mute/Scream With A View
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Cabin In The Sky
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Grindfucked wrote:
Tuesday morning

tuxedomoon is great. vapur trails is awesome.

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

Desire forever.
jelenates wrote:
last month

I agree...think he is, last time saw him live playing two years ago, skc Belgrade. Great performance

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maxgazapo wrote:
last month

"... semantics won't do..." Great words. Is Steven Brown still down in Mexico playing with 9-Rain?

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jelenates wrote:
last month

bonjour tristesse..hello dark companion

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flashbleu wrote:
last month

My eyes are dry. G'bye.

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Empathy82 wrote:
July 2008

No tears ;)

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hamlet74 wrote:
July 2008

Prawdziwi artysci i nie ma co wiecej marnowac slow.

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khalid-greece wrote:
July 2008

I watched them live some hours ago and they are still great! I liked the new songs they performed and I was impressed by their ability to play many different instruments and sing at the same time!

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Bloopy wrote:
July 2008

This is an experimental avant-garde post-punk new wave shout. Ridiculous.

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YU-GUNG wrote:
July 2008

this song get me

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ALFfx wrote:
June 2008

these guys made me

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AmandaBaylie wrote:
June 2008

love this band

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SonOfSyd wrote:
June 2008

I'm a fan since 20 yrs. they're just grrreat!

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nabraxas wrote:
May 2008

The tuxedomoon seems to swing, waxing politeness and waning on cruelty.

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ChrisWebb49 wrote:
May 2008

this is really quite odd. but very cool

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markyfarrell wrote:
April 2008

absolute masters

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jgeese wrote:
February 2008

Weird...but oh so cool.

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MissWaikiki wrote:
February 2008

awesome ♥

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myrkursoli wrote:
February 2008

deathoftheleftunfinished.blogspot.com

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