Lydia Lunch

Biography

Lydia Lunch is an American singer, poet, writer, actress and self-empowerment speaker, whose career was spawned by the New York no wave scene. Her work typically features provocative and confrontational noise music delivery, and has maintained an anti-commercial ethic, operating independently of major labels and distributors.

Known For

70 Years of Youth Revolt

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

Fingered

Bye Bye Blondie

Blank City

The Right Side of My Brain

Godkiller: Walk Among Us

Vortex

All Movies (69)

• My Lover The Killer2020
• Spit and Ashes2019
• Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over2019 · as Self
• L7: Pretend We're Dead2017 · as Self
• The Circular Ruins2014 · as Night (voice)
• Kill Us All2014
• Wild Thing2012 · as Self
• Bye Bye Blondie2012 · as La chanteuse
• The Hardcore Collection2012 · as (archive footage)
• Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch2012 · as Self
• Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard2011 · as Self
• Blank City2011 · as Self
• Fake Orgasm2010
• Flood Stains2010 · as Saltmaster
• Godkiller: Walk Among Us2010 · as Bub (voice)
• Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism2009 · as Self - Interviewee
• No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York2009 · as Self
• NYC Foetus2009 · as Herself
• For the End of Time2009
• Death of the Reel2008 · as Narrator
• Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 20062008 · as Herself
• Llik Your Idols2007 · as Herself
• Her Noise - The Making Of2006
• Kill Your Idols: More.2006 · as Self
• American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis2005 · as Narrator
• The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things2004 · as Social Worker #2
• Kill Your Idols2004 · as Self
• D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist2002 · as Herself - Interviewee
• Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock2001 · as Self
• The Hardcore Collection2000
• Lunch on Kern1997 · as Herself
• Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York1997
• Visiting Desire1996 · as Sitter
• Baby Trouble Hole1996 · as Performer
• Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent1994
• Die Haut - Sweat1994 · as Self
• No Age New York1993 · as Herself
• Thanatopsis1991 · as Herself
• Kiss Napoleon Goodbye1990 · as Hedda
• The Gun Is Loaded1989 · as Herself
• Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets1989 · as Self
• Put More Blood Into the Music1988 · as Herself
• Mondo New York1988 · as Prologue
• Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread1987
• Submit to Me Now1987
• Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends1987 · as Self
• Fingered1986
• Fingered1986
• Barbecue Death Squad From Hell1986 · as Herself
• Submit to Me1986
• School of Shame1984
• The Right Side of My Brain1984 · as Narrator
• The Wild World of Lydia Lunch1983 · as Herself
• Like Dawn to Dust1983
• Vortex1982 · as Angel Powers
• Dance of the Dead Children1982
• The Agony Is The Ecstacy1982
• Subway Riders1981
• Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller1980
• The Offenders1980
• Black Box1979 · as Torturer
• No New York Festival - Berlin1979 · as Self
• Beauty Becomes the Beast1979
• Alien Portrait1979 · as Self
• Rome '781978 · as Empress
• Punking Out1978 · as Herself
• She Had Her Gun All Ready1978
• Guerillère Talks1978 · as Herself
• Love Diptych—

All TV Shows (2)

• 70 Years of Youth Revolt2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Ripple Effect2016 · as Self