JOHN LURIE - THE LOUNGE LIZARDS

The last reference, with no promises, to the No wave of New York, we call John Lurie and his team, the Lounge Lizards. Lizards who would see some of the most curious guitar player, not to flatter them too much, like Arto Lindsay from DNA and a young Marc Ribbot who would work with Tom Waits, between others. John Lurie on saxo, unmistakable in his style, who always reminds me his roles in J.Jarmusch’s movies, like Stranger than Paradise and Down by Law, its black and white underground minimalism, associated to their jazz and the streets of dirty neighborhoods in the Big Apple, black and white as the suits, the ties and shirts of those Lounge Lizards.

Uncle Jerry




Incident on South street
Au contraire Arto
Well you needn’t

Voice of Chunk


A última referência, sem prometer nada, à No Wave de Nova Iorque na pessoa de John Lurie e os seus acólitos, os Lounge Lizards. Lagartos esses, que viriam passar alguns dos guitarristas mais curiosos, para não lisonjeá-los em demasia, como o Arto Lindsay, em tempos dos DNA e um jovem Marc Ribbot que viria a colaborar com Tom Waits entre outros. John Lurie no saxo, inconfundível no seu estilo, que não deixa de me lembrar os papeis que teve nos filmes de J.Jarmusch, como o Stranger than Paradise e o Down by Law, o underground minimalista a preto e branco na altura, como o jazz das ruas dos bairros sórdidos da grande maçã, preto e branco como os fatos, as gravatas e as camisas das lagartos de salão.

Big Heart