Many of the women who had been drawn to punk were sparky beginners, and the music press were used to judging women in bands on their attractiveness, sexiness and beauty of their voices … which now looks embarrassing … Oh hello Slash magazine? This level of musical flair, remember, was unusual for the time. Having obvious musical skills (She went on to study piano and later released a solo piano album, ‘Salon de Musique’), Su sang, played keyboards and bass in the band. They played LA venues like Masque and Whiskey a gogo. ![]() ![]() Starting with gigs at the band’s Long Beach studios, Suburban Lawns soon became the go-to support for local and out of town headliners like The Dickies, X, The Germs, Black Flag, Geza X, Human Hands, The Reactionaries, Fear and The Vandals. Their sound was influenced by Talking Heads, Devo, Television and Iggy Pop among others, with the conceptual elements that these bands had in lyrics, clothing and films. And the fact that they put out a single soon after forming, on their own label says a lot about the Lawns’ serious intent. The names – ‘Vex Billingsgate’, ‘Frankie Ennui’, ‘Chuck Roast’, ‘John Gleur’ and ‘Su Tissue’ all had more art-school style than the adopted names of some of their more blunt English counterparts. However, we can write about the band and the reported role that she played according to the guys in Suburban Lawns.Īll members of the Suburban Lawns took punky names for themselves. But we know that Su does not want to be contacted or involved in talking about the past we respect that so we won’t be contacting her. At punkgirldiaries, we often contact women who were involved in music in the 70s and 80s to find out their perspective and experiences. Only one album and two singles were officially released featuring Su Tissue. There were countless spirited and innovative live shows around LA, but few good photographs, videos or live recordings. Like many acts of the time, the impact of Suburban Lawns was huge. It’s a set that illuminates Gonzalez’s past musical projects as much as her new album, and is guaranteed to send you down a day-long Discogs wormhole.Su Tissue is the pseudonym of Sue McLane, who was at college in California in 1978, when she joined fellow art student William Ranson in the post-punk band Suburban Lawns. ![]() Gonzalez takes the same wide-ranging approach on her FACT mix, mixing a minimalist classic from Charlemagne Palestine, dark synth-pop from Chris & Cosey and Arthur Russell with the music of her Cuban heritage and a host of disco rarities. ![]() Just two years after 2015’s solo piano album In Remembrance, she’s back with Horse Follows Darkness, a Western-influenced LP whose musical reference points include Erik Satie, Su Tissue and krautrock legends Neu!, Cluster and Harmonia. After its release however, the collaboration went dormant (2010’s ‘Track 5’ was recorded alongside The Days of Mars), and Gonzalez focused on other artistic disciplines as Russom pursued a solo career.Ī decade on, Gonzalez is releasing music once again. In 2005, she collaborated with synth wizard Gavin Russom on The Days of Mars, an album that combined the hypnotic minimalism of Terry Riley with Klaus Schulze’s pulsating analog kosmische. Disco and minimalism from a DFA favorite.Ĭuban-American artist Delia Gonzalez may be a DFA Records veteran, but she’s still the New York label’s best-kept secret.
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