Teenage Jesus and the Jerks

American no wave band from New York, formed 1976. Lydia Lunch (vocals/guitar). On the No New York (1978) compilation. Pre-Verbal (single, 1978). Short, sharp, atonal noise-punk. Songs under 2 minutes of confrontational screaming over dissonant guitar. Lunch was 16 when she started. Seminal no wave alongside DNA, Mars, Contortions.