
Lydia Lunch
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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
Filmography

My Lover The Killer
2020

70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Spit and Ashes
2019

Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over
2019
as Self

L7: Pretend We're Dead
2017
as Self

The Ripple Effect
2016
as Self
Kill Us All
2014
The Circular Ruins
2014
as Night (voice)

The Hardcore Collection
2012
as (archive footage)
Wild Thing
2012
as Self

Bye Bye Blondie
2012
as La chanteuse

Road Rant: A Week on the Road with Lydia Lunch
2012
as Self

Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2011
as Self

Blank City
2011
as Self

Fake Orgasm
2010

Godkiller: Walk Among Us
2010
as Bub (voice)
Flood Stains
2010
as Saltmaster

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
2009
as Self - Interviewee
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009
as Self

NYC Foetus
2009
as Herself

For the End of Time
2009
Death of the Reel
2008
as Narrator

Lydia Lunch: Video Hysterie: 1978 - 2006
2008
as Herself

Llik Your Idols
2007
as Herself
Kill Your Idols: More.
2006
as Self
Her Noise - The Making Of
2006
American Fame Pt. 2: Forgetting Jonathan Brandis
2005
as Narrator

Kill Your Idols
2004
as Self

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
2004
as Social Worker #2
D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist
2002
as Herself - Interviewee
Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock
2001
as Self

The Hardcore Collection
2000

Richard Kern - Portrait: Live From New York
1997

Visiting Desire
1996
as Sitter

Baby Trouble Hole
1996
as Performer
Lydia Lunch: Malicious Intent
1994

Die Haut - Sweat
1994
as Self
No Age New York
1993
as Herself
Thanatopsis
1991
as Herself

Kiss Napoleon Goodbye
1990
as Hedda

The Gun Is Loaded
1989
as Herself

Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets
1989
as Self

Mondo New York
1988
as Prologue

Put More Blood Into the Music
1988
as Herself

Submit to Me Now
1987

Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
1987

Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends
1987
as Self

Fingered
1986

Barbecue Death Squad From Hell
1986
as Herself

Submit to Me
1985

The Right Side of My Brain
1984
as Narrator
School of Shame
1984

The Wild World of Lydia Lunch
1983
as Herself
Like Dawn to Dust
1983

Vortex
1982
as Angel Powers

Dance of the Dead Children
1982

The Agony Is The Ecstacy
1982

Subway Riders
1981

Raw Nerves: A Lacanian Thriller
1980

The Offenders
1980
as Lydia

Beauty Becomes the Beast
1979

Black Box
1979
as Torturer
Alien Portrait
1979
as Self
No New York Festival - Berlin
1979
as Self

She Had Her Gun All Ready
1978

Rome '78
1978
as Empress

Guerillère Talks
1978
as Herself

Punking Out
1978
as Self