James Chance

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Contort Yourself 04:24 Tools
Designed To Kill 02:46 Tools
My Infatuation 04:16 Tools
i don't want to be happy 03:22 Tools
Throw Me Away 03:02 Tools
Anesthetic 03:52 Tools
Twice Removed 03:10 Tools
Bedroom Athlete 04:21 Tools
Contort Yourself (1st Version) 06:15 Tools
Roving Eye 03:36 Tools
Roving Eyes 00:00 Tools
Super Bad 08:28 Tools
Throw Me Away (Live) 00:00 Tools
Sax Maniac 07:33 Tools
that's when your heartaches begin 00:00 Tools
the twitch 06:28 Tools
That Old Black Magic 06:49 Tools
jailhouse rock (live) 00:00 Tools
Off Black 06:29 Tools
King Heroin 00:00 Tools
twice removed (live) 00:00 Tools
schleyer's tires 00:00 Tools
Sax Machine 07:34 Tools
I Can't Stand Myself 04:46 Tools
theme from grutzi elvis 00:00 Tools
Terminal City - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Christmas With Satan 09:55 Tools
Stained Sheets 03:08 Tools
White Cannibal 00:00 Tools
Dish It Out - Bonus Track 06:35 Tools
Melt Yourself Down 00:00 Tools
Contort Yourself (August Darnell Remix) 00:00 Tools
The Devil Made Me Do It 00:00 Tools
Money To Burn 00:00 Tools
Contort Yourself (Original Version) 00:00 Tools
Hell On Earth 00:00 Tools
Incorrigible - Bonus Track 03:40 Tools
Almost Black 00:00 Tools
Disco Jaded 06:21 Tools
I Got You, I Feel Good 03:23 Tools
White Savages 04:52 Tools
Throw Me Away - Live 04:30 Tools
(Tropical) Heat Wave 00:00 Tools
town without pity 04:22 Tools
That’s When Your Heartaches Begin 03:24 Tools
hyp no tease 05:29 Tools
White Devil 00:00 Tools
I Can't Stand Myself - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Flip Your Face - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Twice Removed - Live 04:30 Tools
I Danced With A Zombie 09:58 Tools
Boulevard of Broken Dreams 07:12 Tools
Jaded 03:51 Tools
Bleached Black 02:51 Tools
Surfin' Twisted - Bonus Track 04:01 Tools
Almost Black Part 1 & 2 06:59 Tools
Maintaining My Cool - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
Sophisticated Cancer 10:11 Tools
Irresistible Impulse 00:00 Tools
Bedroom Athelete 00:00 Tools
white meat 00:00 Tools
I Got You (I Feel Good) 03:23 Tools
Jaded - Bonus Track 00:00 Tools
I Dont Want To Be Happy 00:00 Tools
The Natives Are Restless 07:43 Tools
Exorcise The Funk (Live) 06:41 Tools
McGraw Army Base/Munchen 02:24 Tools
Disposable You (Live) 00:00 Tools
Almost Black Part 1 03:17 Tools
Contort Yourself [Original Version] 00:00 Tools
Caravan/It Don't Mean A Thing/Melt Yourself Down 08:49 Tools
I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing 03:40 Tools
Almost Black Part 2 00:00 Tools
Disposable You 04:01 Tools
Mcgraw Army Base-Munchen 00:00 Tools
don't stop til you get enough 00:00 Tools
Rantin and Ravin 08:55 Tools
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough (Live) 06:35 Tools
McGraw Army Base / Munchen 02:24 Tools
The Street With No Name 04:30 Tools
Put Me Back In My Cage 00:00 Tools
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (Live) 06:35 Tools
Exorcise the Funk 06:42 Tools
Dish It Out 00:00 Tools
Design To Kill 02:47 Tools
Hypno Tease 05:29 Tools
Contort Youself (First Version) 00:00 Tools
Incorrigible 05:25 Tools
The Splurge 05:06 Tools
Almost Black (Part 1) 03:19 Tools
Contort Youself (August Darnell Remix) 03:08 Tools
Almost Black, Part 1 00:00 Tools
Almost Black (Part 2) 03:21 Tools
Intro/designed To Kill 00:30 Tools
Cold Sweat 07:39 Tools
Rantin’ And Ravin’ 08:55 Tools
Almost Black, Part 2 00:00 Tools
Why Try to Change Me Now 05:06 Tools
(I'm Not A) Bedroom Athlete 04:16 Tools
Melt Yourself 05:22 Tools
Flip Your Face 00:00 Tools
Devilish Angel 07:57 Tools
Truth Or Consequence 04:28 Tools
Almost Black, Pt. 1 06:58 Tools
Disposable You #2 04:11 Tools
Home Is Where The Hatred Is 05:40 Tools
Throw Me Away [Live] 03:02 Tools
Almost Black, Pt. 2 03:39 Tools
Irresistable Impulse 06:35 Tools
Ain't Nobody's Business if I Do 06:34 Tools
Heat Wave 03:55 Tools
I Danced With A Zombie 08:31 Tools
Twice Removed [Live] 03:10 Tools
rantin' and ravin' 11:34 Tools
Contort Yourself (Buy Version) 03:19 Tools
Jailhouse Rock [Live] 03:23 Tools
Treat Her Right 02:19 Tools
The Fix Is In 07:52 Tools
Caravan / It Don't Mean A Thing / Melt Yourself Down 05:39 Tools
Contort Youself [First Version] 06:15 Tools
Don't Want to Be Happy 03:21 Tools
I Don't Want Nobody 11:34 Tools
Wiskey and Gin 03:39 Tools
Contort Yourself (First Version) 03:21 Tools
Contort Yourself [August Darnell Remix] 03:21 Tools
Dish It Out (Bonus Track) 04:09 Tools
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough [live] 03:19 Tools
I Can't Stand Myself - The Contortions (From NO NEW York) 03:19 Tools
Contort Youself [August Darnell Remix] 11:34 Tools
Munchen Theme From Grutzy Elvis 01:38 Tools
love, life and money 04:09 Tools
Mc Graw Army Base / Munchen 02:24 Tools
Disposable You [live] 11:34 Tools
Exorcise the Funk [Live] 11:34 Tools
Flip Your Face (Bonus Track) 04:37 Tools
McGraw Army Base/Muchen 11:34 Tools
Don't Take Your Love From Me 04:21 Tools
I Can't Stand Myself (Bonus Track) 02:19 Tools
Don't Stop Till You Get Enough 06:13 Tools
Jaded - The Contortions (From NO NEW York) 11:34 Tools
Terminal City (Bonus Track) 02:19 Tools
Almost Black Part 1&2 - James White & The Blacks 11:34 Tools
Off Black - James White & The Blacks 06:28 Tools
Incorrigible (Bonus Track) 02:19 Tools
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough 06:35 Tools
Maintaining My Cool (Bonus Track) 04:37 Tools
Contort Yourself - The Contortions 06:28 Tools
Contort Youself 06:28 Tools
Sax Maniac - James White & Blacks 06:28 Tools
Jaded (Bonus Track) 04:37 Tools
I Don't Want To Be Happy - The Contortions 06:28 Tools
Comfort Yourself (Original Version) 06:28 Tools
The Twitch - James White & Blacks 06:28 Tools
I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing - The Stigmatics 03:39 Tools
jailhouse rock 03:22 Tools
Terminal City 05:39 Tools
Hyp No Tease - James White & Blacks 06:35 Tools
Caravan/It Don’T Mean A Thing/Melt Yourself Down 06:35 Tools
Christmas With Satan [*] 04:21 Tools
My Infatuation - The Contortions 04:16 Tools
Intro / Designed To Kill - James Chance & The Contortions 04:09 Tools
Christmas With Satan - James White & Blacks 04:09 Tools
Surfin' Twisted (Bonus Track) 04:21 Tools
Dont stop till you get enough 03:22 Tools
Contort Yourself (Contortions) 04:21 Tools
Tropical Heatwave 04:21 Tools
Town Without Pity - James White & Blacks 04:21 Tools
The Street With No Name- James Chance & Ternuna City 04:21 Tools
Roving Eye - James Chance & The Original Contortions 04:21 Tools
Contort Yourself (Origional Version) 03:09 Tools
Incorrigible - James Chance & The Original Contortions 03:09 Tools
that's when your heartaches be 03:09 Tools
Bedroom Athlete - James Chance & The Original Contortions 03:09 Tools
Contort Yourself (Original Ver 03:09 Tools
mcgraw army base-muchen 07:11 Tools
Seventeen 04:37 Tools
Home Is Where The Hatred Is - James Chance & The Contortions 05:39 Tools
James Chance - Contort Yourself 05:39 Tools
Devilish Angel - James Chance & The Original Contortions 05:39 Tools
Caravan/It Don’T Mean A Thing/Melt Yourself Down 08:48 Tools
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - James Chance With Shibusashirazu Orchestra 07:11 Tools
The Splurge- James Chance & The Contortions 02:19 Tools
Surfin' Twisted 02:19 Tools
Disposable You- James Chance & The Contortions 02:19 Tools
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do - James Chance & The Contortions 02:19 Tools
Contort Yourself - James Chance & Les Contortions 02:19 Tools
Dont Want To Be Happy 03:23 Tools
Caravan/ It Don't Mean A Thing/ Melt Yourself Down 04:16 Tools
05 sax maniac 03:23 Tools
Jailhouse Rock [Live][*] 03:23 Tools
Throw Me Away [Live][*] 03:23 Tools
Almost Black, Parts 1 & 2 03:23 Tools
McGraw Army Base_Munchen 04:16 Tools
Why Try To Change Me Now - James Chance & The Contortions 04:16 Tools
Put Me Back In My Cage (Live) 04:16 Tools
Sax Maniac [Live][#][*] 04:16 Tools
Almost Black [Live][#][*] 04:16 Tools
Stained Sheets - James Chance & Les Contortions 04:16 Tools
Contort Yourself - James Chance 04:16 Tools
Down 2 Hang 04:16 Tools
02 That Old Black Magic 04:16 Tools
Twice Removed [Live][*] 04:16 Tools
Rantin‚ And Ravin‚ 04:16 Tools
09 Melt Yourself Down 04:16 Tools
Contort Yourself (First Versio 04:16 Tools
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A key figure in No Wave Chance has been playing a combination of improvisational jazz-like music and punk in the New York music scene since the late 1970s, in such bands as Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, James Chance & the Contortions, James White and the Blacks, The Flaming Demonics, James Chance & the Sardonic Symphonics, and James Chance & Terminal City. Chance differed from some of his No Wave compatriots by possessing (and demanding from his band) a certain level of musical skill and talent. His music is frequently described as combining the freeform playing of Ornette Coleman with the solid funk rhythm of James Brown, though filtered through a punk rock lens. Simon Reynolds, author of Rip It Up and Start Again : Postpunk 1978-1984, wrote: And although "affection" is possibly an odd word to use in reference to a bunch of nihilists, I do feel fond of the No Wave people. James Chance's music actually stands up really well, I think. (Listen to James Chance & the Contortions, "Contort Yourself," 1979.) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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