Band of Susans

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Band of Susans was a New York City noise rock band known for its dense, guitar-heavy sound and influential role in the late-1980s and early-1990s alternative rock scene.

All labels observed (1)

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Band of Susans canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
noise rock band ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeEndYear 1996 ⓘ
activeStartYear 1986 ⓘ
album Here Comes Success ⓘ
Hope Against Hope ⓘ
Love Agenda ⓘ
The Word and the Flesh ⓘ
Veil ⓘ
associatedAct Band of Susans alumni in Helmet ⓘ
Helmet ⓘ
Rhys Chatham ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
debutAlbum Hope Against Hope ⓘ
EP Blessing and Curse ⓘ
Now ⓘ
The Peel Sessions ⓘ
linked to: Peel Sessions
formedIn 1986 ⓘ
formedInCity New York City ⓘ
formedInCountry United States ⓘ
founder Robert Poss ⓘ
Ron Spitzer ⓘ
Susan Stenger ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
shoegaze ⓘ
influencedGenre alternative rock ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
shoegaze ⓘ
knownFor dense guitar-heavy sound ⓘ
influence on alternative rock ⓘ
use of multiple guitars ⓘ
member Anne Husick ⓘ
Everett Bradley ⓘ
Hope Nicholls ⓘ
Jason Braun ⓘ
Jim Stout ⓘ
Karen Haglof ⓘ
Mark Lonergan ⓘ
Page Hamilton ⓘ
Robert Poss ⓘ
Ron Spitzer ⓘ
Susan Stenger ⓘ
nameOrigin named for multiple members named Susan ⓘ
notableFeature frequent use of guitar overtones and drones ⓘ
notableSong Hope Against Hope ⓘ
Ice Age ⓘ
The Pursuit of Happiness ⓘ
Throne of Blood ⓘ
recordLabel Blast First ⓘ
Fierce Recordings ⓘ
Restless Records ⓘ
Trace Elements Records ⓘ
scene early-1990s noise rock scene ⓘ
late-1980s New York alternative rock scene ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Helmet → associatedAct → Band of Susans ⓘ
Page Hamilton → hasWorkedWith → Band of Susans ⓘ
Page Hamilton → memberOf → Band of Susans ⓘ
Blast First → notableArtist → Band of Susans ⓘ