I had to de-program myself. From myself. Had to reinvent rituals of purification. So full of the vagrant pollutions of others. It was time to detox. Not only from alcohol, sex, and drugs, but from needy leeches who looked to swab me with their sores. Detox from my own needy lechery. Had to locate the center wound and cauterize. Undo the original sin, the origin of my sickness...Had to learn to replace Them, It, Want, Hurt, Anger, Sorrow, Loss, with Power, Healing, Wisdom, Fulfillment, Satisfaction.

Howard Michael Gira The Birthday Party Einstürzende Neubauten Sonic Youth Oxbow Die Haut Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Black Sun Productions and French band Sibyl Vane who put one of her poems to music. Juan Azulay (2010)


Filmography


Actress
She Had Her Gun All Ready directed by Vivienne Dick (1978)
Guerillere Talks directed by Vivienne Dick (1978)
Rome '78 directed by James Nares (1978)
Black Box directed by Scott and Beth B (1979)
Beauty Becomes the Beast directed by Vivienne Dick (1979)
The Offenders (1979–1980)
Liberty's Booty (1980)
Subway Riders directed by Amos Poe (1981)
The Wild World of Lydia Lunch directed by Nick Zedd (1983)
Like Dawn to Dust directed by Vivienne Dick (1983)
Vortex directed by Scott and Beth B (1983)
Submit to Me directed by Richard Kern (1985)
The Right Side of My Brain directed by Richard Kern (1985)
Fingered directed by Richard Kern (1986)
Mondo New York (1987)
Invisible Thread directed by Bob Balaban (1987)
Penn & Teller's BBQ Death Squad (198?)
Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (1990)
Kiss Napoleon Goodbye directed by Babeth vanLoo (1990)
The Road to God Knows Where directed by Uli M.

Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Anne Koch June 2 1959 Rochester New York) is an American singer poet writer and actress whose career was spawned by the New York No Wave scene. The Boston Phoenix named Lunch "one of the 10 most influential performers of the 1990s. "
Her work typically features provocative and confrontational delivery and has maintained an anti-commercial ethic[citation needed] operating independently of major labels and distributors.