One of the first bands to be associated with the New York No Wave scene, James Chance and the Contortions created a mind bending concoction of punk, free jazz, and funk rock that raged, skronked, and thrashed. Buy is the debut album from these seminal No Wavers, and the only album recorded under this name before changing to James White and the Blacks. From there, they released a couple of albums before fading into obscurity. But none were as important as Buy. While I appreciate No Wave's tendency to assault the listener with as many ugly notes as possible, The Contortions actually knew how to play their instruments, and sometimes in the nastiest ways possible. -N
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