Wayne County & the Electric Chairs
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Wayne County & the Electric Chairs were part of the first wave of punk bands from the 1970s. The band is headed by Georgia born transsexual, Wayne County, who later changed his name to Jayne County.
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[edit] Career
Wayne County had originally begun performing in New York with a band called The Backstreet Boys (documented on Rhino's DIY: Blank Generation compilation album with an early single, "Max's Kansas City 1976", and no relation to the boy band of the same name) but, upon moving to London, England she recruited a new set of musicians to form "The Electric Chairs":-
- Guitar: Greg Van Cook
- Bass: Val Haller
- Drums: J.J. Johnson
The band is known for their campy and foul-mouthed ballads, basic punk rock, and image which was heavily influenced by the Theatre of the Ridiculous.[citation needed]
None of County's albums were ever released in his/her native country of United States, except for three songs on the very early punk compilation, Max's Kansas City.
[edit] Discography
- 1978 "The Electric Chairs"
- 1978 "Blatantly Offensive" (EP)
- 1978 "Man Enough to be a Woman"
- 1978 "Storm the Gates of Heaven"
- 1979 "Things Your Mother Never Told You"
- 1982 Best of Jayne/Wayne County and the Electric Chairs
[edit] Bibliography
- Man Enough To Be A Woman (ISBN 1-85242-338-2)
[edit] Filmography
- 1976 Blank Generation directed by Ivan Kral and Amos Poe[1]
- 1977 Jubilee directed by Derek Jarman[2]
- 1978 The Punk Rock Movie directed by Don Letts
