Wayne County & the Electric Chairs
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Wayne County & the Electric Chairs were part of the original first wave of punk band froms the 1970's. The band is headed by Georgia-born transsexual, Wayne County, who later changed her name to Jayne County.
Wayne County had originally begun performing in New York with a band called "The Backstreet Boys" but, upon moving to London, England she recruited a new set of musicians to form "The Electric Chairs" gtr:Greg Van Cook,bass:Val Haller,drums:JJ 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.
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.
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[edit] Discography
- 1978 The Electric Chairs
- 1978 Blatantly Offensive (EP)
- 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 The 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
