“One of the greatest underground bands of the 80-ies” Photo: Thomas Elsner
Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, originally consisting of Steven Brown and Blaine L. Reininger, used electronic violins, guitars, screaming vocals and synthesizers to develop a unique “cabaret no-wave” sound. Bassist Peter Principle joined the band and in 1979 they released the single “No Tears”, which remains a post-punk cult classic. That year they signed to Ralph Records and released their first album, Half-Mute. Eventually Tuxedomoon relocated to Europe. The band separated in the early 1990s, only to reunite later that decade. They have remained together since releasing the album Cabin in the Sky in 2004.
Band members live in Mexico City, Athens, Brussels and New York.[3] Principle cites the members living on different continents as helping them stay together as a band.[1] Their publishing house was called Angst Music.[14] Bruce Geduldig passed away March 7, 2016, in Sacramento, having moved there in June 2014. His role as visuals headmaster will be ensured by David Haneke on the Half-Mute Tour, scheduled for May–June 2016.
“In a manner of speaking” Nouvelle Vague
“In a manner of speaking” Tuxedo Moon