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7 unusual facts about Jim Sclavunos


Congo Norvell

Various incarnations of the band have included Jim Sclavunos, Paul Wallfisch, Brian Emrich, Kristian Hoffman (Mumps, Swinging Madisons), Mary Mullen, Joe Berardi, Keith Mitchell and Jack Martin.

George Scott III

It was around this time that Scott teamed up with Lydia Lunch, who had worked with Chance in Teenage Jesus, to form 8-Eyed Spy, a fairly popular No Wave band that also consisted of Pat Irwin, Michael Paumgarden and Jim Sclavunos.

Jim Sclavunos

He has recorded albums with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Grinderman, Sonic Youth, The Cramps, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, 8 Eyed Spy, The Vanity Set, and Congo Norvell as well as recording sessions with many artists including Marianne Faithfull, Iggy Pop, Beth Orton and Seasick Steve.

In 2012, Sclavunos began an ongoing collaboration with Australian performance artist/musician Michaela Davies on a composition entitled “FM-2030” (so-named for the transhumanist philosopher Fereidoun M. Esfandiary) utilizing programmed electro-muscular stimulation (EMS) of classical string players to generate involuntary playing movements.

A key member of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds since 1994 and a founding member of Grinderman, he also formed his own NY-based musical ensemble The Vanity Set in 2000, releasing two studio albums to date.

He has done several remixes, both on his own and as one half of Silver Alert (along with The Vanity Set band mate, Peter Mavrogeorgis).

The Boatman's Call

Jim Sclavunosdrums (6), melodica (12), bells (5,14), percussion (13), organ (15), bongos (16), tambourine (17)


Bellmer Dolls

The band's second EP entitled The Big Cats Will Throw Themselves Over, released on Hungry Eye Records, was recorded alongside producer Jim Sclavunos, formerly of such luminaries as Sonic Youth, The Cramps, 8-Eyed Spy, and Teenage Jesus and the Jerks.

Worm Tamer

"Worm Tamer" is a song by alternative rock group Grinderman, written collectively by the band with lyrics by frontman Nick Cave and music by Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey and Jim Sclavunos.


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