Bush Tetras
The Bush Tetras are a rock band from New York City. Forming in 1979, they w… Read Full Bio ↴The Bush Tetras are a rock band from New York City. Forming in 1979, they were very popular in the New York club scene in the early 1980s, but never had much mainstream success. Their music combined dance rhythms and dissonant rock-guitar riffs.
Lead guitarist Pat Place and vocalist Cynthia Sley produced the most distinctive aspects of the Tetras sound. Place's guitar lines were rhythmic and distortion-filled. She had been the original guitarist and one of the founding members of the No Wave band The Contortions. With the Bush Tetras, Pat continued to pursue some of the musical ideas she had explored in that band, although her distinctive slide guitar is absent from many of the Tetras songs. Sley's vocals were half-spoken, half-sung. In songs like "Too Many Creeps" and "Can't Be Funky," she repeated simple phrases over and over again, creating a hypnotic monotony similar to Place's guitar rhythms.
Place appeared in some of Vivienne Dick's movies co-starring with Lydia Lunch and other musicians from New York's thriving, late-1970s and early-1980s music community, an off-shoot of No Wave. These appearances contributed to the band's prominent position in downtown New York in the early 1980. At present there has been a resurgence of interest in this period, and the band's influence can be heard in many younger bands.
After breaking up in 1983, The Bush Tetras briefly reformed in the late 1990s. Beginning in 2005, they again began performing in New York City and in the summer of 2006 in Europe.
Lead guitarist Pat Place and vocalist Cynthia Sley produced the most distinctive aspects of the Tetras sound. Place's guitar lines were rhythmic and distortion-filled. She had been the original guitarist and one of the founding members of the No Wave band The Contortions. With the Bush Tetras, Pat continued to pursue some of the musical ideas she had explored in that band, although her distinctive slide guitar is absent from many of the Tetras songs. Sley's vocals were half-spoken, half-sung. In songs like "Too Many Creeps" and "Can't Be Funky," she repeated simple phrases over and over again, creating a hypnotic monotony similar to Place's guitar rhythms.
Place appeared in some of Vivienne Dick's movies co-starring with Lydia Lunch and other musicians from New York's thriving, late-1970s and early-1980s music community, an off-shoot of No Wave. These appearances contributed to the band's prominent position in downtown New York in the early 1980. At present there has been a resurgence of interest in this period, and the band's influence can be heard in many younger bands.
After breaking up in 1983, The Bush Tetras briefly reformed in the late 1990s. Beginning in 2005, they again began performing in New York City and in the summer of 2006 in Europe.
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Bush Tetras Lyrics
Can't Be Funky Well I sharpen my teeth to take another bite Well I…
Cant be funky Well I sharpen my teeth to take another bite Well I…
Cowboys in Africa Though I walk through warm sands in Africa winds will grow s…
Das Ah Riot Das ah riot I say I wanna break you When your life…
Jaws Hank Williams Jr. Miscellaneous Young Country (Bush/Frist …
Sister Midnight Calling Sister Midnight You've got me reaching for the moon…
Snakes Crawl Snakes crawl Babies fall Cars crash Heads bash Rats bi…
Stand Up and Fight Everything I do with you I think I do it…
Thing's That Go Boom… Do you want it right? Do you want it right? Do you…
Things That Go Boom in the Night Do you want it right? Do you want it right? Do you…
Too Many Creeps I just don't wanna go Out in the streets no more I…
Wild Thing Wild thing, you make my heart sing You make everything groo…
You Can't Be Funky Well I sharpen my teeth to take another bite Well I…
You Don't Know Me I can unit you on the variables Contributing my to my′s…
You Taste Like the Tropics Your smell fills the air My hand through your hair You taste…