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"New York in the '80s was lawless and f**ked-up": How heroin, hardcore and a headless corpse inspired Unsane's insane early adventures in Gotham

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Unsane

Formed in 1988 in New York, Unsane are one of the most influential and enduring noise-rock bands in the world. Reformed with a new line-up in the summer of 2021, the band have been reissuing their early material on vocalist/guitarist Chris Spencer's own Lamb Unlimited label, and will undertake an 'Early Cuts' tour of Europe next month, including a stop at DesertFest in London.

Louder spoke with Spencer for a trip down memory lane, or perhaps more accurately a trip down a NYC back alley populated by junkies, fuck-ups, punks and freaks... Unsane people, basically.

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