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Lovely Little Girls

Art Rock Tea Party

About Me

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Scatological, goofy and gender-fucked, Lovely Little Girls somehow hit at a perfect balance between pretentious-as-hell art-faggotry and hilarious self-deprecation. - BLASTITUDE.COM
Lovely Little Girls started in August of 2001 as a one-off performance piece by artist/performer Gregory Jacobsen. The performance was an attempt to convert his sound and noise based absurdist performance group Ritualistic School Of Errors into a dissonant minimalist rock band of synths and drums that would leave a wide open space for his syllable-stuffed cut-and-paste prose and confrontational contortionist interpretive dancing.
Since then the group has gone through many changes with Jacobsen providing the aesthetic thread that runs through all stages of the group's history. Using Jacobsen's grotesque paintings as a basis for ideas, Lovely Little Girls craft songs of ridiculous simplicity that morph into nose-fornicating forays of dissonance and odd stumble-down-the-stairs-timing. Performance and concept has always been a large part of the group- either by staging horrendous fanfares or writing musical parts that depend on a theatrical playing.
The current incarnation of Lovely Little Girls features Mike Kendrick (Rope), Monika Bukowksa (Brilliant Pebbles), Doug Abram (Black Bear Combo), Zack Weil and Alex Perkolup (Flying Luttenbachers, Cheer-Accident, Bobby Conn). The line-up culls many influences from No-Wave, Rock-In-Opposition, Zeuhl, 80s Thrash Metal, Childrens' Music, Punk, Kurt Weill, 20th Century Classical and the art-damaged theatrics of The Residents.


We now have a theatrical, RIO-inspired Zolo group in the USA. The Lovely Little Girls meet the 20-year cycle head-on with a fantastically Euro-styled art rock cabaret that wouldn’t be out of place on Rec-Rec. Their sound and their playing are spot on. The imagery is a little dark for my tastes, but they can look however they like as long as they keep making this music.
-Zoloscope blog
Gregory Jacobsen's group Lovely Little Girls were superb...Their crazed crossbreeding of Brechtian narrative menace and Zappa/zuehl theatrics was a bracing rejoinder to just about anything you'd care to name...
-Tom Smith of To Live & Shave In LA

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/8/2005
Band Website: lovelylittlegirls.com
Band Members: Gregory Jacobsen - vocals
Alex Perkolup - guitar
Zack Pink Shoes - bass
Michael J Kendrick - drums
Doug Abram - saxophone
Monika Bukowska - additional vocals
Influences: captain beefheart, residents, the fall, art bears, arrigo barnabe, magma, mothers of invention, luciano berio, györgy ligeti, mauricio kagel, the contortions, celtic frost, slayer, overkill, gorguts, renaldo and the loaf, conlin nancarrow, etron fou leloublan, nurse with wound, fred lane, sun ra, nervous gender, scissor girls, caroliner rainbow, flipper..blah blah
Sounds Like: a glamorous pile festooned with strands of honey colored pubic hair
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Lovely Little Girls T-Shirt

Lovely Little Girls T-Shirtwith art by Gregory Jacobsen / 2 color screenprint on 100% cotton shirtS/M/L/XL ... regular cut ... $15 ppd! send message for info....
Posted by Lovely Little Girls on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:28:00 PST

New Videos And Photos

New videos posted to YouTube of the show the other night. New photos posted on our page.Laughing/Foul Smelling, Skin Expiredhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgjq15aQ0nMLittle Pussyhttp://www.youtube.com...
Posted by Lovely Little Girls on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:05:00 PST

Various Reviews, etc etc etc

some reviews from over the years:Lovely Little Girls: These art-damaged locals don't seem too concerned with being the same band from one show to the next- this time singer Gregory Jacobsen, guitarist...
Posted by Lovely Little Girls on Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:45:00 PST

Lady Shoes Remain Attached!

for sale: Lovely Little Girls / Panicsville Split 7" on Nihilist Records - $4 Limited Edition 400 on marbled vinyl. With 3 color screenprint cover & art by Gregory Jacobsen. Panicsville delive...
Posted by Lovely Little Girls on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST