• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    Yet another of those crazy underground 80s bands I knew nothing of. Nina Hagen vibes.

    su tissue

    It has been said that the lyrics of “Janitor” were derived from a real-life conversation between Sue “Su Tissue” McLane and friend Brian Smith. According to Smith, the two were conversing in a loud room when they first met:

    She asked me what I did for a living. I said “I’m a janitor,” and she thought I said “Oh my genitals.”

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      It gets weirder. Shortly after their debut album the band split up. Su Tissue released an almost completely instrumental piano album called “Salon De Musique” a few years later and then… she vanished.

      “I myself have not seen nor heard from Su since the Suburban Lawns split.”
      — Suburban Lawns drummer Chuck Roast