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James Chance (20 Apr 1953 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (1)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Twist Your Soul: The Definitive Collection 02 Aug 2010

Relationships (6)

Performance Name Of

  1. James Sigfried

Member Of

  1. James Chance and the Contortions original, lead vocals, saxophone
  2. Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
  3. James Chance & Terminal City
  4. The Stigmatics
  5. Aural Exciters

Recordings by (20)

  1. Contort Yourself 5:03 (2003)
  2. Designed to Kill 2:47 (06 Apr 2004)
  3. Throw Me Away (live) 3:02 (06 Apr 2004)
  4. Roving Eye 3:08 (06 Apr 2004)
  5. Contort Yourself (August Darnell remix) 6:15 (06 Apr 2004)
  6. Bedroom Athlete 4:14 (06 Apr 2004)
  7. Off Black 6:28 (06 Apr 2004)
  8. Disco Jaded 6:21 (06 Apr 2004)
  9. Sax Machine 4:19 (06 Apr 2004)
  10. The Twitch 6:30 (06 Apr 2004)
  11. The Devil Made Me Do It 8:14 (06 Apr 2004)
  12. Hypno Tease 5:29 (06 Apr 2004)
  13. Contort Yourself (original version) 3:09 (06 Apr 2004)
  14. Sax Maniac 8:52 (06 Apr 2004)
  15. White Cannibal 8:38 (06 Apr 2004)
  16. Almost Black 4:39 (06 Apr 2004)
  17. Hell on Earth 8:43 (06 Apr 2004)
  18. King Heroin 7:17 (06 Apr 2004)
  19. Put Me Back in My Cage 5:29 (06 Apr 2004)
  20. Dislocation 4:25 (Jun 2013)

On Recordings (11)

Instruments

  1. Dish It Out 3:17 James Chance and the Contortions (Nov 1978) saxophone
  2. Flip Your Face 3:13 James Chance and the Contortions (Nov 1978) saxophone
  3. Jaded 3:49 James Chance and the Contortions (Nov 1978) saxophone
  4. I Can’t Stand Myself 4:52 James Chance and the Contortions (Nov 1978) saxophone
  5. She Gets Down 3:48 Elysian Fields (24 Feb 2014) saxophone
  6. METALLIC BAY 3:26 Jac Berrocal (20 Mar 2014) organ

Vocals

  1. Flip Your Face 3:13 James Chance and the Contortions (Nov 1978)
  2. Jaded 3:49 James Chance and the Contortions (Nov 1978)
  3. I Can’t Stand Myself 4:52 James Chance and the Contortions (Nov 1978)
  4. Dish It Out 3:17 James Chance and the Contortions (Nov 1978)
  5. She Gets Down 3:48 Elysian Fields (24 Feb 2014)

Credited as (6)

  1. James Chance
  2. James Chance & Pill Factory
  3. Kirin J. Callinan feat. James Chance
  4. James Chance with Shibusashirazu Orchestra
  5. Jac Berrocal / James Chance / Ron Anderson
  6. Yasushi Ide featuring James Chance, DJ Krush

Works (18)

Composed

  1. Design to Kill
  2. My Infatuation
  3. I Don’t Want to Be Happy
  4. Anesthetic
  5. Contort Yourself
  6. Throw Me Away
  7. Roving Eye
  8. Twice Removed
  9. Bedroom Athlete

Lyrics

  1. Design to Kill
  2. My Infatuation
  3. I Don’t Want to Be Happy
  4. Anesthetic
  5. Contort Yourself
  6. Throw Me Away
  7. Roving Eye
  8. Twice Removed
  9. Bedroom Athlete

Links (7)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/james_chance

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/James%20Chance

Wikipedia

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chance

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/81424

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000108489

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/191201376

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2540459