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8-Eyed Spy was an early 1980s No Wave band featuring Lydia Lunch, Jim
Sclavunos, Pat Irwin, and George Scott III. They covered the Swamp rock
classic Run Through The Jungle by Creedence Clearwater Revival and
Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit. Their music was infectiously rhythmic
and visceral, using throbbing bass guitar, lugubrious saxophone playing and
Lunch's petulant vocals. The band recorded only briefly, and released a
live album. 8-Eyed Spy broke up shortly after the death of bass player
George Scott III.
The 8-Eyed Spy recordings featured on Lunch's retrospective album
"Hysterie" open with the instrumental track "Swamp" and features the folksy
song "Diddy Wah Diddy" (Dixon/McDaniel) which Lunch adds No Wave effects to
by screaming alternated with alienated howling. 8-Eyed Spy was a fusion of
Swamp rock and what was at the time, more fashionable No Wave style. In the
song "Dead Me, You Beside", Lunch mimics the sharp vocal and lyrical styl
