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- Suburban_Lawns abstract "Suburban Lawns were an American post-punk band formed in Long Beach, California, United States, in 1978 by CalArts students William \"Vex Billingsgate\" Ranson and Sue \"Su Tissue\" McLane. They later recruited Richard \"Frankie Ennui\" Whitney, Charles \"Chuck Roast\" Rodriguez, and John \"John Gleur\" McBurney.The 1979 debut single \"Gidget Goes to Hell\" (released on their own Suburban Industrial label) gained the band notoriety when its Jonathan Demme-directed music video was shown on Saturday Night Live.Their sole album, Suburban Lawns, produced and engineered by EJ Emmons and Troy Mathisen, was released in 1981 on I.R.S. Records, featuring new wave radio favorite \"Janitor.\"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.\" [Richard \"Frankie Ennui\" Whitney] overheard this and wrote the song.According to Richard Whitney, this story is somewhat backwards; the music and all of the lyrics apart from “Oh, my genitals! I’m a janitor!” were already written when Sue McLane added them herself:Su was definitely more of a poet than I have ever dreamed of being. The lyrics, except for Su’s contribution, are pretty straightforward science-nerd stuff about all things explosive. Su’s addition, whatever the source (and I have no reason to doubt what Brian Smith has apparently written about how Su came up with that addition), gave the song a poetical spin that added the dimension it needed to make it interesting. That’s exactly why, in my opinion, our best songs were those that were written collaboratively.Gleur departed during the recording of the Richard Mazda-produced 5-song EP Baby, released in 1983, and the band folded shortly afterward. After the split, Whitney and Ranson formed a new, short-lived band called The Lawns, while McLane attended Berklee College of Music, where she studied piano. In 1982 McLane recorded a solo album, Salon de Musique. She also played the role of Peggy Dillman in Demme's 1986 comedy movie Something Wild opposite Melanie Griffith, Jeff Daniels, and Ray Liotta.".
- Suburban_Lawns activeYearsEndYear "1983".
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- Suburban_Lawns genre New_wave_music.
- Suburban_Lawns genre Post-punk.
- Suburban_Lawns hometown California.
- Suburban_Lawns hometown Long_Beach,_California.
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- Suburban_Lawns recordLabel I.R.S._Records.
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- Suburban_Lawns label "Suburban Industrial, I.R.S. Records".
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- Suburban_Lawns origin California.
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- Suburban_Lawns pastMembers "Chuck Roast".
- Suburban_Lawns pastMembers "Frankie Ennui".
- Suburban_Lawns pastMembers "John Gleur".
- Suburban_Lawns pastMembers "Su Tissue".
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- Suburban_Lawns yearsActive "1978".
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- Suburban_Lawns comment "Suburban Lawns were an American post-punk band formed in Long Beach, California, United States, in 1978 by CalArts students William \"Vex Billingsgate\" Ranson and Sue \"Su Tissue\" McLane.".
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