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Of a Mesh
12+ albums
deathrockpost-punkGothic Rocknew wave80s
about
New York City's most famous dark-rock band in the '80s, Of a Mesh featured the dramatic crooning of Alan Dollgener duetting with Samara Lubelski's haunting violin atop a claustrophobic cobweb of sound. Of a Mesh formed in the fall of 1983 in New York City, led by Dollgener and Lubelski. They took their name from Maya Deren's 1943 avant-garde silent film Meshes of the Afternoon. Of a Mesh honed their spectral proto-gothic craft on two legendary demo sessions during 1984-85 (highlighted by fan favorites "C.I.T" and "Twist"), and numerous gigs at venues like Danceteria, CBGB, Subway, and Pyramid, opening for the likes of Sonic Youth and Butthole Surfers. After two original members (guitarist Jimmy Lavendos and drummer Tony Portilla) left in 1985 to form Lucky Stiff, the Of a Mesh lineup solidified around guitarist Ellen Watkins, bassist Gregory Kostroff, and drummer Osamu, and in June 1986, the quintet released the classic 12-inch EP Of a Mesh (recorded by Martin Bisi) on their own Black Afternoon Records. Entering the studio with Bisi again in winter '86-'87, they recorded the followup four-song EP Broken (partially without Osamu; a drum machine filled in on "Guillotine" before his replacement Michael Goglia was added), released on 109 Records. In fact, they were the only band in Gotham's '80s post-punk scene (comprising their friends Fahrenheit 451, Scarecrow, The Naked and the Dead, Brain Eaters, The Children's Zoo, Chop Shop, and The Ochrana) to release more than on
