No Trend

No Trend was an American

They released three full-length albums, two released independently and one issued through Touch and Go Records. A fourth album that was recorded in 1987 but never released was finally issued as More in 2001.

History

No Trend formed in 1982 in

After an aborted tour during the summer of 1984, Price, Anderson and Miller all left the group, leaving Mentges as the only member of the group. Mentges would later get other musicians to join the band, and the newly reformed No Trend would go back in studio to record their second record, A Dozen Dead Roses, which was released in 1985. This record featured a significant change in sound when compared to the cold, noisy tone found on previous releases. The record featured vocalist Lydia Lunch contributing to multiple songs. The songs that featured Lunch were released previously on the 10" extended play Heart of Darkness through her label Widowspeak Productions. She also issued a No Trend compilation album in 1986, titled When Death Won't Solve Your Problems, through the same label.^[4]

The band would later be signed to Touch and Go Records and would release their third album, Tritonian Nash-Vegas Polyester Complex, through them in 1986. A fourth album was recorded in 1987, but after they showed the label the record, Touch and Go refused to release it, deeming that it was "too weird" to release. They were unable to find a label to release the album, effectively putting an end to the band.^[5] The album would remain unreleased until Morphious Archives, a label that specializes in releasing obscure records, gained the rights to release the album. It was finally issued in 2001 as More.

After the group's official disbandment, Jeff Mentges attended the

• Jeff Mentges – vocals (1982–1988)
• Frank Price – guitar (1982–1984)
• Bob Strasser – bass (1982–1984)
• Stephan "Chazz" Jacobs – electric cello and percussion (1982–1983)
• Christine Niblack – bass (1983 tour)
• Michael Salkind – drums (1982–1983)
• Jack Anderson – bass (1983–1984)
• Greg Miller – drums (1983–1984)
• Danny "Spidako" Demetro – keyboards (1985–1986)
• Robert "Smokey" Marymont – bass (1985–1988)
• Dean Evangelista – guitar, keyboards (1985–1988)
• Benard Demassy – saxophone (1985–1986)
• Ken Rudd – drums (1985–1986)
• James "Fuzz" Peachy – drums (1986–1988)
• Nick Smiley – saxophone (1986–1988)
• Scott Rafal – saxophone (1986–1988)
• Johnny Ontego – saxophone (1986–1988)
• Paul Henzy – trumpet (1986–1988)
• Leif – guitar (1986–1988)
• Bobby Birdsong – guitar (1986–1988)
• Rogelio Maxwell – cello (1986–1988)
• Chris Pestelozzie – percussion (1986–1988)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Too Many Humans..... (1984, No Trend Records)
• A Dozen Dead Roses (1985, No Trend Records)
• Tritonian Nash-Vegas Polyester Complex (1986, Touch and Go)
• More (2001, Morphius Archives)

Compilations

• When Death Won't Solve Your Problems (1986, Widowspeak Productions)
• The Early Months (1995, TeenBeat)
• You Deserve Your Life (2018, Digital Regress)
• Too Many Humans / Teen Love (2020, Drag City)

Extended plays

• Teen Love (1983, No Trend)
• with Lydia Lunch: Heart of Darkness (1985, Widowspeak Productions)

References