Beme Seed was a New York based psychedelic

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band led by Kathleen Lynch, known for her collaboration with the Butthole Surfers. The band utilized guitar feedback and

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to invoke a droning atmosphere in their music described as "panic inducing", and "supernatural".

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said of the band: "Lacking the minimal organization of even the Sun City Girls, Beme Seed captures unique psychic qualities on its three opaque and unsettling records." The demise of Beme Seed in 1992 can be seen as marking the transition from the "

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" of the 1980s to the "

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" of the early 1990s.

Discography

*''Beme Seed'' (1989, released on vinyl under the alternate title ''The Future Is Attacking'') *''Lights Unfold'' (1990) *''Purify'' (1992)

References

External links

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