Nurse With Wound

Nurse with Wound (abbreviated NWW) is the main recording name for British musician Steven Stapleton. Nurse with Wound was originally a band, formed in 1978 by Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak. The band's work has explored genres such as industrial, noise, dark ambient, and drone. Their early recordings, all made quickly, were heavily influenced by free improvisation and krautrock and were generally considered industrial music, despite the objections of the group.
By 1981, only Stapleton was left from the original trio and he now regards 1982's Homotopy to Marie as being the first proper Nurse with Wound release. There are now over 40 full length NWW titles. Stapleton's fondness for dada, surrealism and absurdist humor are demonstrated in much of NWW's output, which, though it draws directly on a wide assortment of genres (including cabaret music, nursery rhymes, John Cage, The Beach Boys, krautrock, ambient music, and easy listening), retains a distinctive and recognizable aura.
==Links to Peel==
According to available playlists on this site, it seems Peel first played Nurse With Wound in 1985, but didn't seem to play the artist's material that much until the 90's, when Nurse With Wound collaborated with Stereolab and released the single, Simple Headphone Mind, which got airplay by Peel in May 1997. The track later entered the 1997 Festive Fifty.
==Festive Fifty Entries==
*1997 Festive Fifty (& Stereolab): Simple Headphone Mind #14
==Shows Played==
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*11 September 1985: You Walrus Hurt The One You Love (LP - The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion) United Dairies
;1993
*31 July 1993: ‘Exploding Head Movie (10 inch – Crumb Duck)’ (Clawfist)
;1997
*13 May 1997 (& Stereolab): Simple Headphone Mind (12") Duophonic Super 45
*22 May 1997 (BFBS) (& Stereolab): Simple Headphone Mind (12") Duophonic Super 45
*23 May 1997 (BFBS) (& Stereolab): Simple Headphone Mind (12") Duophonic Super 45
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists