ArtistInfo

Blue Humans

Band, *1980
Jazz and Rock

The Blue Humans is the name used by experimental guitarist Rudolph Grey for the improvised performances he leads with a variety of other musicians. Grey first came to notice in the late-1970s New York City post punk and art scene which also produced Sonic Youth and Swans, and played in the influential no wave band Mars. Since then, he has released solo material as well as several Blue Humans records, the latter mostly live recordings. Blue Humans members and collaborators have included Tom Surgal, Arthur Doyle, Beaver Harris, Alan Licht, Charles Gayle, and Thurston Moore. Blue Humans lineups are often trios, sometimes two guitars and drums, sometimes guitar-sax-drums. Their sound is fast-moving, noisy, and aggressively atonal, although on longer pieces such as the 20-minute title track of Clear to Higher Time, they can produce a precisely-controlled build of tension.

Members

	Thurston Moore g, voc *1958 US
	Alan Licht g *1968 US
	Tom Surgal dr US
	Arthur Doyle ts, voc, fl 1944-2014 US
	Rudolph Grey g US
	Jim Sauter sax, ts *1953 US
	Beaver Harris dr 1936-1991 US
	Charles Gayle ts, p *1939 US