# Beme Seed

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{{Short description|US musical group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Beme Seed
| image           = Beme_Seed.jpeg
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| caption         = A publicity photo of Beme Seed circa 1989.
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| landscape       = yes
| origin          = [New York City, New York](/source/New_York_City%2C_New_York), U.S.
| genre           = <!-- All genres are sourced in the "Style" section. Please discuss on the talk page before changing; this field must reflect the article's sourced content. -->{{flatlist|
* [Punk rock](/source/Punk_rock)
* [noise rock](/source/noise_rock)
* [post-punk](/source/post-punk)
* [psychedelic rock](/source/psychedelic_rock)
* [experimental music](/source/experimental_music)
* [drone](/source/Drone_music)
* [Art punk](/source/Art_punk)
}}
| years_active    = 1988-1992
| label           = {{flatlist|
* [Blast First](/source/Blast_First)
* [No. 6](/source/No._6_Records)
* [Rough Trade](/source/Rough_Trade_Records)
}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
* [Butthole Surfers](/source/Butthole_Surfers)
* [Morning Glories](/source/C._Gibbs)
* [Bunny Brains](/source/Bunny_Brains)
}}
| past_members    = * [Kathleen Lynch](/source/Kathleen_Lynch_(performer))
* Michael Albin
* Eric Jacobs
* R.S.C. Barrett
* Kenny Savelson
}}

'''Beme Seed''' was an American [psychedelic](/source/psychedelic_rock) [noise rock](/source/noise_rock) band led by [Kathleen Lynch](/source/Kathleen_Lynch_(performer)), known for her collaboration with the [Butthole Surfers](/source/Butthole_Surfers). The band utilized guitar [feedback](/source/feedback) and [chanting](/source/chanting) to invoke a droning atmosphere in their music described as "panic inducing",<ref name="Trouser_Press">{{cite web | first=Ian | last=Christe | title=Beme Seed | url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=beme_seed | work=TrouserPress.com}}</ref> and "supernatural".<ref name="Head_Heritage">{{cite web | author=The Seth Man | title=Beme Seed | url=http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/1520 | work=Head Heritage | date=2006-04-11}}</ref> [Trouser Press](/source/Trouser_Press) said of the band: "Lacking the minimal organization of even the [Sun City Girls](/source/Sun_City_Girls), Beme Seed captures unique psychic qualities on its three opaque and unsettling records."<ref name="Trouser_Press" /> The demise of Beme Seed in 1992 can be seen as marking the transition from the "[underground music](/source/underground_music)" of the 1980s to the "[alternative rock](/source/alternative_rock)" of the early 1990s.<ref name="Trouser_Press" />

==Discography==
*''Beme Seed'' (1989, released on vinyl under the alternate title ''The Future Is Attacking'')<ref name="Head_Heritage" />
*''Lights Unfold'' (1990)
*''Purify'' (1992)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.myspace.com/bemeseed Official MySpace page]
*[https://www.facebook.com/bemeseed Official Facebook page]

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Category:Blast First artists
Category:Indie rock musical groups from New York (state)
Category:Psychedelic rock music groups from New York (state)
Category:Rough Trade Records artists

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