{{Distinguish|Gynecologist}}{{Short description|American punk rock band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Gynecologists | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | origin = New York City, New York, United States | genre = No wave | years_active = {{start date|1976}}–{{end date|1978}} | associated_acts = | past_members = * Rhys Chatham * Robert Appleton * Nina Canal * Daile Kaplan * Jim Sclavunos }} '''The Gynecologists''' were a no wave band based in SoHo, Manhattan.<ref>Masters 111.</ref> The band was founded in 1976 by composer Rhys Chatham and artist Robert Appleton.<ref name="masters-117">Masters 117.</ref>
Chatham was originally inspired to start a band when composer Peter Gordon took him to see the Ramones for his first punk rock concert. Chatham wanted to combine the punk rock sound with the minimalist compositions he was making.<ref name="masters-117"/> In addition to composing, he was the music director for The Kitchen.<ref>Reynolds 147.</ref> They added guitarist Nina Canal, who had little musical experience and bought a Fender Stratocaster.<ref name="masters-117"/> Photographer Daile Kaplan, using the pseudonym "Heddy Van Dyke", became the band's drummer.<ref name="masters-118">Masters 118.</ref> Following the Gynecologists' first performance, Chatham left the group and joined a band named Arsenal so that he could focus on learning to play rock guitar.<ref name="masters-118"/><ref>Young 42.</ref> Kaplan was later replaced by Jim Sclavunos, whom the band knew from his work for ''NO Magazine''.<ref name="masters-118"/> Brian Eno invited Chatham to contribute to his 1978 ''No New York'' compilation, but Chatham missed their recording session.<ref>Masters 110–111.</ref> The Gynecologists' biggest performance was at a May 1978 festival with Theoretical Girls at Artists Space.<ref>Patrick Nickleson, ''The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art Music, and Historiography in Dispute'', University of Michigan Press, p. 157</ref> The group disbanded shortly after, with Sclavunos joining Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Canal co-founding Ut.<ref name="masters-118"/>
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==References== * {{cite book |last=Masters |first=Marc |year=2007 |title=No Wave |publisher=Black Dog Publishing |isbn=978-1-906-155-02-5 }} * {{cite book |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |authorlink=Simon Reynolds |year=2006 |title=Rip It Up and Start Again |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=0-14-303672-6 }} * {{cite book |editor-last=Young |editor-first=Rob |editor-link=Rob Young (writer) |year=2009 |title=The Wire Primers |publisher=Verso Books |isbn=978-1-84467-427-5 }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gynecologists, The}} Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1978 Category:Musical groups established in 1976 Category:Musical groups from New York City Category:No wave groups Category:Rock music groups from New York (state) Category:1976 establishments in New York City