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Ritual Tension
Ritual Tension is an American experimental rock band that formed in 1983 in New York City. They have released three studio albums and an EP. During their first incarnation all records were recorded at Martin Bisi's BC Studio in Brooklyn, and a live album taken from shows at CBGB, before their initial dissolution in 1990. At the same time, various configurations of the band members took part in art performances around Manhattan at venues such as Pyramid Club and PS 122. They re-formed in 2018, began playing shows and released a new album entitled It's Just the Apocalypse, It's Not the End in 2020, and played live together in 2023 at the Downtown Music Gallery.
Ritual Tension began with brothers Ivan and Andrew Nahem (sons of baseball player Sam Nahem). They had played together in a band they formed called Crop at San Francisco punk rock clubs in the late 1970s. Ivan had previously played drums in The Situations. Crop's lineup also included Mark C. and Tom Paine. Subsequently, Ivan Nahem, Paine and C. moved to New York City in 1980. Displeased with the direction of the band in the new location, Ivan left to form Carnival Crash with longtime friend John Griffin Morrissey and Norman Westberg (the latter had auditioned for Crop at C.'s loft), and later adding James Lo when Ivan switched from drums to vocals. Carnival Crash gigged around town and recorded an album's worth of material at Noise New York with Frank Eaton engineering. However they split up while recording in the studio and Ivan released a single, "Edge of Night" b/w "Tell Tale Heart", under the name Ivan X. Paine and C. subsequently formed Live Skull, while Westberg joined Swans.
Andrew Nahem moved to New York City in 1981 and the brothers began rehearsing together in the East Village. The band, as Tension, made their live debut on May 5, 1983 at the Speed Trials music festival at White Columns. Reviews were positive for their 25-minute performance of "All Wound Up", performed with drum machine, guitar, effects and vocals. Tension also recorded "All Wound Up" at Noise New York.
Claire Lawrence-Slater was added on bass and eventually Michael Jio on drums. They began playing East Village clubs, rehearsing in the Honeymoon Killers studio. Lawrence-Slater left the band, later playing with Honeymoon Killers and Ultra-Huge. She was replaced by Marc Sloan.
In summer 1985, Ivan Nahem played drums during Swans recording sessions; the resulting tracks were later issued on that band's 1986 albums Greed and Holy Money.
Now known as Ritual Tension, the band recorded their first album, I Live Here, at Martin Bisi's B.C. studio. It was released on James Reynold's Sacrifice Records, in 1986. After the album's release, Michael Shockley replaced Jio on drums.
The next recording with Bisi was the 1987 EP Hotel California, released on James Reynolds' Safe House Records. It featured an eight-minute cover of the title song by the Eagles, a wry deconstruction and a salute to their roots by the Nahem brothers, who grew up in the Bay Area. It also included Ritual Tension's signature song, "The Grind". The EP and the debut were also reissued together by Sacrifice as I Live Here/Hotel California.
As the band gained popularity in the East Village scene, playing clubs like Cat Club, The Ritz, Pyramid Club, The Bottom Line, and Knitting Factory, their true home became CBGB, where they had come to the attention of CBGB owner Hilly Kristal, leading to headliner slots and a live "Off the Board" album recorded in 1986 at the club entitled The Blood of the Kid and released in 1987 by CBGB/Celluloid Records.
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Ritual Tension
Ritual Tension is an American experimental rock band that formed in 1983 in New York City. They have released three studio albums and an EP. During their first incarnation all records were recorded at Martin Bisi's BC Studio in Brooklyn, and a live album taken from shows at CBGB, before their initial dissolution in 1990. At the same time, various configurations of the band members took part in art performances around Manhattan at venues such as Pyramid Club and PS 122. They re-formed in 2018, began playing shows and released a new album entitled It's Just the Apocalypse, It's Not the End in 2020, and played live together in 2023 at the Downtown Music Gallery.
Ritual Tension began with brothers Ivan and Andrew Nahem (sons of baseball player Sam Nahem). They had played together in a band they formed called Crop at San Francisco punk rock clubs in the late 1970s. Ivan had previously played drums in The Situations. Crop's lineup also included Mark C. and Tom Paine. Subsequently, Ivan Nahem, Paine and C. moved to New York City in 1980. Displeased with the direction of the band in the new location, Ivan left to form Carnival Crash with longtime friend John Griffin Morrissey and Norman Westberg (the latter had auditioned for Crop at C.'s loft), and later adding James Lo when Ivan switched from drums to vocals. Carnival Crash gigged around town and recorded an album's worth of material at Noise New York with Frank Eaton engineering. However they split up while recording in the studio and Ivan released a single, "Edge of Night" b/w "Tell Tale Heart", under the name Ivan X. Paine and C. subsequently formed Live Skull, while Westberg joined Swans.
Andrew Nahem moved to New York City in 1981 and the brothers began rehearsing together in the East Village. The band, as Tension, made their live debut on May 5, 1983 at the Speed Trials music festival at White Columns. Reviews were positive for their 25-minute performance of "All Wound Up", performed with drum machine, guitar, effects and vocals. Tension also recorded "All Wound Up" at Noise New York.
Claire Lawrence-Slater was added on bass and eventually Michael Jio on drums. They began playing East Village clubs, rehearsing in the Honeymoon Killers studio. Lawrence-Slater left the band, later playing with Honeymoon Killers and Ultra-Huge. She was replaced by Marc Sloan.
In summer 1985, Ivan Nahem played drums during Swans recording sessions; the resulting tracks were later issued on that band's 1986 albums Greed and Holy Money.
Now known as Ritual Tension, the band recorded their first album, I Live Here, at Martin Bisi's B.C. studio. It was released on James Reynold's Sacrifice Records, in 1986. After the album's release, Michael Shockley replaced Jio on drums.
The next recording with Bisi was the 1987 EP Hotel California, released on James Reynolds' Safe House Records. It featured an eight-minute cover of the title song by the Eagles, a wry deconstruction and a salute to their roots by the Nahem brothers, who grew up in the Bay Area. It also included Ritual Tension's signature song, "The Grind". The EP and the debut were also reissued together by Sacrifice as I Live Here/Hotel California.
As the band gained popularity in the East Village scene, playing clubs like Cat Club, The Ritz, Pyramid Club, The Bottom Line, and Knitting Factory, their true home became CBGB, where they had come to the attention of CBGB owner Hilly Kristal, leading to headliner slots and a live "Off the Board" album recorded in 1986 at the club entitled The Blood of the Kid and released in 1987 by CBGB/Celluloid Records.
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