Tuxedomoon

Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon live in 2007
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, United States
Genres	Experimental post-punk new wave synth-punk
Years active	1977 (1977)–present
Labels	Ralph, Crammed Discs
Members	Blaine L. Reininger Steven Brown Luc Van Lieshout David Haneke
Past members	Peter Principle Bruce Geduldig Winston Tong Gregory Cruikshank Victoria Lowe Michael Belfer Paul Zahl Ivan Georgiev Nikolas Klau George Kakanakis Marcia Barcellos
Website	www.tuxedomoon.co

Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, originally consisting of Steven Brown (born Steven Allan Brown on August 23, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois) and Blaine L. Reininger, used electronic violins, guitars, screaming vocals and synthesizers to develop a unique "cabaret no-wave" sound. Bassist Peter Principle (Peter Dachert, 1954–2017) joined the band and in 1979 they released the single "No Tears", which remains a post-punk cult classic.^{[citation needed]} That year they signed to Ralph Records and released their first album, Half-Mute. Eventually, Reininger left the group, and Tuxedomoon relocated to Europe, signing to Crammed Discs and releasing Holy Wars in 1985. The band separated in the early 1990s, only to reunite later that decade. They all have remained together since releasing the album Cabin in the Sky in 2004.