JULY 3, 1983

Effigies, Big Black, and Silent Language at the Cubby Bear in Chicago, IL

The Big Black video premiered tonight was for the Crack.

Silent Language were a short-lived, dysfunctional group formed by Lorna Donley (ex-Da).

Phil Galanter had this to say about them:

It was a 3 piece with me (guitar), Lorna Donley (bass, vocals), and Jed Fox (drums). For a brief while we also had Geri Soriano (vocals, guitar, keyboards) as a fourth.

Lorna was best known for her previous band DA! Gerri went on to do a number of things, and is currently the vocal lead for Supreme Beings of Leisure. I still do what I do. And Jed...well where is Jed anyway?

Silent Language only existed for about 2 years, and was only public for about 1. We cancelled as many shows as we played. The one above in the poster we cancelled out of at the last minute. We were all a bit past neurotic, and Silent Language was ultimately a (I think) great and (certainly) doomed band. Too bad we didn't get into the studio before we totally self-destructed.

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