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She had been the original guitarist and one of the founding members of the No Wave band The Contortions. With the Bush Tetras, Pat continued to pursue some of the musical ideas she had explored in that band, although her distinctive slide guitar is absent from many of the Tetras songs. Sley's vocals were half-spoken, half-sung. In songs like \"Too Many Creeps\" and \"Can't Be Funky,\" she repeated simple phrases over and over again, creating a hypnotic monotony similar to Place's guitar rhythms.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlace appeared in some of Vivienne Dick's movies co-starring with Lydia Lunch and other musicians from New York's thriving, late-1970s and early-1980s music community, an off-shoot of No Wave. These appearances contributed to the band's prominent position in downtown New York in the early 1980s. At present there has been a resurgence of interest in this period, and the band's influence can be heard in many younger bands.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe group scored two dance hits in the U.S. in the early 1980s, with \"Too Many Creeps\" peaking at #57 Dance in 1981, and \"Can't Be Funky/Cowboys In Africa\" peaking at #32 in 1982.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bush Tetras briefly reformed in the mid-1990s. Beginning in 2005, they again began performing in New York City and (in the summer of 2006) in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Bush+Tetras","playStationPath":"/stations/115457652/play","stationId":115457652,"bioPath":"/music/Bush+Tetras/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Lene+Lovich","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/490/490cf1c9360d286a102ff66ec2edd804_md.jpg","artistName":"Lene Lovich","artistId":438201,"station_id":400861469},{"musicPath":"/music/Wire","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d96/d9613d78054f1fe5ff2191443cc5da7b_md.jpg","artistName":"Wire","artistId":2045,"station_id":113325614},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Creatures","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bff/bff4705b77f36e43a383760cb36a9a9c_md.jpg","artistName":"The Creatures","artistId":79927,"station_id":267652419},{"musicPath":"/music/Shriekback","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a72/a72d685dc60d007e518783aca28644b8_md.jpg","artistName":"Shriekback","artistId":109287,"station_id":282140456},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Dream+Syndicate","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/eb0/eb0cc79bd8f49ba2c398f63836e36874_md.jpg","artistName":"The Dream Syndicate","artistId":108502,"station_id":282140267},{"musicPath":"/music/Savages","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b14/b148c3a3619ef8ef4a5b7f900d72deaf_md.jpg","artistName":"Savages","artistId":245307,"station_id":357302562},{"musicPath":"/music/Alternative+TV","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6b1/6b159587a4746fad89a0f1d9c03a795f_md.jpg","artistName":"Alternative TV","artistId":5486,"station_id":113506909},{"musicPath":"/music/Television+Personalities","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/532/5329bb37b6be2aa60db4c52725ff4d73_md.jpg","artistName":"Television Personalities","artistId":5492,"station_id":114970815},{"musicPath":"/music/Killing+Joke","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/997/9977b9029c7aea877c3af10d3e60024d_md.jpg","artistName":"Killing Joke","artistId":3295,"station_id":113474496},{"musicPath":"/music/Pigbag","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9f7/9f796b74db3a0a3251c6daef8c4bedea_md.jpg","artistName":"Pigbag","artistId":8122,"station_id":115457757},{"musicPath":"/music/23+Skidoo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/52d/52da467f70fcfef9697324eb210ad45c_md.jpg","artistName":"23 Skidoo","artistId":8128,"station_id":246089156},{"musicPath":"/music/X+Ray+Spex","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/604/604a918d4720a9aa08c1fc5fc902dafe_md.jpg","artistName":"X-Ray Spex","artistId":6694,"station_id":113369342},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Flying+Lizards","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/51f/51fb0cd6c2f9e122c1897d36fd4112aa_md.jpg","artistName":"The Flying Lizards","artistId":8123,"station_id":114678086},{"musicPath":"/music/Tones+on+Tail","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c8d/c8dc696828735234753ceba66bafd774_md.jpg","artistName":"Tones on Tail","artistId":2025,"station_id":113573914},{"musicPath":"/music/Eyeless+In+Gaza","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f15/f1577d66fccfe52fea38529c3ba2f502_md.jpg","artistName":"Eyeless In Gaza","artistId":13597,"station_id":121812631},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Comsat+Angels","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d98/d984cc40a81201135bbcf1aa1ac6116b_md.jpg","artistName":"The Comsat Angels","artistId":100821,"station_id":280763307},{"musicPath":"/music/Cabaret+Voltaire","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cbc/cbc30ebeb6671cc479a522e6f985da96_md.jpg","artistName":"Cabaret Voltaire","artistId":239,"station_id":113424213},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Stranglers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bb0/bb0595158cdf6de7ce73b5fe43524012_md.jpg","artistName":"The Stranglers","artistId":1893,"station_id":113277450}]}