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Arto Lindsay
- From
- Richmond, United States
- Since
- 1953–present
- Releases
- 13
- no wave
About
Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He was a member of the pioneering 1970s no wave group DNA, which featured on the 1978 compilation No New York. In the 1980s, he formed the group Ambitious Lovers. He also performed with the Golden Palominos and the Lounge Lizards.
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He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self-taught guitar style consisting almost entirely of unconventional extended techniques, described by Brian Olewnick as "studiedly naïve ... sounding like the bastard child of Derek Bailey".
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Lindsay, Arto
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- MusicBrainz
- 6c1904f2-dacf-4389-b828-d2cedc6f12b4
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- 0000000055142699
- IPI
- 00049020896
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.