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Laura Kennedy, bassist and founding member of the seminal NYC no-wave band the Bush Tetras, recently received a liver transplant due to complications from Hepatitis C. The bills are enormous and continue to pile up.

On January 17th the Bush Tetras, the Suicide Commandos and Skoal Kodiak will play a benefit for Laura at Nick & Eddie, located at 1612 Harmon Place in Minneapolis.

Laura grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and was part of a significant exodus of Cleveland artists and musicians to New York in the late 70’s. She was a roadie for the Contortions before joining forces with guitarist Pat Place to form the Bush Tetras in 1980. Their classic single “Too Many Creeps” became a Top 10 college radio hit. A 12” EP entitled “Rituals” was released in 1982 by Stiff records, and subsequent releases on the ROIR cassette label also appeared throughout the 80s. The band has continued to perform and record sporadically throughout the 90s and the early part of the new millennium. Their recordings remain favorites of hip DJs worldwide, as evidenced by the inclusion of “You Can’t Be Funky” on Soul Jazz’s recent “New York Noise” compilation. Despite occasional offers of lucrative gigs in Europe, these days the possibility always exists that the next Bush Tetras gig could be their last. In any event, you DON’T want to miss this, their first Twin Cities appearance in over 25 years!