The Nurse with Wound list is a list of musicians and bands that was included with Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella (1979), the first album by Nurse with Wound. There are 291 entries on the list. The list was expanded with Nurse with Wound's second album, To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl (1980).
The list was compiled by the original Nurse with Wound trio of Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill, and Heman Pathak. It was intended as a homage to the artists who influenced the Nurse with Wound project.Face Out, 8, March 1981Bugbee, Tim. Steve Stapleton (Nurse with Wound) – Part Two The Big Takeover, 30 August 2008 It has since become a type of 'shopping list' for collectors of outsider and avant-garde music.
Given their obscurity, some of the artists named on the list have been a mystery for many collectors.Freeman, Alan and Steve. "The Nurse with Wound List". The Audion Guide to Nurse with Wound.. July 20, 1994 (Revised 2005). Ultima Thule Records. Stapleton has even boasted that some of the names on the list were invented,Keenan, David. "Nurse with Wound". The Wire #160, June 1997 a statement denied by John Fothergill.Keenan, David. England's Hidden Reverse: Coil – Current 93 – Nurse with Wound. SAF Publishing Ltd, 2003. .
A Agitation Free, German rock group. Pekka Airaksinen, Finnish musician and member of the group Sperm (see below). Airway, project of Joe Potts as part of the Los Angeles Free Music Society collective. Albrecht/d., German artist with ties to the Fluxus scene. He has worked with Joseph Beuys and Throbbing Gristle (see below). , German rock group. Älgarnas Trädgård, Swedish rock group. All 7-70, see Ritual All 770 (below). Alternative TV, British group led by Mark Perry of Sniffin' Glue fame. Has worked with Throbbing Gristle (see below). Also see Good Missionaries (below). Álvaro Peña-Rojas, Chilean singer and multi-instrumentalist. Famous for his "singing nose". Once a member of the pre-Clash band The 101ers. Ame Son, French rock group. AMM, British improv group. Currently the core members are just Eddie Prévost and John Tilbury, but has in the past included Keith Rowe, Lou Gare, Cornelius Cardew, Lawrence Sheaff, and Christopher Hobbs. Has worked with the MEV (see below). Amon Düül, German commune and rock group. Amon Düül II, German rock group. Anal Magic and Reverend Dwight Frizzell, American Dwight Frizzell assisted by a number of friends. Anima, German rock group sometimes going by the name Anima-Sound. Led by husband and wife and with assistance of Friedrich Gulda (see below) on some albums. , German rock group. Aksak Maboul (Aqsak Maboul), Belgian group led by Marc Hollander. Have worked with Fred Frith (see below) and Chris Cutler of Henry Cow (see below). Part of the Rock in Opposition movement. , Swedish rock group. Arcane V, French rock group. Archaïa, French zeuhl group. , Swedish rock group. Area, Italian rock group. Members included Demetrio Stratos (see below), Paolo Tofani (see below), and Patrizio Fariselli (see below). , French musician and leader of the groups Lard Free (see below) and Urban Sax. Also a member of Clearlight, Delired Cameleon Family, Operation Rhino (see below), and Catalogue. Note there are no known recordings (before 1980) released under his solo name. Art Bears, British based trio of Fred Frith (see below), Chris Cutler, and Dagmar Krause, all of whom were members of Henry Cow (see below). Part of the Rock in Opposition movement. Art Zoyd (Art Zoyd III), French rock/modern-classical group. Part of the Rock in Opposition movement. Arzachel, British rock group sometimes going by the name Uriel. Later became the group Egg. Robert Ashley, American composer and experimentalist. Member of the ONCE Group and the Sonic Arts Union with David Behrman, Alvin Lucier (see below), and Gordon Mumma. Ash Ra Tempel, German rock group led by Manuel Göttsching. Part of the supergroup Cosmic Jokers. Released an album with Timothy Leary. Later albums credited as Ashra. Association P.C., jazz ensemble led by Dutchman Pierre Courbois.
B Il Balletto di Bronzo, Italian rock group. Banten, Dutch group. Members include , Ernst Reijseger, and . Franco Battiato, Italian singer, composer, and songwriter. Han Bennink, Dutch jazz percussionist. One of the founding members of the Instant Composers Pool (with Misha Mengelberg and Willem Breuker). Has also worked with Peter Brötzmann, Fred Van Hove, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, and Steve Beresford (see below). Steve Beresford, British multi-instrumentalists who has worked in a wide range of fields including jazz, film score, and pop. Some of these include Alterations, Derek Bailey, Han Bennick (see above), Flying Lizards (see below), and the Portsmouth Sinfonia. Jacques Berrocal, French trombonist, trumpeter, and all around multi-instrumentalist. Has worked with Nurse with Wound. Member of the groups Operation Rhino (see below) and Catalogue. , French musician and soundtrack/library music composer. Was a member of the group Pôle (see below). Biglietto per l'Inferno, Italian rock group. Birgé Gorgé Shiroc, French trio of Jean-Jacques Birgé, Francis Gorgé, and Shiroc. After the departure of Shiroc and the addition of Bernard Vitet they became the group Un Drame Musical Instantane. Birgé played also with , Operation Rhino, Tamia, Luc Ferrari, Colette Magny and Raymond Boni (see below). He made light-shows for Gong (see below) and Red Noise (see below). Blue Effect, see Modry Efekt (below). , Danish group. Bomis Prendin, American group led by Bomis Prendin. , French guitarist. Don Bradshaw-Leather, mysterious British musician once rumoured to be the creation of Robert John Godfrey (of the group The Enid). , German rock group. Brainticket, Belgian-led European rock group. Brast Burn, Japanese group. Labelmates of Karuna Khyal on Voice Records. Brave New World, German rock group. , Swiss sound experimentalist and maultrommel player. Has interpreted scores by Adolf Wölfli. Brühwarm, German group including Corny Littmann that collaborated with Ton Steine Scherben (see below). Franz de Byl, German guitarist.
C Cabaret Voltaire, British group, originally a trio of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk, and Chris Watson (also an early member of Hafler Trio). Labelmates of Throbbing Gristle (see below) on Industrial Records. John Cage, famous 20th-century American composer. Student of Henry Cowell and Arnold Schoenberg. Has worked with Merce Cunningham, David Tudor, Marcel Duchamp, Morton Feldman, Christian Wolff, Max Neuhaus, Lou Harrison, and Sun Ra. Can, German rock band. See Technical Space Composers Crew below. , Italian rock group (but promoted as British). Captain Beefheart, American musician Don Van Vliet. Led the group The Magic Band which included Alexis Snouffer and Gary Lucas. Has worked with Frank Zappa (see below). Chamberpot, British jazz ensemble of Richard Beswick, Simon Mayo, Philipp Wachsmann, and Tony Wren. , German rock group. Chillum, British rock group. Side-project of the group Second Hand (see below). Henri Chopin, French sound poet. Published the audio-visual magazines Cinquième Saison and OU which featured works by members of Lettrisme, Fluxus, as well as Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs. Chrome, American group consisting mainly of Damon Edge and Helios Creed. Cohelmec Ensemble, French jazz ensemble of , Jean Cohen, Jean-Louis Mechali, and Joseph Dejean. Jean Cohen-Solal, French flute player. Has played with Cohelmec Ensemble (see above), Béatrice Tekielski (see below), and Olga Forest. Collegium Musicum, Slovak rock group. , Italian record producer who has recorded some solo rock albums. Come, William Bennett's pre-Whitehouse group (see below). Companyia Elèctrica Dharma, Catalan group. Comus, British folk group. Cornucopia, German rock group. Crass, British group. Members of which have worked with Nurse with Wound and Current 93. Creative Rock, German rock group. Cromagnon, American rock group. David Cunningham, British musician, composer, and producer. Also see Flying Lizards below. Cupol, duo of Graham Lewis and Bruce Gilbert, both from the British group Wire. Also see Dome (below).
D Dadazuzu, German group that has only ever made 1 track for a compilation release. Wolfgang Dauner, German jazz pianist. Debris', American rock group. Decayes, American group. An offshoot of the Los Angeles Free Music Society. Dedalus, Italian rock group. The Deep Freeze Mice, British rock group. Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF), German group. Became a duo after a small number of LPs, moved to England, and made more commercial albums. Dharma Quintet, French jazz ensemble. Dies Irae, German rock group. Dome, another Wire side project by Graham Lewis and Bruce Gilbert. See Cupol above. Not to be confused with German group DOM. Doo-Dooettes, part of the Los Angeles Free Music Society. Philippe Doray, French musician. Has worked with Thierry Muller (see below). Roger Doyle, Irish musician and composer. In the group Operating Theatre which had an album released on United Dairies. Jean Dubuffet, French artist and creator of Art brut. Dzyan, German rock group.
E , German jazz-rock group. Emtidi, German space kraut-folk duo of Maik Hirschfeldt and Dolly Holmes. Eroc, German drummer and multi-instrumentaluist Joachim H. Ehrig. Was a member of Grobschnitt (see below). Etron Fou Leloublan, French rock group. Part of the Rock in Opposition movement. Exmagma, German rock group. They have no relation to the French band Magma.
F Family Fodder, British rock group led by Alig Fodder. Patrizio Fariselli, Italian pianist and member of Area (see above). Faust, German rock group. Has worked with Slapp Happy and Tony Conrad. A later version of the group has worked with Nurse with Wound. Luc Ferrari, French composer and musique concrète practitioner. , French rock group. Floh de Cologne, German rock group. Flying Lizards, British group led by David Cunningham (see above). Also see Steve Beresford (above). Food Brain, Japanese rock group. Förklädd Gud (God in Disguise), Swedish avant-garde jazz group. Walter Franco, Brazilian singer and composer. Free Agents, project of Pete Shelley of Buzzcocks fame. Friendsound, American rock group led by Drake Levin of Paul Revere & the Raiders fame. Fred Frith, British guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Was in the groups Henry Cow (see below) and Art Bears (see above).
G Gash, German rock band. Ron Geesin, British composer, musician, producer. Has worked with Pink Floyd. Gila, German rock group. Jef Gilson, French musician. Glaxo Babies, British rock group. God in Disguise, see Förklädd Gud (above) Gomorrha, German rock group. Gong, British/French rock group. Good Missionaries, side-project of Alternative TV (see above). Le Grand Magic Circus, French performance group. Danny Elfman was once a member. John Greaves and Peter Blegvad (and Lisa Herman), collaboration between members of Henry Cow (see below) and Slapp Happy. , Italian contrabass player with ties to the Fluxus scene. , Swedish electronic musician composer. Grobschnitt, German rock group. Also see Eroc (above). Group 1850, Dutch rock group. Jean Guérin, French multi-instrumentalist. Friedrich Gulda Austrian pianist and composer. Was a member of Anima-Sound (see above). Guru Guru, German rock group. Also see Uli Trepte (below).
H , German rock group. Hampton Grease Band, American rock group. Henry Cow, British group founded by Fred Frith (see above) and Tim Hodgkinson. Part of the Rock in Opposition movement. Collaborated with the group Slapp Happy and eventually merged with them. Other members have included Chris Cutler, John Greaves, Dagmar Krause, Peter Blegvad, Anthony Moore (see below), Geoff Leigh, Lindsay Cooper, and Georgie Born. Also see Art Bears (above), Fred Frith (above), and Greaves and Blegvad (above).