Prior to becoming a visual artist George Condo was a reluctant but inspired member of the punk rock synthesizer group known as the The Girls. The group also consisted of modernist painter Mark Dagley, noise musician Dave Hild and underground writer Robin Amos. Only one single was ever released, Jeffrey I Hear You/Elephant Man. It was produced by Dave Thomas from the nascent band Pere Ubu. Immediately following the release Condo met Jean-Michel Basquiat when the Girls opened for Basquiat’s disassembled rock group Gray. After this encounter Condo immediately relocated to Ludlow Street in New York City to begin his career as an abstract painter.
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