Jim Sclavunos | |
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![]() Sclavunos in 2008. | |
Background information | |
Genres | Post-punk, alternative rock, garage rock |
Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion, keyboards, vocals |
Years active | 1978–present |
Labels | Mute |
Website | jimsclavunos |
James Sclavunos is an American drummer, multi-instrumentalist musician, record producer, and writer. He is best known as a drummer, having been a member of two seminal no wave groups in the late 1970s (Teenage Jesus & the Jerks and 8 Eyed Spy, both alongside Lydia Lunch). He is also noted for stints in Sonic Youth and the Cramps, and has been a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds since 1994. Sclavunos has led his own group the Vanity Set since 2000.