Mayo Thompson

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Red Krayola Saddlesore

ex Pere Ubu

Mayo Thompson is an Avantgarde musician and artist, known for being the Red Krayola leader.

He was born 26 February 1944 in Houston, Texas, USA.

ALBUMS

Mayo Thompson With Sven-Åke Johanssons Quintett

Shotgun Wedding

2009, CD, Album, Yellowbird,

Indie Rock/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation/Post Bop

Moebius*, Conny Plank, Mayo Thompson

New Wave/Synth-pop

Corky's Debt To His Father

Art Rock/Avantgarde/Folk Rock

Maximum Rock 'N' Roll (The Singles Volume 1)

Rock & Roll/Electro/Experimental/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Maximum Rock 'N' Roll (The Singles)

Alternative Rock/Electro/Dub Techno/Leftfield/Acid House/Indie Rock/Dub/Psychedelic Rock/Downtempo

Not Good For Your Health: Punk Nuggets 1974-1982

2018, 2xLP, Comp, Ltd, Whi, Rhino Records (2),

Cabaret Voltaire

#7885 (Electropunk To Technopop 1978 – 1985)

Industrial/Electro/Experimental

11 Trésors Cachés De Manchester

2012, CD, Comp, Les Inrockuptibles,

Alternative Rock/Post-Punk/Indie Rock

2011, LP, Album, Not On Label

The Fall Box Set 1976 - 2007

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Indie Rock

The Red Krayola*

Art Rock/Avantgarde

Shoot Speed (More Dirty Hits)

Stephanie Taylor

2003, CD, Ltd, Pork Salad Press, Daniel Hug Editions

Rough Trade Shops (Post Punk 01)

Garage Rock/Indie Rock/Punk/New Wave/Post-Punk/No Wave/Funk/Dub/Experimental

Rough Trade Shops (Counter Culture [2002])

Electro/Experimental/Indie Rock/Art Rock/Alternative Rock/Techno/Garage Rock/Folk/Folk Rock/Hip Hop/House/Acoustic/Synth-pop

2003, 2x CD, 28x File,

Cabaret Voltaire

The Original Sound Of Sheffield '78 / '82. Best Of;

2001, 3xCD, Comp, Ltd, Definitive Music,

Rough Trade Shops - 25 Years

2001, 4x CD, Box Set,

New Wave/IDM/Punk/Indie Rock/Industrial/Indie Pop/Reggae/Post-Punk/Ambient

New Wave Riders

1998, CD, Comp, WEA,

Emily's Sassy Lime

1996, 7", Single, Kill Rock Stars

Mute Bank Compilation

Alternative Rock/EBM/Industrial/Techno/Indie Rock/Synth-pop

Manhattan (Beach)

1994, CD, Album, Smells Like Records,

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

The Sound Of Music Part 1

1993, CD, Comp, CCCP (2),

Alternative Rock/Industrial

Absolute Classic Masterpieces. Volume II

Indie Rock/Art Rock

Loretta & The Chipmunks

1992, CD, Album, Garbitowski

1991, CD, Album, Solid (4),

Pop Rock/Indie Rock

A View From The City 1980-1991

While The Time Away

1990, 7", Single, Kelt Records,

Bubblegum Perfume

Cabaret Voltaire

The Living Legends...

Industrial/Experimental

In Love With These Times

Poem Of The River & Forever Breathes The Lonely Word

1988, CD, Comp, Rough Trade, Creation Records,

Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Indie Rock

Poem Of The River ~ Let The Snakes Crinkle Their Heads To Death

1988, CD, Album, Comp, Creation Records,

Gentle Tuesday / Imperial

1988, 7", Single, Promo, WEA

1988, 2x Vinyl,

Alternative Rock/Hardcore/Experimental/Indie Rock

Alternative Rock

Cabaret Voltaire

The Golden Moments Of Cabaret Voltaire

1987, CD, Comp, Rough Trade,

Industrial/Electro

Waiting For A Change

Indie Rock/Indie Pop

In: Palace Of Swords Reversed

Post-Punk/New Wave/Noise Rock

Derek Jarman's The Last Of England (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Ambient/Experimental/Industrial/Score/Soundtrack

Sonic Flower Groove

Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock/Indie Pop

Indie Rock/Indie Pop

The Wishing Stones

Indie Rock/Alternative Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Jangle Pop

Poem Of The River

Folk Rock/Indie Rock

Shop Assistants

Shop Assistants

Shop Assistants

I Don't Wanna Be Friends With You

The Defiant Pose

1983, LP, Comp, Illegal Records (2)

Stiff Little Fingers

1983, 2x Vinyl,

The Lizard Hunt

1982, 7", Single, Praxis (3)

New Wave/Experimental

The Red Crayola* With Art & Language

Art Rock/Experimental

Indie Rock/Post-Punk

Grotesque (After The Gramme)

Wanna Buy A Bridge? (A Rough Trade Compilation Of Singles)

New Wave/Industrial/Punk/Experimental

James 'Blood' Ulmer*

Are You Glad To Be In America?

Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Funk

The Flood / Disney Boys

How I Wrote 'Elastic Man' / City Hobgoblins

Rock Against Racism - RAR's Greatest Hits

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Punk/Reggae

James Blood Ulmer

Are You Glad To Be In America?

The Red Crayola*

Micro-Chips & Fish

1979, 12", Single, Rough Trade, Rough Trade,

New Wave/Avantgarde

Scritti Politti

New Wave/Art Rock

The Monochrome Set

He's Frank / Alphaville

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Art Rock

The Red Crayola*

Post-Punk/Experimental/Art Rock

Fairytale In The Supermarket

New Wave/Post-Punk

Cabaret Voltaire

Stiff Little Fingers

Inflammable Material

New Wave/Avantgarde/Post-Punk

Stiff Little Fingers

Music-Language: Corrected Slogans

God Bless The Red Krayola And All Who Sail With It

Cross Current: Rough Trade's Greatest Hits Volume One

LP, Comp, Base Record,

No Wave/Post-Punk/Rock & Roll/Art Rock

A Darker Bloom-The Blue Orchids Collection

2002, CD, Comp, Cherry Red

COWWS' Quintett

Seite A Seite A

James Blood Ulmer

Are You Glad To Be In America?

James Blood Ulmer

Are You Glad To Be In America?

Avant-garde Jazz/No Wave

While Away The Time 1990-1994

2017, LP, Comp, Ltd, Num, RM, Blu + CD, Comp, Ltd, RM, Concerto Records,

An Extended Play

Over The Rainbow - A Compilation Of Rarities 1980-1984

Abstract/Post-Punk

Country & Watson

Marina Rosenfeld

theforestthegardenthesea

Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection, Nonlp Singles & B Sides 1975-1980

The Red Krayola*

1996, 7", Single, Drag City,

Art Rock/Avantgarde

1994, CD, Single, Solid (4),

1994, CD, Album, Solid (4),

1993, CD, Single, Solid (4),

A Fool Is A Star

1992, 7", Single, Solid (4)

1992, CD, Album, Solid (4),

A Good Year For The Lost

1991, 7", Single, Solid (4),

Pop Rock/Indie Rock

By Order Of Mayor Pawlicki (Live In Jarocin)

Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Post-Punk

Hurricane Fighter Plane

2006, 2xCD, Comp, Sli, Atom (3)

Live In Paris (Bataclan Le 13/12/1978)

2005, CD, Album, Ltd, Sordide Sentimental,

Datapanik In The Year Zero

Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock/New Wave/Experimental

One Man Drives While The Other Man Screams (Live, Volume Two: Pere Ubu On Tour)

Terminal Tower - An Archival Collection

Song Of The Bailing Man

New Wave/Art Rock/Experimental

The Art Of Walking

New Wave/Abstract/Avantgarde/Experimental

Live... Fox Warfield '80

2016, CD, RM, Unofficial, Interference (3)

Song Of The Bailing Man

APPEARANCES +

House With A Hundred Rooms

Alternative Rock

Johnny Connie Thomas Feat. Peter Peter

Efterårsbarn / Kære Betty

2024, 10", Yel, Escho,

Alternative Rock

Uncollected Noise New York ’88 -’90

Titch & Thee Unknown

Garage Psychosis

March Of The Flower Children (The American Sounds Of 1967)

2023, 3xCD, Comp, Grapefruit Records,

Baroque Pop/Psychedelic Rock/Folk Rock

From Dayton Ohio

Art Rock/Post-Punk/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Experimental/Noise/Electro/Punk/Synth-pop

On Fire 30: A Tribute To Galaxie 500

2019, CD, Ltd, A Head Full Of Wishes,

Charlemagne Palestine

Arpeggiated Bösendorfer + Falsetto Voice

2017, LP, Alga Marghen

Alien Sex Fiend

Fiendology: A 35 Year Trip Through Fiendish History...

2017, 3xCD, Comp, Cherry Red,

Alternative Rock/Goth Rock

2017, 12", S/Sided, Maxi, Queen Mum's Mail

2016, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine,

Beat/Psychedelic Rock

The Red Krayola* with Art & Language

Baby And Child Care

Teaching You The Fear: The Complete Collection 1979-1985

2015, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Alternative Tentacles,

Telstar Sound Drone

Jäegerklause Berlin Jan 2014

2014, CD, Mini, EP, Magnificent Music

Sonic Protest 2013

2013, 2xCD, Comp, Sonic Protest,

Avantgarde/Folk/Experimental/Abstract/Noise/Drone/Musique Concrète/Punk/Free Jazz

Heroes & Villains

2013, Cass, Not On Label,

I Can Hear Music

Alternative Rock/Lo-Fi

Who's That Man - A Tribute To Conny Plank

2013, 4x CD, Box Set,

Krautrock/Electro

The Psychedelic Journey

Psychedelic Rock/Krautrock

Hurricane Fighter Plane / Pink Stainless Tail

2011, 7", RSD, Single, Ltd, Yel, International Artists,

Acid Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental

David Thomas And His Legs

Winter Comes Home

Lower Dens Demo Vol. 2

Search & Destroy (15 Explosive Tracks By Bands Who Were Punk Before Punk)

Garage Rock/Punk

On Fire & Peel Sessions

I Can See For Miles (Mojo Presents Lost Tracks From America's Psychedelic Underground)

2009, CD, Comp, Mojo Magazine,

Psychedelic Rock

Meah! / The Phantom Family Halo

Meah! / Phantom Family Halo (Split) 7"

2009, 7", Ltd, Tra, Sophomore Lounge,

Pop Rock/Synth-pop

Urgh! A Music War

2009, DVD MOD DVD, Widescreen, 16x9, 1.85:1, Dolby,

New Wave/Roots Reggae/Punk/Art Rock/Synth-pop

Alien Sex Fiend

Bat Cave Anthems

2008, LP, Comp, Ltd, Pin, Cleopatra

Never Ever Land (83 Texan Nuggets From International Artists Records 1965-1970)

2008, 3xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Charly Records,

Blues Rock/Garage Rock/Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Texas Blues

David Thomas & The Accordion Club

David Thomas & The Accordion Club

2008, 10xFile, MP3, Hearpen.com,

Art Rock/Avantgarde/Classic Rock

The Red Krayola*

Alien Sex Fiend

R.I.P. (A 12'' Collection)

Electro/Goth Rock

One Switch To Collision

Inner City Unit

Punkadelic Plus...

Space Rock/Punk

Rough Trade Shops: Counter Culture 1976

Folk Rock/Dub/Punk/Funk/Disco

The Red Krayola* With Art & Language

Sighs Trapped By Liars

Art Rock/Avantgarde

What's Left For Kicks?

2006, CD, Album, Magnetic, Pitch-A-Tent,

Alternative Rock

The Red Krayola*

2006, CD, EP, Drag City,

The Red Krayola*

Plays The Music

2005, CD, Album, No Type,

Krautrock/Electro/Synth-pop/Downtempo/Synthwave/Sound Collage/Drone/Leftfield/Psychedelic/Experimental/Abstract

Elegy Sampler 40

2005, CD, Smplr, Elegy,

Industrial/Viking Metal/Punk/Vocal/Neofolk/New Wave/Soft Rock/Goth Rock

Mike Kelley / Scott Benzel

Day Is Done / Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

2005, 2xCD, Album, Compound Annex Records

2005, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Shake It! Records,

The Red Krayola*

Japan In Paris In L.A.

2004, CD, Album, Drag City

A Guess At The Riddle

Rock & Roll Is Here To Die

2003, CD, Album, Blue Chopsticks

Sixty-One Triplets*

2003, CDr, Album, RE, Instincto Records,

Essential Logic

Fanfare In The Garden: An Essential Logic Collection

Alternative Rock/New Wave

Acid Visions Vol. 9 (Child Of Evil)

2002, CD, Comp, RM, Spalax Music

Alien Sex Fiend

The Best Of Alien Sex Fiend

Industrial/Goth Rock/Electro

Alien Sex Fiend

Flashbacks! (Live 1995-98)

Abstract/Goth Rock

We Are Eggsperienced

2000, CD, Album, Blue Chopsticks,

Experimental/Abstract

The Red Krayola*

Art Rock/Avantgarde

Alien Sex Fiend

Fiend At The Controls Vol. 1 & 2

Industrial/Experimental

Future Pilot A.K.A.

A Galaxy Of Sound

1999, 2x Vinyl,

Future Jazz/Experimental/Ambient

Push Comes To Love

Book / Virtual Cowws

1998, 3xCD + Box, FMP

1998, 7", Single, Library Records

Future Pilot A.K.A. Vs The Pastels / Two Lone Swordsmen

Hurricane Fighter Plane / The Gates To Film City

1997, CD, Lost Records (3),

Punk/Psychedelic Rock

Sort Sol Incl. The Sods*

1997, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Medley Records,

Alternative Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Punk

In The Beginning

1997, CD, EP, Not On Label

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Everything That Rises... Must Converge!

1996, CD, Album, Enh, RE, RM + CD, Album, Enh, RE, RM + , Rykodisc,

Shoegaze/Indie Rock

The New Atlantis

1996, CD, Comp, Space Age Recordings

1996, 4x CD, Box Set,

Goth Rock/Industrial

The Red Krayola*

The Red Krayola*

Amor And Language

Space Rock/Indie Rock

The Red Krayola*

Alien Sex Fiend

The Singles 1983-1995

Translucent Flashbacks (The Glass Singles)

Alien Sex Fiend

Drive My Rocket - The Collection Part One

1994, CD, Comp, Cleopatra,

Electro/Industrial/Goth Rock

The Red Crayola*

1994, 7", Single, Drag City

Our Band Could Be Your Life - A Tribute To D Boon And The Minutemen

Art Rock/Punk/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock/Experimental

The Red Krayola*

The Red Krayola

Post Rock/Experimental

RCD Classic Collection 7 - Psychedelia

1993, CD, Comp, Promo, RCD Magazine,

Acid/Novelty/Vocal

Punk & Disorderly (New Wave 1976>1981)

Alien Sex Fiend

The Parable Of Arable Land / God Bless The Red Krayola And All Who Sail With It

Psychedelic Rock/Experimental

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Shoegaze

1989, 3xFlexi, S/Sided, Promo, Squ, The Catalogue, The Catalogue, The Catalogue

The Red Crayola*

Malefactor, Ade

Abstract/Art Rock/Experimental

Transparent Radiation / Honey

Alien Sex Fiend

Electro/Goth Rock/Industrial

The Easy Listening Record

Alien Sex Fiend

All Our Yesterdays

Electro/Goth Rock/Industrial/New Wave

Alien Sex Fiend

Here Cum Germs + Singles

Jörg Schlick And Megabody

1987, 7", Single, Leiterwagen Records,

Avantgarde/Experimental

Hurricane Fighter Plane

1987, 7", Guiding Lights Records,

Transparent Radiation

Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock

The Perfect Prescription

Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock

Alien Sex Fiend

Hurricane Fighter Plane

Dub/Electro/Goth Rock/Industrial

Alien Sex Fiend

The Impossible Mission Mini L.P.

Goth Rock/Electro

1986, Cass, Album, Ltd, Not on Label (Lithium X-Mas Self-Released),

Psychedelic Rock/Acid Rock

50,000 Glass Fans Can't Be Wrong - A Glass Records Selection

1986, Vinyl Clear,

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Indie Rock

The Purple Things

Deep In The Mind Of

Alive In The Living Room

The Red Crayola* With Art & Language

The Red Crayola*

Three Songs On A Trip To The United States & The Red Crayola, Bismarckstrasse, 50

The Red Crayola* With Art & Language

1981, 7", Konkurrenz Schallplatten, Phonogram

The Red Crayola* With Art & Language

An Old Man's Dream

1981, 7", Single, Rough Trade

1981, 7", Single, Upright Records,

Fest Der Vielen Sinne

New Wave/Punk/Minimal/NDW

David Thomas & The Pedestrians*

The Sound Of The Sand And Other Songs Of The Pedestrian

New Wave/Art Rock/Experimental

Rough Trade Records Compilation

Leftfield/New Wave/Power Pop/Punk/Industrial

NME / Rough Trade C81

Punk/Synth-pop/Ska/New Wave/Post-Punk/Jangle Pop

The Red Crayola*

1980, 7", Rough Trade,

The Red Crayola* / 13th Floor Elevators

Hurricane Fighter Plane / Reverberation

1978, Flexi, 7", S/Sided, International Artists, Radar Records (5)

1978, 7", EP, Promo, Radar Records (5)

The Red Crayola*

The Red Crayola* With The Familiar Ugly

The Parable Of Arable Land

Psychedelic Rock/Experimental/Avantgarde/Art Rock/Acid Rock

Bubble Puppy / Red Crayola*

Hot Smoke And Sassafras / Hurricane Fighter Plane

7", Collectables,

Psychedelic Rock

The Barretts (2) / The High-Jackers

Barretts V's High-Jackers

Cass, Album, Not On Label,

Psychedelic Rock/Garage Rock

Remixes On Conny Plank

2013, 12", EP, White (2), White (2), Grönland Records

Sound Of Thought 13

2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Sound Of Thought,

House/Experimental/Abstract

Secret Thirteen Mix 025

2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, Secret Thirteen Journal,

Industrial/Krautrock/Abstract/Poetry/Soundtrack/Soft Rock/Drone/Ambient/Space-Age/Field Recording/Experimental/Art Rock

Carl Newman*, The New Pornographers

Carl Newman's Get Together Playlist for Spring 2010

2010, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Matador,

Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock/Indie Pop

Oxford American Southern Music CD #9

2007, CD, Comp, Oxford American,

Southern Rock/Soul/Funk/Country

2000, DVD-V, Comp, Dol, QuickBand Networks,

Alternative Rock/Soundtrack

Meat Pie Toe Cloth Scraper E.P

1996, 7", EP, Ptolemaic Terrascope,

Psychedelic Rock/Indie Rock

Derek Jarman's The Last Of England (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Experimental/Ambient/Industrial

50,000 Glass Fans Can't Be Wrong - A Glass Records Selection

Alternative Rock/New Wave/Indie Rock

2018, 8-Track Cartridge,

Alternative Rock/Punk/Indie Rock

Alien Sex Fiend

Edit / Overdose!

Industrial/Goth Rock

William Cody Watson

Bury My Body In The Desert

2013, File, MP3, Mixed, P/Unofficial, 320, Experimedia

Stiff Little Fingers

Inflammable Material

James Blood Ulmer

Are You Glad To Be In America?

Free Jazz/Blues Rock/Jazz-Funk/Free Funk

NME / Rough Trade C81

Pop Rock/Punk/Synth-pop/Ska/New Wave

The Art Of Talking

1981, LP, Unofficial, Raven Records, Inc

Songs The Cramps Taught Us - Volume Two

CD, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label, Not On Label,

Garage Rock/Rockabilly/Rock & Roll

Cass, Comp, Unofficial, Nude-Cassette,

Punk/Garage Rock/Power Pop/Psychedelic Rock

Wanna Buy A Bridge?

New Wave/Industrial/Punk/Experimental

Alien Sex Fiend

All Our Yesterdays

Electro/Goth Rock/Industrial/New Wave

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