Essential Logic was a post-punk band formed in 1978. The group was fronted & created by then 16 year old Lora Logic (real name Susan Whitby) who previously played saxophone in the X-Ray Spex. The Spex and Poly Styrene played a seminal part of the punk/new wave movement.
Essential Logic recorded & self released their first 7″ before signing to Virgin records in 1979 and later to Rough Trade. The act disbanded in 1980 but Lora was still musically active, lending her shrieking sax skills on studio recordings for the The Swell Maps and The Raincoats. Lora also released two solo albums and soon after quit recording and joined the Hare Krishna movement as her friend and former bandmate Poly Styrene had done earlier.
In 1995 Lora took part in a short lived reincarnation of X-Ray Spex, sans Poly & in 2001 released an EP of new material with Gary Valentine of Blondie on her roster.
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MP3: Essential Logic – Wonderful Offer
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MP3: Wonderful Offer – Aerosol Burns
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MP3: Essential Logic – Wake Up
Lora’s part in the X-Ray Spex ‘Oh Bondage Up yours’ & Essential Logic’s feminist forward lyrics made her well known amongst the feminist movement & in 2003 riot grrl heavy record label Kill Rock Stars released a collection of Essential Logic songs entitled ‘Fanfare in the Garden’ which can be picked up from Amazon
