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Essential Logic did not 'reform for an anthology album in 2001'. There was an anthology which included some songs recorded under the Essential Logic name but they preceded the collection. LL appears on the ''Soldier Talk'' album as well as ''Kangaroo?''.
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'''Lora Logic''' (also spelt '''Laura Logic'''; born '''Susan Whitby''' c. 1960) is a British [[saxophone|saxophonist]] and [[singing|singer]] from [[Wembley]], [[Greater London|London]].<ref name="Autobiography">{{cite web |url=https://www.essential-logic.co.uk/bio |title=Lora Logic - A Life in Words and Pictures |website=Essential Logic |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref> Logic was a founding member of London [[Punk rock|punk]] band [[X-Ray Spex]], and wrote the saxophone parts for their debut album, [[Germfree Adolescents]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/one-of-punk-s-true-originals-germfree-adolescents-is-a-1829767876 |website=AV Club |title=One of Punk's True Originals, ''Germfree Adolescents'' Is as Fresh Today as It Was in 1978 |author=Rife, Katie |date=October 23, 2018 |access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref> After leaving X-Ray Spex, Logic founded her own band, [[Essential Logic]], which released one full-length album in 1979 and reformed for an anthology album in 2001. Logic has been called "one of post-punk's most notable atypical girls."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2892-fanfare-in-the-garden-an-essential-logic-collection/ |website=Pitchfork |title=Essential Logic: Fanfare in the Garden: An Essential Logic Collection |date=August 27, 2003 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |author=Raposa, David}}</ref>
'''Lora Logic''' (also spelt '''Laura Logic'''; born '''Susan Whitby''' c. 1960) is a British [[saxophone|saxophonist]], [[singing|singer]] and songwriter from [[Wembley]], [[Greater London|London]].<ref name="Autobiography">{{cite web |url=https://www.essential-logic.co.uk/bio |title=Lora Logic - A Life in Words and Pictures |website=Essential Logic |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref> Logic was a founding member of London [[Punk rock|punk]] band [[X-Ray Spex]], and wrote the saxophone parts for their debut album, [[Germfree Adolescents]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/one-of-punk-s-true-originals-germfree-adolescents-is-a-1829767876 |website=AV Club |title=One of Punk's True Originals, ''Germfree Adolescents'' Is as Fresh Today as It Was in 1978 |author=Rife, Katie |date=October 23, 2018 |access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref> After leaving X-Ray Spex, Logic founded her own band, [[Essential Logic]], which released one full-length album in 1979. Logic has been called "one of post-punk's most notable atypical girls."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2892-fanfare-in-the-garden-an-essential-logic-collection/ |website=Pitchfork |title=Essential Logic: Fanfare in the Garden: An Essential Logic Collection |date=August 27, 2003 |access-date=November 21, 2022 |author=Raposa, David}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==


Logic was briefly a member of the band [[X-Ray Spex]], although she left that group by the time they recorded their first album, ''[[Germfree Adolescents]]'', which nevertheless used her uncredited saxophone [[arrangement]]s.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=769}}</ref>
Logic was briefly a member of the band [[X-Ray Spex]], although she had left that group by the time they recorded their first album, ''[[Germfree Adolescents]]'', which nevertheless used her uncredited saxophone [[arrangement]]s.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=769}}</ref>


A year later, she formed [[Essential Logic]]. This group recorded one self-titled [[Gramophone record|EP]], four [[single (music)|singles]], and an album, ''[[Beat Rhythm News]] (Waddle Ya Play?)''. During the recording of the second Essential Logic album, the group broke up, and she finished the recording as a solo Lora Logic album, ''Pedigree Charm''.<ref name="Larkin"/>
A year later, she formed [[Essential Logic]]. This group recorded one self-titled [[Gramophone record|EP]], four [[single (music)|singles]], and an album, ''[[Beat Rhythm News]] (Waddle Ya Play?)''. During the recording of the second Essential Logic album, the group broke up, and Logic finished the recording as a solo album, ''Pedigree Charm''.<ref name="Larkin"/>


Logic was briefly a member of [[Red Krayola]], appearing on two singles and the album ''Kangaroo?''. Her saxophone lent a unique quality to the bands she was in.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.comnet.ca/~rina/lora.html |title=Lora Logic |access-date=25 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518043913/http://www.comnet.ca/~rina/lora.html |archive-date=18 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also played on recordings by [[The Raincoats]], [[The Stranglers]], {{ill|Kollaa Kestää|fi|Kollaa kestää (yhtye)}},<ref>{{cite web |url=https://levyhyllyt.musiikkikirjastot.fi/kollaa-kestaa-jaahyvaiset-aseille-klassikko-ja-joutsenlaulu/ |language=fi |title=Kollaa kestää: ''Jäähyväiset aseille'' – klassikko ja joutsenlaulu |trans-title=Kollaa kestää: ''Jäähyväiset aseille'' – A Classic and a Swan Song |author=Väntänen, Ari |website=MusiikkiKirjastot.fi |date=17 February 2022 |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref> [[Swell Maps]], and later, [[Boy George]].<ref name="Essential Logic"/>
Logic was briefly a member of [[Red Krayola]], appearing on two singles and the albums ''Soldier Talk'' and ''Kangaroo?''. Her saxophone lent a unique quality to the bands she was in.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.comnet.ca/~rina/lora.html |title=Lora Logic |access-date=25 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518043913/http://www.comnet.ca/~rina/lora.html |archive-date=18 May 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She also played on recordings by [[The Raincoats]], [[The Stranglers]], {{ill|Kollaa Kestää|fi|Kollaa kestää (yhtye)}},<ref>{{cite web |url=https://levyhyllyt.musiikkikirjastot.fi/kollaa-kestaa-jaahyvaiset-aseille-klassikko-ja-joutsenlaulu/ |language=fi |title=Kollaa kestää: ''Jäähyväiset aseille'' – klassikko ja joutsenlaulu |trans-title=Kollaa kestää: ''Jäähyväiset aseille'' – A Classic and a Swan Song |author=Väntänen, Ari |website=MusiikkiKirjastot.fi |date=17 February 2022 |access-date=21 November 2022}}</ref> [[Swell Maps]], and later, [[Boy George]].<ref name="Essential Logic"/>


Along with X-Ray Spex bandmate [[Poly Styrene]], she left the [[music industry]] in the early 1980s to join the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna]] religion. Both were taking a lot of drugs and the move turned their lives around. She spent some time in [[Bhaktivedanta Manor]], a mansion donated to the Hare Krishnas by [[George Harrison]].<ref name="Essential Logic">{{cite web |url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/essentiallogic.html |title=Essential Logic - Lora Logic interview |author=Gross, Jason |work=[[Perfect Sound Forever (magazine)|Perfect Sound Forever]] |date=July 2003 |access-date=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070413004902/http://www.furious.com/perfect/essentiallogic.html |archive-date=13 April 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1984, she had an arranged marriage at the Krishna temple, and has been married to the same man ever since; they have two children.<ref name="Burgundy Blog">{{cite web |url=http://www.spiderbomb.com/blog/?p=1289 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321130714/http://www.spiderbomb.com/blog/?p=1289 |url-status=dead |title=Lora Logic – if the drugs don't work |work=The Burgundy Blog |date=1 January 2012 |archive-date=21 March 2018 |access-date=10 March 2018 |author=Godfrey, Rob}}</ref><ref name="Essential Logic"/>
Along with former X-Ray Spex bandmate [[Poly Styrene]], she left the [[music industry]] in the early 1980s to join the [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishna]] religion. Both were taking a lot of drugs and the move turned their lives around. She spent some time in [[Bhaktivedanta Manor]], a mansion donated to the Hare Krishnas by [[George Harrison]].<ref name="Essential Logic">{{cite web |url=http://www.furious.com/perfect/essentiallogic.html |title=Essential Logic - Lora Logic interview |author=Gross, Jason |work=[[Perfect Sound Forever (magazine)|Perfect Sound Forever]] |date=July 2003 |access-date=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070413004902/http://www.furious.com/perfect/essentiallogic.html |archive-date=13 April 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1984, she had an arranged marriage at the Krishna temple, and has been married to the same man ever since; they have two children.<ref name="Burgundy Blog">{{cite web |url=http://www.spiderbomb.com/blog/?p=1289 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321130714/http://www.spiderbomb.com/blog/?p=1289 |url-status=dead |title=Lora Logic – if the drugs don't work |work=The Burgundy Blog |date=1 January 2012 |archive-date=21 March 2018 |access-date=10 March 2018 |author=Godfrey, Rob}}</ref><ref name="Essential Logic"/>


In 1995, she rejoined X-Ray Spex when Styrene reformed the group, but it was brief as their egos clashed again.<ref name="Burgundy Blog"/> In 2003, the [[Kill Rock Stars]] label reissued most of the early Essential Logic material, alongside new recordings by Logic, under the Essential Logic name as ''Fanfare in the Garden''.<ref name="Burgundy Blog"/><ref name="Essential Logic"/>
In 1995, she rejoined X-Ray Spex when Styrene reformed the group, but it was brief as their egos clashed again.<ref name="Burgundy Blog"/> In 2003, the [[Kill Rock Stars]] label reissued most of the early Essential Logic material, alongside newer recordings by Logic, under the Essential Logic name as ''Fanfare in the Garden''.<ref name="Burgundy Blog"/><ref name="Essential Logic"/>

In 2022, a second Essential Logic album, ''Land of Kali'', was released.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:12, 11 December 2022

Lora Logic
Birth nameSusan Whitby
Also known asLaura Logic
Born1960 (age 64–65)
OriginWembley, England
Instrument
Websitewww.essential-logic.co.uk

Lora Logic (also spelt Laura Logic; born Susan Whitby c. 1960) is a British saxophonist, singer and songwriter from Wembley, London.[1] Logic was a founding member of London punk band X-Ray Spex, and wrote the saxophone parts for their debut album, Germfree Adolescents.[2] After leaving X-Ray Spex, Logic founded her own band, Essential Logic, which released one full-length album in 1979. Logic has been called "one of post-punk's most notable atypical girls."[3]

Career

Logic was briefly a member of the band X-Ray Spex, although she had left that group by the time they recorded their first album, Germfree Adolescents, which nevertheless used her uncredited saxophone arrangements.[4]

A year later, she formed Essential Logic. This group recorded one self-titled EP, four singles, and an album, Beat Rhythm News (Waddle Ya Play?). During the recording of the second Essential Logic album, the group broke up, and Logic finished the recording as a solo album, Pedigree Charm.[4]

Logic was briefly a member of Red Krayola, appearing on two singles and the albums Soldier Talk and Kangaroo?. Her saxophone lent a unique quality to the bands she was in.[5] She also played on recordings by The Raincoats, The Stranglers, Kollaa Kestää [fi],[6] Swell Maps, and later, Boy George.[7]

Along with former X-Ray Spex bandmate Poly Styrene, she left the music industry in the early 1980s to join the Hare Krishna religion. Both were taking a lot of drugs and the move turned their lives around. She spent some time in Bhaktivedanta Manor, a mansion donated to the Hare Krishnas by George Harrison.[7] In 1984, she had an arranged marriage at the Krishna temple, and has been married to the same man ever since; they have two children.[8][7]

In 1995, she rejoined X-Ray Spex when Styrene reformed the group, but it was brief as their egos clashed again.[8] In 2003, the Kill Rock Stars label reissued most of the early Essential Logic material, alongside newer recordings by Logic, under the Essential Logic name as Fanfare in the Garden.[8][7]

In 2022, a second Essential Logic album, Land of Kali, was released.

References

  1. ^ "Lora Logic - A Life in Words and Pictures". Essential Logic. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ Rife, Katie (23 October 2018). "One of Punk's True Originals, Germfree Adolescents Is as Fresh Today as It Was in 1978". AV Club. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ Raposa, David (27 August 2003). "Essential Logic: Fanfare in the Garden: An Essential Logic Collection". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 769. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
  5. ^ "Lora Logic". Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
  6. ^ Väntänen, Ari (17 February 2022). "Kollaa kestää: Jäähyväiset aseille – klassikko ja joutsenlaulu" [Kollaa kestää: Jäähyväiset aseille – A Classic and a Swan Song]. MusiikkiKirjastot.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d Gross, Jason (July 2003). "Essential Logic - Lora Logic interview". Perfect Sound Forever. Archived from the original on 13 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  8. ^ a b c Godfrey, Rob (1 January 2012). "Lora Logic – if the drugs don't work". The Burgundy Blog. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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