Abstract Dynamics: Missing Foundation

January 01, 2004

Missing Foundation

Writing about Missing Monuments, must have put Missing Foundation into my head. Missing Foundation is one the few bands that are known more for their iconography then for their music. Even in their hometown of New York few have heard their raw industrial sound. But for years in the late 80's early 90's their upside down wine glass was spraypainted and stenciled all over Alphabet City. The defacto logo of the squatters and housing activists fighting a loosing battle against the gentrification of the area. And it quite literally was a battle, with squatters squaring off against cops in shantytown of Tompkins Square Park.

Of course now the hood resembles the Upper West Side with pr girls sipping lattes at the dog run, and its pretty arguable whether the city is any worse off for it. The spirt of the old Alphabet City has long since journeyed through the Lower East Side and Williamsburg and hovers over Bushwick and perhaps the northern tip of Greenpoint.

Meanwhile the music world is poised to move into an industrial revival as the cocaine highs of Electroclash, the Eighties revival and Garage rock comes crashing down together. September brings the Republican National Convention to New York, and I suspect the echoes of Missing Foundation will ring louder then they have in a decade.

Posted by William Blaze at January 1, 2004 09:56 PM | TrackBack

Comments

PURGE
1988 = 1933
THE PARTY'S OVER

Posted by: AG on January 1, 2004 11:55 PM

BTW, me and Jamie Mowder "collected" MF tags across Europe in the summer of '89 - my favorites were in a Marxist bookstore doorway in Kreuzberg and down the side of a canal in Amsterdam, bastids must've hung by they toes.

Needless to say, I tagged over half of them. YOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE AMERIKAN SPHINCTER.

Posted by: AG on January 1, 2004 11:57 PM

thanks for the post up here s my new website WWW.PETERMISSING.COM WE WILL BE IN NEW YORK FOR THE ELECTIONS IT WILL BE AN EXPLOSIVE YEAR 1933 WILL BE RELEASED IN FEB WITH DVD FILM ALSO THE NEW ALBUM NATURE REVOLT ON HUNGRY EYE RECORDS NY GLOBAL WARNING WILL BE RELEASED AS A SINGLE IN TOKYO AND ENGLAND WE PLAN TO TARGET THE THREE SHORES OF HOPE OR DECLINE OF THE WESTERN CIVILIZATION THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN FUN IN THIS WORLD IS IGNORE THE WORLDS PROBLEMS /WHITE CULTURE

Posted by: peteR missing on February 2, 2004 10:00 PM

Posted by: peteR missing on February 2, 2004 10:01 PM

Hi Pete,
Are you the same PeteR missing that lived in San Diego in the early 80's also known as Pete New York? If so let's communicate.
Lori

Posted by: Lori Camp on May 31, 2004 04:06 PM

testing this form.......

Posted by: Tester on December 8, 2004 05:11 AM

hi pete- im still alive. living in aspen. want to come viset? ill send you a two way ticket anytime. still painting, im tring to sell my latest for 5000. it will sell. Jay is here. ok write back please. -Hilary

Posted by: Hilary on August 8, 2005 09:50 PM

geez Pete, I'm STILL paying the price for you're vandalism of Jule's Cafe. how about sending a couple grand my way for emotional stress and stuff? Come on man...

Posted by: john b on September 19, 2005 01:14 PM

well, we were supposed to be on the same side, you know. we had the same ideas. what you did set the evil wheels in motion and got me thrown in jail for things i didn't do. that's all.

Posted by: john b on September 23, 2005 05:23 PM

well, we were on the same side, but what you did started the evil wheels in motion that got me thrown in jail for things i didnt do...that's all.

Posted by: jon b on September 23, 2005 05:28 PM

hey pete,
hope you're doing well. want to know what happened to the painting we did together at the NOWHERE Gallery/ LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS? Still have that nasty letter you gave me, and it still hasn't ended up in a book or magazine or the web. Remember how you said nothing ever gets done unless you yell? Well I'm back in school for graphic design, because I can't live off the street like you do. So, I'm gathering all the artwork I can, and that collaboration was and still is very important to me, so here I am YELLING at you to do something about this. Maybe you can't remember how much I gave you, but I do,... so maybe you could live up to your ideals and help a fellow human/artist collect the images of his past?.........please respond asap

Posted by: lucas Niedfeldt on October 4, 2005 01:24 PM

To All-

Pete Missing is a living Legend. The Nature Revolt is upon us! The Water Wars are near. Thrive on your intelligence! Your self pity will get you nowhere. The party's over and the wrath of the aftermath is approaching it's apocalyptic peak. Have Fun!

Posted by: J on October 17, 2005 02:24 AM