Arthur Morgan 'Arto' Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He first achieved recognition as part of New York no wave group DNA in the late 1970s. He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self-taught guitar style consisting almost entirely of extended techniques, described by Brian Olewnick as "studiedly naïve ... sounding like the bastard child of Derek Bailey". His guitar work is contrasted frequently with gentler, sensuous Brazilian music themes.

KNOWN FOR

Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Down by Law
1986
Cookie
1989
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
Candy Mountain
1988
Noel: The Samba Poet
2007
Downtown '81
2001
Arto Lindsay, Simply Are...
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
2009
Put More Blood Into the Music
1988
Kiss Daddy Goodnight
1987
Arto Lindsay, Forgive the Beauty: The Love Factory
2004

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
24
Sound
4
2019
Arto Lindsay 4D
2016
Subtle Interferences
2009
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York
as Self
2009
X Magazine Benefit
2006
Kill Your Idols: More.
as Self
2004
Kill Your Idols
as Self
2004
Arto Lindsay, Forgive the Beauty: The Love Factory
as Self
2003
Dream Generation
2001
Downtown '81
as Self
1991
Marisa Monte: Mais
as Self
1990
Step Across the Border
as Self
1989
Cookie
as Court Clerk
1988
Put More Blood Into the Music
as Himself
1988
Candy Mountain
as Arto
1987
Kiss Daddy Goodnight
as Cab Driver
1986
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Newspaper Clerk
1985
Money
1983
OK Today Tomorrow
1982
A Matter of Facts
1980
Ecstatic Stigmatic
1979
Men in Orbit
as Voice
1979
Letters to Dad
Arto Lindsay, Simply Are...
as Self