"Usher (aka Anthon Shield) and Chelsea (aka Reed 013) met in 1977. They published books, organised exhibitions and performances and started up music with the band "Metal Radiant" (noise punk and Stooges’ spirit), then with "Coit Bergman" (more electronic and influenced by Suicide).
In 1981 they formed "Norma Loy" (Alan Vega himself gave them the name), around which evolved different musicians.
The band was connected to the french fanzine New Wave which set up a label, and launched a first EP called "Norma Loy". In 1984, the band created their own label, CPM, wich developed and centralised all of the band different activities (musical and non musical: (photo)graphics, literature, video, dance etc... and manage all artistic production (recordings, artworks, sleeves...).
In 1986, Norma Loy included Buto dance and performed with the Fovea group and Sumako Koseki. Concerts were then conceived as multi-media performances, mixing musicians and dancers, videos and pictures. 1991/1992 were years of several changes (musicians, record and publishing companies...), and in 1993 Norma Loy decided to suspend their activities.
Usher and Chelsea colaborated again on one-off projects such as making music for films as well as with the band "Peep Hole", or the project "Dyna". Usher also continued music on solo with his band "Die Puppe". In 2006, Norma Loy reforms for a couple of live shows, until a brand new album was released in 2009.
Current line-up includes Chelsea (vocals), Usher (keyboards, vocals), Hervé Scavonne (bass guitar), Mika Chrome (guitars), Guillaume Labaume (drums) and Helene (Buto dance)."
Albums
Passages Piratages / Zone Tension (Cass) CPM Records CPM 004 1984
Rewind / T-Vision - Divine 1986
Live At Atheneum 87 - CPM Records 1987
Sacrifice - Just In Distribution 1988
Rebirth - Just In Distribution, Eurobond Records 1990
Attitudes - Déclic Communication 1991
Un\Real - Infrastition 2009
Baphomet (CD, Album, Ltd) Unknown Pleasures Records UPR 046 2016
Singles & EPs
Romance (12") New Wave Records, Stechak NWR 0001, STECHAK PRODUCT 0004 1983
Psychic Altercation (12", Ltd, Num) CPM Records CPM 001 1984
Power Of Spirit (12", Pro) Just In Distribution none 1988
L'Homme À La Moto (7", Single) Just In Distribution 20062, JD 20 1988
Heart Of The Sun (7") Déclic Communication BSD 50, 030-7 1991
(I Hate Your) Heroin (2xFile, MP3, Single, 320) BEKO DSL beko_75 2011
Compilations
Sacrifice / T-Vision (CD, Comp) Just In Distribution, Eurobond Records JD 760105 1988
Psychic Altercation / Rewind (CD, Comp) Just In Distribution, Eurobond Records JD 760 145 1988
82 / 84 - Just In Distribution, Eurobond Records 1989
Open Your Mind (CD, Comp + CD-ROM) Datcha Dch 004-2 1997
One-Psychic Altercation (CD, Comp) Infrastition FIN 021 2007
Message From The Dead - Vinyl-on-demand 2009
Videos
Lesbische Voodoo Teenagers (VHS) CPM Records CPM 005 1985
Live In The Real (VHS) CPM Records, Evatel none 1992
The Rebirth (DVD-V, Comp) CPM Records none 2007
http://normaloy.net/ https://www.facebook.com/NormaLoyOfficiel/ http://myspace.com/normaloy http://normaloy.free.fr/ https://www.discogs.com/artist/172290-Norma-Loy 
// coldwave. France
