Nancy Arlen

Nancy Arlen (January 29, 1942 – September 17, 2006) was a cast polyester resin sculptor and drummer for the no wave band Mars.

In the 1970s, Arlen as a sculptor showed her cast-polyester abstractions at Robert Steffanotti Gallery.

[1] Arlen found her working materials at the plastic shops of Canal Street (Manhattan).

Their first show was at CBGB's in January 1977; their last one was at Max's Kansas City on December 10, 1978.

In 1978, Mars appeared on the influential No New York compilation LP produced by Brian Eno, along with DNA, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and James Chance and the Contortions, which helped to bring the nascent No Wave genre into the foreground.