Youth in Asia (aka Youthinasia and/or YIA) was an American no wave conceptual art noise music band from New York City that was formed in 1978 by Frank Schroder (bass), Taro Suzuki (keyboards and vocals), Steven Harvey (guitar and vocals) and Stephan Wischerth (drums).
[1] Founders, Taro Suzuki and Frank Schroder were (and are) practicing visual artists.
[2] Both Stephan Wischerth and Steven Harvey have tracks on the Just Another Asshole compilation anthology.
Thus the post-punk band members were very much interested in visual and conceptual art and thus they didn’t have much musical training.
Youth in Asia was booked once at Tier 3 after they broke up, with two original band members Taro Suzuki and Frank Schroder performing with visual artists Richard Prince (on guitar), Dike Blair (on radio guitar) and Nancy Arlen, the sculptor and drummer (from Mars) Youth in Asia's song Amnesia was released on the 135 Grand Street: New York 1979 CD published in 2010 by Soul Jazz Records.