Anya Phillips

Anya Phillips (?, 1953 – June 19, 1981) was part of the 1970s punk rock scene. She was a co-founder of legendary New York nightclub the Mudd Club along with Steve Maas and Diego Cortez. She managed New York-based musician James Chance (aka James White). Phillips helped create the fashion, sound and look of the New York-based no wave scene of the late 1970s. She was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Phillips died of cancer in June 1981 in Valhalla, New York, at the age of 26.