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Sycamore Smith

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About Me

So--where were you those first few harrowing years of the 21st century? Sycamore Smith was kicking a bass drum and kazooing his nuts off as one-half of the Michigan folk-punk duo "the Muldoons." That band broke up, so now Mr. Smith strums his guitar, blows his kazoo and warbles his tunes all by his lonesome. But really--who cares about the music? Lyrics have always been Smith's forte, and his scribblings focus on the gruesomely funny exploits of dip-shit characters whose twisted histories unfold over the course of countless interconnected songs. Sycamore Smith has released four solo EPs since 2005. These recordings have been described as "dream-like," but only by Sycamore himself. And he qualifies that by adding, "These are the kinds of dreams you might have if you ate your own foot before going to sleep."

[Article by R. S. Shitmaycome of Pike City, Michigan]

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Member Since: 5/6/2005
Band Website: sycamoresmith.com
Band Members: Sycamore Smith, Sammi O'Scyther, Artemo McHissy, MC Ryeshot Siam, Timmy Horsesac, Mitch Mayroses, Marc Moseyshit, Ms. Rosy Macheti, Mr. Hami Secstoy
Influences: FAVORITE LYRICISTS: Jake Thackray, Ronald Frankau, MC Paul Barman, Big L, Ray Davies (the Kinks), Steve Kilbey (the Church), Brett Anderson (Suede), Marc Bolan (T. Rex), Paul Westerberg (the Replacements), Shane MacGowan (the Pogues), Jarvis Cocker (Pulp), Nervous Norvus, Leonard Cohen, Noel Coward, J-Live, Morrissey, David Bowie, C.W. McCall, Jim Carroll, Tom Lehrer, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, Al Duvall, Big Pun, Rolf Harris, Tonio K, Black Francis, Harry Chapin, Chuck Berry, Ras Kass, Capital D.

FAVORITE MUSICISTS: Wire, the Velvet Underground, the Buzzcocks, the Stooges, Johnny Thunders, the New York Dolls, Mudhoney, Ferron, the Only Ones, the Holy Modal Rounders, Lord Finesse, Red Ingle, Charlie Patton, Ernest Rogers, Harry McClintock, DJ Premier, Prince Paul, Television, Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Jimmie Rodgers, Snatches of Pink, Pixies, the Gun Club, the Electric Eels, the Saints, the Dead Boys, Blind Willie McTell, the Balancing Act, the Sex Pistols, Paul Williams, Jim Kweskin, the MSR Singers, Radio Birdman, Julie London, Spice Girls, Arthur Lyman, RZA, Lydia Mendoza, Gavin Bryars, the Adverts, J Dilla, Micky Dolenz, Da Beatminerz, Gino Paoli, Frank Crumit, Violent Femmes, Joe Meek, Dorothy Shay.

OTHERS: Lenny Bruce, A Confederacy of Dunces, Wisconsin Death Trip, Max Ernst, Stuart Davis, Roger Brown, Hieronymus Bosch, Rivethead, Lord Buckley, Edward Gorey, the Planiverse, the American Song-Poem Music Archive, the Elephant Man, Daniil Kharms, MAD, Gahan Wilson, Samneric, the Book of Lists, Till Eulenspiegel, Erno Rubik, Callahan's Cross-Time Saloon, Marcel Duchamp, Isaac Asimov, Buckskin Jack Bowers, Freepy Shwirtel, Mike Flanagan, Rod Serling, Zork.
Sounds Like: A swarm of locusts eating a roller coaster
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

BUY "SICKDOM" ONLINE

Buy my new CD "Sickdom" here:"SICKDOM"Or buy it in person at JIM'S MUSIC in the ruins of the ol' Marquette Mall....
Posted by Sycamore Smith on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:19:00 PST

HAVE A BAND NAME ON ME

If you need a name for your band, try one of these:the Gunk Lappersthe Bankruptorsthe Hawkingthe Extra Holdthe Maximum Holdthe Beckoning Apethe Snowman Womenthe Brothel Bunk-bedsthe Dratted Cursthe Di...
Posted by Sycamore Smith on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:21:00 PST

PROMO PACKS, PRESS KITS & CD REVIEWS

...are bullshit. Now go learn about the Michigan Dogman:MICHIGAN DOGMAN WEBSITEYou can hear the full song here:MICHIGAN DOGMAN MYSPACE...
Posted by Sycamore Smith on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:25:00 PST

the RED SPYING of the DEVIL

This is "the Devil's Red Glare," "Hokum All Ye Faithful," and "Rosie Every Day of the Week" translated with babelfish from English to French to Spanish to English:the RED SPYING of the DEVIL...
Posted by Sycamore Smith on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST