Smegma, Born in Pasadena, CA., 1973 @ The Adena House.(OK, be patient with me i'm filling in the details, if something needs to go in here, LET ME KNOW! and i'll put it in! thanks!))
ORIGINAL MEMBERS INCLUDE; Ju Suk Reet Meate, Amazon Bambi, Dennis Duck, Ace Farren Ford, Cheesebro, Cheese It Ritz, Chuck Fats, Dr. Id, Dr. Odd and Pizza Rioux.
They played such infamous shows as "jerry Lewis telethon" live telecast from the Coronado High School in front of the trophy case(audio and video recordings), Dr. Id 's cable television show "the terminal timewarp hour" (id n odd prod.)Ju Suk Reet Meate, Chucko Fats, Dr.Id, Amazon Bambi and Cheese It Ritz moved to Corvallis Oregon in fall of 1975 and then on to Portland Oregon, Where all but Chucko remained."Five years wasted/Glamour Girl/I Wear Teeth" Smegma's first full length LP (recorded 1978) , released on LAFMS."Pigs For Lepers" and "Flies like Holidays" recorded 1982 for Smegma's own "Pigface Records". "Flies like holidays" was a compilation of various Portland experemental music artists, featureing; "Possum Society", "Gourmet Dogs", "Faulty Denial Mechanism", "Smegma" "Dickensmeglee" (Featureing Lee Rockey, check out "Lee Rockey Music" DE STIJL) and others.
1993-1996Smegma worked with TimKerr records to release, "ISM", featureing Ace Farren Ford, Lee Rockey, Arsene Zara, Samek Cosmano and John Jensen.
2003 "The Beast", DE STIJL LP/CD Hanson, Wolf Eyes/Smegma collaboration.2004 "Rumblings" CD Hanson, "30 Years of Service" Smegma with Steve Mackay, Radon CD, West coast tour with Rubber O Cement, Comets On Fire and Wolf Eyes.
2005 KRAAK festival Belgium, Les Voutes Paris with Caroliner.
2006 Metalux/Giffoni/Smegma LP LAFMS/No Fun Productions LP, Pigs For Lepers CD reisuue, Harbingersound, Smegma @ No Fun Fest, Smegma @ Subcurrent,, Smegma tour with Runzelstirn and Gurglestock brought to you by Harbingersound featureing Hototogisu, Birds of Delay, Deepkiss 720 and more..Lee Rockey Music LP, DE STIJL (AMAZING posthumous release by Jazz giant and Smegma member Lee Rockey)2007 QBICO 57 Smegma and Perry Robinson, "Nattering Naybobs Of Negativity" CD Harbingersound.........
Mike Lastra had the Portland premeire of his film "Northwest Passage" in northwest portland at the 21st ave. cinema(next to where many of the shows actually happened back in the day, certainly "portland punk live at the earth 10/29/79"!!!!!.), last year it premeired in Glasgow, Scotland as part of "Subcurrent"(thanks again! David!)
Smegma's new LP/CD will be out in April, it's called "33 1/3" and it will be out on Important records, it features Victor Sparks (who is uncredited, due to my stupidity!) on "World Of Plugs" and also features Sejayno and Soup Purse (also uncredidted due to my error, please refer to" 33 1/3 blog")Smegma is working on a collaboration with "Jazkamer"No Fun Productions (CD), "Acnode" (Poo-bah records(LP/CD)) possibly out......may 2007! "Ju Suk Reet Meate" 1978 solo LP reissue from DE STIJL (CD, hopefully out SOON!), "Blood Stereo" collaboration(NASHAZPHONE), New yet Untitled release on CD from Harbinger! (www.harbingersound,com)"Hototogisu" collaboration, "Presenting initial oddities of misinterpreted "music""(DE STIJL) CD, "Smell the Remains" reissue (Hanson), "the Smell Remains the Same" (Anarchy Moon CD/LP/DVD), as yet unamed project from Vinyl-ON -Demand, plus much more!
