Meri St. Mary

Meri St. Mary is a punk poet chanteuse, musician and artist.

Career

Meri St. Mary was part of the early punk music scene in Hollywood.^[1] She was involved in numerous projects ranging from a Ramones video and the punk classic Suburbia as well as a plethora of bad TV shows & movies. She also starred in Suicide Line an all star underground punk flick on 8mm featuring scenesters from SF & LA. During the same period Meri was in two short lived bands in Hollywood called “Toejam” & “Roadhog”.

In the early 80’s she moved to SF & started the band Housecoat Project with Eric Rad Yuncker, Michel Schorro and Erol Cengiz. The band opened for many punk bands until Eric died onstage at the Mab - leaving Meri to begin again with a new lineup. Housecoat Project released their first album “Wide Eye Doo Dat” on Subterranean Records. They also played the New Music Seminar in NYC, then toured the US extensively. The band disbanded after their second recording in the late 80’s.

In the 90’s Meri started a band called Sex is A Witch in SF, another short lived project. In 2007 she resurfaced as an award winning broadcaster at KVMR in Nevada City with her show^[2] In 2009 Meri recorded with Lemon de George ^[3] and produced her first acoustic solo CD ^[4] “I’m Back” available on CD Baby and distributed through Subterranean Records. She began performing again acoustically with a back up band or solo.

In 2009 and 2010 she had her poetry published for the first time in the Chiron Review and OutofOur a respected SF poetry magazine. Also, the 22 year old housecoat Project album “Girlfiend” has been remastered and will appear on vinyl only through Subterranean Records with new artwork, the release date is October 2010. Current Housecoat Project line up: Jay Crawford, Mike Sims, Whitey Cox & Bob Bartosik.

In July 2009, the Housecoat Project performed a reunion show in San Francisco ^[1] and has continued to perform.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Don Baird,Housecoat Project Comes Back, July 9, 2009. Bay Times
2. ^ The Underground Sound.
3. ^ lemondegeorge.com
4. ^ [1]