Smegma (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Smegma


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Origin = Pasadena, California, USA
Genre = Noise
Years_active = 1973-present
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Current_members = Ju Suk Reet Meate
Conroy
Burned Mind
Dr Id
Oblivia
Richard Meltzer
Amazon Bambi
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Smegma is an American experimental noise group formed in Pasadena, California in 1973 and currently based in Portland, Oregon.cite web
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accessdate = 2007-04-20] Originally part of the Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) movement of the 1970s, Smegma is one of the few music collectives of that era still active today. Author Richard Meltzer became their vocalist in the late 1990s. The group was included in the Nurse with Wound list and more recently was featured on the cover of the August 2006 edition of "The Wire".cite web
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Partial discography

* "Pigs For Lepers" (1982)
* "Nattering Naybobs of Negativity" (1987)
* "Smell The Remains" (1988)
* "Ism" (1994)
* "The Mad Excitement, The Barbaric Pulsations, The Incomparable Rhythms Of..." (1996)
* "Smegma Plays Merzbow" (1996)
* "Glamour Girl 1941" (1997)
* "Rumblings" (compilation 1997-2003) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22343-rumblings?artist_title=22343-rumblings Review of "Rumblings" from Pitchfork Media]
* "Tiromancy"
* "Sing Popular Songs" (includes guest vocalists such as Wild Man Fischer)
* "The Beast" (collaboration with Wolf Eyes)
* "Thirty Years Of Service"
* "Live At No Fun Fest"

References

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* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gbfwxqwgldte~T00 Allmusic entry]
* [http://www.myspace.com/smegmatheoriginal Unofficial Smegma] MySpace page
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Smegma Smegma] Discogs page