Sta-Prest (band)

Sta-Prest is a queercore band from San Francisco that was active in the 1990s.

Biography

The band first made its appearance on the queercore record label Outpunk Records, on its compilation "Outpunk Dance Party". Soon afterwards they released their first EP, "Vespa Sex", also on Outpunk. Like other bands influenced by the nascent Riot Grrrl scene in Olympia, Washington, New York No Wave, and European post-punk, core members of Sta-Prest (Aloofah, Dudley Manlove, and Professor Swish) adopted pseudonyms, swapped instruments between songs, and practiced a consensus-based approach to song composition. A revolving membership included Tetley, Twi Tybat, Clutch-y-Spun, and Scout.

After Outpunk Records ceased to exist, the band recorded for Kill Rock Stars, releasing their final 7" ep. Their unusual avant-pop sound and the combination of both male and female vocalists made them unique and notable in the queercore scene.

In 1997. the band appeared in performance in the seminal documentary film "She's Real, Worse Than Queer" by Lucy Thane.

In 2002, Aloofah, a.k.a. Iraya Robles and Dudley Manlove, a.k.a. Gary Fembot, appeared in Maximum Rocknroll's "Queer Punk" issue, featured in a discussion with other queer-identified musicians Martin Sorrondeguy of both Los Crudos and Limp Wrist and Aaron Detroit of The Little Deaths.

Spin-off bands from Sta-Prest include Feelings On A Grid, with Dudley Manlove (a.k.a. D.M. Feelings) and Le Grid, a.k.a. Stanley Lamontagne, both heavily influenced by the sounds and aesthetics of the synthpunk bands Suicide and The Screamers. Professor Swish, now Mmothra, privately released a recording of ambient digital loopscapes after the style of Nurse with Wound and :zoviet*france, entitled "Neurotic Styles". Gary Fembot now plays keyboards and sings with the band Puce Moment.

Dudley Manlove and Professor Swish also recorded as The Swishin' Duds, and are included on the soundtrack of the 2008 movie "The Lollipop Generation" by G.B. Jones, in which Gary Fembot (a.k.a.Dudley Manlove) appears in a cameo role.

Discography

*"Nelly Strut/Suspiria" on "Outpunk Dance Party", Outpunk Records OUT12CD
*"Vespa Sex" EP on Outpunk Records OUT15
*"Lets Be Friendly With Our Friends/You Are The Company Spy" on Outpunk Records OUT19
*"Form Fitting/Diffy Peeps" on Kill Rock Stars Mailorder Freaks Singles Club, 1998
*Kill Rock Stars Video Fanzine #2

External links

* [http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/viewartist.php?id=509 Kill Rock Stars Sta-Prest page]