Supreme Dicks

Supreme Dicks is an experimental rock group formed in 1984 by Jon Shere and Stuart Morris while students at Hampshire College.[1]

Supreme Dicks
OriginAmherst, Massachusetts, United States
GenresExperimental rock, indie rock, noise rock, alternative rock, psychedelic rock
Years active1984–1996, 2012-present
LabelsFunky Mushroom, Homestead, Freek, Infinite Chug, Runt, Jagjaguwar
MembersJon Shere
Dan Oxenberg
Mark Hanson
Steve Shavel
Jim Spring.

The primary band members are Jon Shere, Daniel Oxenberg, Mark Hansen, Steve Shavel and often Jim Spring. Other members at various times have included Holly Cat, Dan Kapelovitz, Jennifer Stefanisko, John Galvin III, and Dave Taub. Musicians who have joined them onstage include Beck and Ariel Pink. The band has performed with Dinosaur Jr.. The Supreme Dicks have toured with Neutral Milk Hotel, Kurt Vile and Bonnie Prince Billy.[2]

The group's latest release is a retrospective box set compiling all their material, entitled Breathing and Not Breathing, which was released on the Jagjaguwar label October 18, 2011.[3][4][5]

In 2012, the band played a limited number of shows, including three at South by Southwest, followed by a short tour with Kurt Vile.[6] They were joined onstage for all of these shows by Holly Cat, who had a hit single, "I Wanna Be Like a Madonna."[7] The following year, 2013, the band toured Europe have continued to play shows sporadically mostly in Los Angeles.

Discography[8]

Studio albums

Singles and EPs
  • Sky Puddle (7") - Funky Mushroom Records (1992)
  • One Day West (7" split with One Small Good Thing) - Infinite Chug (1995)
  • This Is Not a Dick EP - Runt (1996)

Compilation albums

References
  1. "Supreme Dicks | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "Supreme Dicks | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. "Supreme Dicks Breathing and Not Breathing Out Today". Jagjaguwar.
  4. "Supreme Dicks - Breathing And Not Breathing". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  5. ZeagleFiend. "Album Review: Supreme Dicks – Breathing and Not Breathing, Consequence of Sound". Consequenceofsound. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  6. Android50 (2012-03-21). "SXSW 2012". Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  7. "Holly Cat - I Wanna Be Like Madonna". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  8. Supreme Dicks|Discography Retrieved 2019-07-13


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