Supreme Dicks

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

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

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.[citation needed] 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[]

  • Working Man's Dick – Freek Records (1994)
  • Breathing And Not Breathing – Jagjaguwar Records (2011)

References[]

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


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