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The Screamin' Mee-Mees
Punk / Experimental / Comedy

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Ferguson, Missouri
United States

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   The Screamin' Mee-Mees: General Info
Member Since2/8/2007
Band MembersJon Ashline (vocals, coffee cans, plastic lamp shade, metal lawn table, snare drum, organ, piano, guitar) and Bruce Cole (vocals, guitar, keyboard)

Others: Hot Scott Fischer, Paul "Dirt" Wheeler, "Mean" Gene Scott, Wolf Roxon, and other assorted weirdos.
Influences'60s garage and psychedelic rock, krautrock, proto-punk, acid rock, Clepunk, The Stooges, MC5, The Godz, The Silver Apples, The 13th Floor Elevators, The Shaggs, The Pretty Things, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Downliners Sect, The Newbeats, The Seeds, The Music Machine, The Sonics, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart, Amon Düül I, The Troggs, Pere Ubu, The Electric Eels, The Residents, The Ramones, Throbbing Gristle, Devo, The Butthole Surfers, The Shaggs, Cardinals baseball, stupidity, cheap beer, electronics, cartoons, comic books, you name it!
Sounds LikeSounds like two guys bangin' out a bunch of retarded nonsense in their basement!
Record LabelGulcher Records
Type of LabelIndie




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   About The Screamin' Mee-Mees
A close friend of the band runs this page for The Screamin' Mee-Mees from St. Louis, Missouri.

Bruce Cole and Jon Ashline first got together as young teenagers in the late 1960s while growing up in the middleclass St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, MO. The duo, who never played live together (not even once!) have long kept a low profile amongst the local St. Louis media and punk music scene. Yet they have amassed a sort of cult following amongst record collector geeks all around the world thanks to a few scattered singles and the inclusion of one of their songs ("Hot Sody") on the punk comp, "Killed by Death" 3. Their inclusion on that one compilation LP probably helped catapult them more than anything into this "cult status" (which, incidentally, is rumored to include the likes of Thurston Moore, Mudhoney, and Beck, amongst others) despite the fact that their self-released (on their own Dog Face Records label) debut 7", Live from the Basement, was released back in 1977 and is itself quite a collector's item. Or that they followed that release with a succession of more singles and two phenomenal LPs in the 1990s and a succession of posthumous CDs in the '00s on the Gulcher label.

Bruce Cole, now in his mid-50s, still lives in St. Louis. In fact, he still lives in the very same house where all of the Screamin' Mee-Mees music was recorded. His mother's dead, he's lonely, and spends too much of his time down at the local tavern. Jon Ashline lives in Topeka, KS where he has a family.

Discography:

Live From the Basement 7"
(Dog Face Records, 1977/reissued on Bag of Hammers, 1996)

Clutching Hand Monster Mitt LP
(Dog Face Records, 1992)

"Pull My Finger" b/w "Family Tree" 7"
(Electric Records, 1992)

"Life Never Stops" b/w "Oscillations" 7"
(Dog Meat Records, 1994)

Home Movies 7"
(Bag of Hammers Records, 1996)

Nude Invisible Foot Phenomenon LP
(Bag of Hammers, 1996)

"Answer Me" b/w "Arthritis Today" 7"
(Brinkman Records, 1996)

The Screamin' Mee-Mees & Hot Scott Fischer - Warp Sessions 1973 CDR
(Slippy Town, 2001)

The Screamin' Mee-Mees & Hot Scott Fischer - You're Now in Our World: Warp Sessions 1972 CDR
(Slippy Town, 2001)

Live From the Basement CD
(Gulcher Records, 2004)

Garbage Collage CD
(Gulcher Records, 2004)

Plastic Hong Kong Door Bell Finger CD
(Gulcher Records, 2007)

Compilations:

"Hot Sody" was included on "Killed by Death" Vol. 3
(Redrum, 1989)

"Cartoonland" on a tribute to The Twinkeyz split 7" with Mike Rep & The Quotas
(New World of Sound Records, 1996)

"Squawk Squawk Squawk" on a compilation double 7" EP that came out in Whump 1 (fanzine, 1996)

"Mesmerizing Donut Glaze" on "Dropped on the Head" Vol. 2
(Illbilly Records, 2002)

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The Boss Martians return to St.
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the return of Billy Coma

BILLY WAKES UP!

Saturday March 29th at the Iron Barley

Featuring Doc and Longhead from the original Billy Coma and new members,
Jamey Almond formerly of The Trip Daddys on Guitar and Lorne formerly of
the Electric on Bass!

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Feb 13 2008 4:36 PM

BIG STICK's VALENTINE'S DAY MESSAGE

With Valentine's Day now upon us, very best wishes to you. Of course we're aware that Valentine's Day has become commercialized into a billion dollar industry. And although it's not wise to stuff ourselves with too much chocolate or spend too much money on silly stuffed animals made by oppressed children slave laborers who work their fingers to the bone in the horrific third-world sweat shops where those cute 'n' cuddly stuffed animals originate, the general idea and non-corrupted concept of Valentine's Day still remains a most enchanting one. Admiration and romance still remain positive qualities of life.

Even insects like the common grasshopper appreciate the enchantment of romance as the male mounts the female and clings to her back, maneuvering his abdomen beneath hers in order to insert his aedeagus into her copulatory bursa. Apart from the sporadic kicking movements of his methathoracic legs, the male grasshopper remains almost motionless while in complete awe of the overwhelmingly sensual sensations of this romantic moment. Pretty inspiring, huh? Enjoy Valentine's Day in its more purer form. Grasshoppers seem to have their hearts in the right place. Savor the enchantment of friendship, love and romance. Happy Valentine's Day wishes to YOU.

And yes, we are still working diligently on a "box set" release that will feature a CD of back catalog, a CD of new BIG STICK recordings, a DVD of videos and a 12 page color booklet illustrating our illustrious history.


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Feb 11 2008 12:52 PM

Romanian Students Enjoy U.S. Group's Donations

- USA-Romania Bond Growing, Book-by-Book -

ST. LOUIS, MO (USA) - As International Book Day approaches in April, an American organization with strong ties to Romania looks back on four years of success, while planning to reach new milestones in its mission to promote English-language literacy among young Romanian students.

Founded in 2004, "A Thousand Books," based in St. Louis, MO (USA), has thus far sent almost 80,000 volumes of English-language books to schools and libraries in every corner of Romania.

The organization reached a high point last fall when a 20-foot shipping container holding about 50,000 books was divided among the county library systems of Focsani, Suceava and Baia Mare.

But founder John Korst, a 56-year-old, retired government worker -- with no Romanian blood or other deep historic connection to Romania -- says his greatest satisfaction is in knowing that hundreds of young, motivated students in tens upon tens of small schools all over the country are enjoying and learning from the donated English-language books.

"I think studying English is very useful because this language is a international one. For me English is the most cool language in the world." Oana Graina (student)

Unsurprisingly, Korst was the recipient of the 2006 "Round Table Society Bridging Communities Partnership Award".

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One surprise to him was the discovery of Peace Corps teachers working here. (The Peace Corps was created by Executive Order of Pres
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Jan 15 2008 5:32 AM

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Dec 26 2007 9:27 PM

Come see us open for legendary '60s garage punks GONN at Off Broadway in St. Louis on January 5th! The Vultures are also on the bill... Click the web flyer for more info:

The Return of GONN!
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Dec 19 2007 8:03 PM

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THIS IS THE LINEUP FOR THE JAN 12 EDITION OF THE BASTARDS BALL. THE HEADLINERS ARE SKINNY JIM AND THE # 9 BLACKTOPS FROM WEST FRANKFORT ILLINOIS , THE CLINTS, FEATURING FORMER MEMBERS OF ST. LOUIS FAVORITES THE UNMUTUALS, DOWN AND DIRTY FUCK-ROCK MASTERS THE SPARK THUGS, AND FINALLY PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE! AS ALWAYS THE BASTARDS BALL IS FREE!! AND AS AN ADDED BONUS, THERE WILL BE A BEER RAFFLE HELD BETWEEN SETS, JUST SEE THE DOOR MAN FOR YOUR FREE RAFFLE TICKETS.
THE CHARLACK PUB IS LOCATED ON LACKLAND RD NEXT TO THE 7-11 1 BLOCK EAST OF ST CHARLES ROCK ROAD AND I-170.

SEE YA THERE FUCKOS!!!!!!!!
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Dec 17 2007 2:23 PM

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Dec 13 2007 1:17 PM

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Dec 13 2007 8:54 AM

The Aviation Club (featuring Jon Ferber, of the Orbits, and Mike Burgett) will re-unite and play at Off Broadway on Friday, January 4, 2008.

The Aviation Club will perform songs that haven't been heard for 20 years.

Other guests will be announced.

The evening will celebrate the first anniversary of the archival web site www.JetLagMag.net.

The site celebrates the earliest days of the St. Louis punk and wave scene with scans of each issue of that seminal fanzine, Jet Lag Magazine.

Proceeds from the event will help to A Thousand Books send books to Peace Corps teachers.

John the Mailman
founder/former publisher
Jet Lag Magazine
314-255-9035

click on image to visit Jet Lag Magazine on-line:

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Dec 4 2007 10:25 PM

Bruce,

Thanks for the CD!

Inhale dick snot!

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Dec 4 2007 12:01 PM

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Dec 3 2007 7:08 AM

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Dec 2 2007 1:33 AM

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