# Sta-Prest > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sta-Prest > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sta-Prest.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta-Prest > Source revision: 1344421183 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American queercore and riot grrrl band}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} '''Sta-Prest''' was a multi-racial [queercore](/source/queercore) and [riot grrrl](/source/riot_grrrl) band from [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco) that was active in the 1990s.{{cite journal|last=Nguyen|first=Mimi Thi|date=July–November 2012|title=Riot Grrrl, Race, and Revival|url=https://issuu.com/poczineproject/docs/punk-anteriors-theory-genealogy-performance|journal=Women & Performance |publisher=[Routledge](/source/Routledge)|volume=22|issue=2–3|pages=173–196|doi=10.1080/0740770X.2012.721082|s2cid=144676874 |access-date=7 November 2021|url-access=subscription}} The group members included Aloofah (Iraya Robles) and D.M. Feelings (Gary Fembot).{{cite journal|last=Nguyen|first=Mimi Thi|date=July–November 2012|title=Making Waves: Other Punk Feminisms|url=https://issuu.com/poczineproject/docs/punk-anteriors-theory-genealogy-performance|journal=Women & Performance |publisher=[Routledge](/source/Routledge)|volume=22|issue=2–3|pages=355–359|doi=10.1080/0740770X.2012.720895|s2cid=194103788 |access-date=7 November 2021|url-access=subscription}} ==Musical career== The band first made its appearance on the queercore record label [Outpunk Records](/source/Outpunk_Records) in 1994, on its compilation ''[Outpunk Dance Party](/source/Outpunk_Dance_Party)''. Soon afterwards they released their first EP, ''Vespa Sex'', also on Outpunk, followed in 1996 by the 7-inch single "Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends/You Are The Company Spy". Like other bands influenced by the nascent [riot grrrl](/source/riot_grrrl) scene in [Olympia, Washington](/source/Olympia%2C_Washington), New York [no wave](/source/no_wave), and European [post-punk](/source/post-punk), core members of Sta-Prest - Aloofah (Iraya Robles), Dudley Manlove a.k.a. D.M. Feelings (Gary Fembot), and Professor Swish (Mark Bishop) - adopted [pseudonym](/source/pseudonym)s, 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. Their avant-pop sound and combination of male and female vocals were unique in the Queercore scene. After [Outpunk Records](/source/Outpunk_Records) ceased to exist, the band recorded for the label [Kill Rock Stars](/source/Kill_Rock_Stars), releasing their final 7-inch single "Form Fitting/Diffy Peeps". In 2002, Aloofah, (Iraya Robles) and Dudley Manlove, (Gary Fembot), appeared in [Maximum Rocknroll](/source/Maximum_Rocknroll)'s "Queer Punk" issue, featured in a discussion with the queer-identified musicians [Martin Sorrondeguy](/source/Martin_Sorrondeguy) of both [Los Crudos](/source/Los_Crudos) and [Limp Wrist](/source/Limp_Wrist) and [Aaron Detroit](/source/Aaron_Detroit) of [The Little Deaths](/source/The_Little_Deaths). Spin-off bands from Sta-Prest include [Feelings On A Grid](/source/Feelings_On_A_Grid), with Dudley Manlove a.k.a. D.M. Feelings (Gary Fembot) and Le Grid, a.k.a. Stanley Lamontagne, both heavily influenced by the sounds and aesthetics of the [electropunk](/source/electropunk) bands [Suicide](/source/Suicide_(band)) and [The Screamers](/source/The_Screamers). Professor Swish, now Mmothra, privately released a recording of [ambient](/source/ambient_music) digital loopscapes after the style of [Nurse with Wound](/source/Nurse_with_Wound) and :zoviet*France, entitled ''Neurotic Styles''. Gary Fembot played keyboards and sang with the band Puce Moment.{{cite web|last= Huston|first=Johnny Ray|title=The man from camp|url=https://sfbgarchive.48hills.org/sfbgarchive/2009/06/17/man-camp/|date=June 17, 2009|website=[San Francisco Bay Guardian](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Guardian)|access-date=7 November 2021}} The band's name was taken from [Kenneth Anger](/source/Kenneth_Anger)'s film [Puce Moment](/source/Puce_Moment). Dudley Manlove (Gary Fembot) and Professor Swish (Mark Bishop) recorded as The Swishin' Duds, and are included on the soundtrack of the 2008 movie ''[The Lollipop Generation](/source/The_Lollipop_Generation)'' by [G.B. Jones](/source/G.B._Jones), in which Gary Fembot appears in a cameo role. ==Films== In the mid-1990s, Robles co-wrote the script for Jill Reiter's film ''In Search of Margo-Go'', which co-starred Reiter and [Bikini Kill](/source/Bikini_Kill)'s [Kathleen Hanna](/source/Kathleen_Hanna). The film was considered a lost riot grrrl film for many years, until it screened in 2014.{{cite web|last=Abraham|first=Amelia|title=Unearthing Jill Reiter's Lost Riot Grrrl Film|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jill-reiters-lost-riot-grrrl-films-232/|date=October 27, 2014|website=[Vice](/source/Vice_(magazine))|access-date=7 November 2021}} In 1997, Sta-Prest appeared in performance in the seminal documentary film ''[She's Real, Worse Than Queer](/source/She's_Real%2C_Worse_Than_Queer)'' by [Lucy Thane](/source/Lucy_Thane).{{cite web|title=She's Real Worse than Queer (1997)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80f72e46|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801142127/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80f72e46|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 1, 2021|website=[British Film Institute (BFI)](/source/British_Film_Institute)|access-date=7 November 2021}}{{cite web|last=Berman|first=Judy|title=Spectacle's 'Grrrl Germs' Film Series Captures the Agony, Ecstasy, and Diversity of Riot Grrrl|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/05/16/spectacles-grrrl-germs-film-series-captures-the-agony-ecstasy-and-diversity-of-riot-grrrl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214072933/https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/05/16/spectacles-grrrl-germs-film-series-captures-the-agony-ecstasy-and-diversity-of-riot-grrrl/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2019|date=May 16, 2016|website=[Village Voice](/source/Village_Voice)|access-date=7 November 2021}} As well, they produced a video for one of their songs for the Kill Rock Stars video compilation, ''Kill Rock Stars Video Fanzine'', which also included a short movie by member Gary Fembot, called ''The Oners''. ==Discography== *"Nelly Strut/Suspiria" on ''[Outpunk Dance Party](/source/Outpunk_Dance_Party)'', [Outpunk Records](/source/Outpunk_Records) OUT12CD, 1994 *''[Vespa Sex](/source/Vespa_Sex)'' 7-inch EP on Outpunk Records OUT15, 1995 *"Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends/You Are The Company Spy" 7-inch single on Outpunk Records OUT19, 1996 *"Form Fitting/Diffy Peeps" on [Kill Rock Stars](/source/Kill_Rock_Stars) Mailorder Freaks Singles Club 7-inch single, 1998 *Kill Rock Stars Video Fanzine No. 2 ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927181846/http://www.killrockstars.com/artists/viewartist.php?id=509 Kill Rock Stars Sta-Prest page] *[https://zinewiki.com/wiki/Gary_Fembot Gary Fembot at ZineWiki] *[http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/outpunk/bioghist.html Outpunk Archive, 1989-1998] at [Fales Library](/source/Fales_Library), [New York University](/source/New_York_University) {{Authority control}} Category:Punk rock groups from California Category:Musical groups from San Francisco Category:Riot grrrl bands Category:Queercore groups --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sta-Prest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta-Prest) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta-Prest?action=history)). 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