# Stza > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stza > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stza.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stza > Source revision: 1353593178 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox musical artist | name = Stza | image = StzaLeftover Crack @ MTC, Cologne 081806.jpg | caption = Stza with Leftover Crack in Cologne in 2006 | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Scott Sturgeon | alias = Stza Crack
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Ol' Dirty Stza
Crack Daddy Kane
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Stza Fucking Hipster
Sturgeon F. Hipster | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1976|03|4}} | death_date = | origin = | instrument = [Guitar](/source/Guitar), [vocals](/source/vocals), [harmonica](/source/harmonica), [keyboard](/source/Keyboard_instrument) | genre = {{hlist|[Hardcore punk](/source/Hardcore_punk)|[ska punk](/source/ska_punk)|[crust punk](/source/crust_punk)|[anarcho punk](/source/anarcho_punk)|}} | occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter | years_active = 1989–present | label = | associated_acts = {{hlist|[Choking Victim](/source/Choking_Victim)|[Leftöver Crack](/source/Left%C3%B6ver_Crack)|[Star Fucking Hipsters](/source/Star_Fucking_Hipsters)|[No Commercial Value](/source/No_Commercial_Value)}} | website = }} '''Scott Sturgeon''', also known as '''Stza Crack''' or simply '''Stza''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|t|ɪ|z|ə}} {{respell|STIZ|ə}}; born March 4, 1976), is an American musician and artist who has fronted several [ska-punk](/source/ska-punk) [bands](/source/band_(music)) in the [New York City](/source/New_York_City) area, the best-known being [Choking Victim](/source/Choking_Victim) and [Leftöver Crack](/source/Left%C3%B6ver_Crack). The stage name Stza is a tribute to the [Wu-Tang Clan](/source/Wu-Tang_Clan), members of which would take their stage names from the [Supreme Alphabet](/source/Supreme_Alphabet) of the [Five-Percent Nation](/source/Five-Percent_Nation), such as GZA (God ZigZagZig Allah) and RZA (Ruler ZigZagZig Allah) - Stza's name would therefore be ''Self Truth ZigZagZig Allah''. ==Early life== Stza was raised in New York by his mother, whom he classified as an "over-protective [Jewish](/source/Jewish) mom". He rarely saw his biological father, and his stepfather died by [suicide](/source/suicide).{{Cite web|url=https://thoughtcatalog.com/tao-lin/2011/10/an-interview-with-stza-crack-of-leftover-crack-and-sfh/|title=An Interview With Stza Crack Of Leftover Crack & SFH|website=Thoughtcatalog.com|date=9 October 2011|access-date=20 September 2020}} As a teenager, he dropped out of high school, ran away from home, and began riding freight trains.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=leftovercrack|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205030513/http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=leftovercrack|url-status=dead|title=Butler, Roya - The Punk Site - Interviews - Leftover Crack|archive-date=5 December 2008|access-date=20 September 2020}} During this time, he began using [heroin](/source/heroin) and [crack cocaine](/source/crack_cocaine). He later described drugs as a positive influence in his life and said that he would have killed himself during this time if not for drugs because he was "very lonely and suicidal." ==Music career== In 1990, Stza and a friend of his, [Alec Baillie](/source/Alec_Baillie), formed No Commercial Value, which later evolved into [Choking Victim](/source/Choking_Victim) and then again into [Leftöver Crack](/source/Left%C3%B6ver_Crack). Although many members of these bands have come and gone, Stza remained a constant figure, writing the vast majority of the lyrics and music and becoming the bands' self-appointed spokesperson. Stza is also associated with the band Morning Glory through Leftöver Crack member, [Ezra Kire](/source/Ezra_Kire).{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockzone.com/interviews/loc.shtml|title=Rockzone: Interviews: Leftover Crack|website=Rockzone.com|access-date=20 September 2020}} In 2005, he collaborated with [Mischief Brew](/source/Mischief_Brew) on a song for his first album, ''[Smash The Windows](/source/Smash_The_Windows)''. In 2005, he played solo (doing acoustic shows) and in a new band, Crack Rock Steady Seven, featuring members of The Infested in [Europe](/source/Europe). 2006 saw him in [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) forming another regional Crack Rocksteady Seven, the CRS7mx featuring members of Niño Zombi. In the fall of 2006, he returned to the United States and toured with Leftöver Crack, their tour with [Citizen Fish](/source/Citizen_Fish) was dubbed Cracktoberfest 2006. Most recently Stza has been involved in the creation of another punk/ska band, this time with members of Casa de Chihuahua, The Slackers, and The Degenerics (Nico do Gaillo, Ara Babajian, and Frank Piegaro respectively) called "[Star Fucking Hipsters](/source/Star_Fucking_Hipsters)". Star Fucking Hipsters' debut album was released on 30 September 2008 on the [Fat Wreck Chords](/source/Fat_Wreck_Chords) label. Their second album, "Never Rest In Peace", was released on 20 October 2009 on the [Alternative Tentacles](/source/Alternative_Tentacles) label. Their third album, titled "From the Dumpster to the Grave" was released on 11 October 2011 on Fat Wreck Chords during a record release show at Europa in Brooklyn, New York.{{facebook|starf.ckinghipsters|Star F*cking Hipsters}} ==Personal life== Stza, along with other members of [Leftöver Crack](/source/Left%C3%B6ver_Crack), has at times resided at 155 [Avenue C](/source/Avenue_C_(Manhattan)), better known as [C-Squat](/source/C-Squat).{{Cite web |url=http://crackrocksteady.info/loc/interviews/rag_mag_2002.html |title=CSRI: Leftover Crack: NYC Squatter Ska Core to End the World |access-date=2009-08-18 |archive-date=2008-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104161516/http://crackrocksteady.info/loc/interviews/rag_mag_2002.html |url-status=dead }} He identifies as an [atheist Jew](/source/Jewish_atheism).{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Tao |title=An Interview With Stza Crack Of Leftover Crack & SFH |url=https://thoughtcatalog.com/tao-lin/2011/10/an-interview-with-stza-crack-of-leftover-crack-and-sfh/ |access-date=3 December 2021 |work=[Thought Catalog](/source/Thought_Catalog) |date=9 October 2011}}{{Cite web |title=Stza's Official Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/crackdaddycaine |access-date=2025-12-05 |website=www.instagram.com}} In 2008, Stza, who has tattoos on his fingers reading "KILL COPS," was arrested for throwing donuts at [New York Police Department](/source/New_York_Police_Department) officers during a show near [Tompkins Square Park](/source/Tompkins_Square_Park).{{cite news |last1=Ozzi |first1=Dan |title=Kill Cops: Leftöver Crack's Scott Sturgeon and the 11-Year Itch |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/kill-cops-leftover-cracks-scott-sturgeon-and-the-11-year-itch/ |access-date=2 December 2021 |work=Vice.com |publisher=[Vice Media](/source/Vice_Media) |date=September 15, 2016 |language=en}} ==Discography== {{unreferenced section|date=May 2025}} ===Albums=== ==== With Choking Victim ==== *''[No Gods, No Managers](/source/No_Gods%2C_No_Managers)'' (1999) ==== With Leftover Crack ==== *''[Mediocre Generica](/source/Mediocre_Generica)'' (2001) *''[Fuck World Trade](/source/Fuck_World_Trade)'' (2004) *''[Constructs of the State](/source/Constructs_of_the_State)'' (2015) *''[Leftöver Leftöver Crack](/source/Left%C3%B6ver_Left%C3%B6ver_Crack)'' (2018) ==== With Star Fucking Hipsters ==== *''[Until We're Dead](/source/Until_We're_Dead)'' (2008) *''[Never Rest in Peace](/source/Never_Rest_in_Peace)'' (2009) *''[From the Dumpster to the Grave](/source/From_the_Dumpster_to_the_Grave)'' (2011) ===EPs=== ==== With Leftöver Crack ==== *''Rock the 40 Oz.'' (2000) *''Shoot the Kids at School'' (2000) *''[Rock the 40 Oz: Reloaded](/source/Rock_the_40_Oz%3A_Reloaded)'' (2004) ===Singles=== ==== With Leftöver Crack ==== *''Shootacide'' (2024) *''White Guilt Atrocity Quilt'' (2025) ===Splits=== *''Baby Jesus Sliced Up in the Manger'' (as the Crack Rock Steady 7, with F-Minus), (2001, HellBent) *[Deadline](/source/Deadline_(split_album)) (with Citizen Fish) (2007, [Fat Wreck](/source/Fat_Wreck_Chords)) ===Compilations=== * ''Give 'Em the Boot'', ( Infested) Hellcat Records, 1997. *''Give 'Em the Boot II'', (Crack City Rockers[Demo]) [Hellcat Records](/source/Hellcat_Records), 1999. *''Punk Rawk Explosion 6'', (Nazi White Trash), ?, 2003. *''Give 'Em the Boot III'', (Atheist Anthem) [Hellcat Records](/source/Hellcat_Records), 2002. *''Go Kart vs. the Corporate Giant Vol. 3'', (Rock The 40oz) [Go Kart Records](/source/Go_Kart_Records), 2002. *''2003 Sampler'', (So Ya Wanna Be A Cop) [A-F Records](/source/A-F_Records), 2003. *''Fueling the Flames of Revolution Vol. 3'', (One Dead Cop) [A-F Records](/source/A-F_Records), 2003. *''Against Police Injustice'',(Operation:MOVE, Super Tuesday[Demo]) [Non Commercial](/source/Non_Commercial), 2003. *''Mass Destruction'', (Muppet N.A.M.B.L.A) BANKSHOT! Records, 2003. *''Riot Ska'', (Drug Song, Nobody Is Free) Beer Records, 2004. *''The Kids Are Gonna Pay'' (Look Who's Talking Now) with F-Minus, Morning Glory & Bent Outta Shape, Blacknoise Records, 2006. *''Sexy Babies Across the Wasteland'' (Guest Vocals with Last False Hope) – 2012, Sexy Baby Records. ===Featured on=== *''Just Like Me'' by CHEWIE (2013) *''The Abliss'' by Days n Daze (2017) *''Turtle's Plan'' by Henry Thugsworth & The Severinator (2025) ===Live=== *''Live C-Squat 3/31/01'' (2001) *''Straight Outta' Naples'' (2002) *''live at the stage @ Arnhem, Holland'' (2008) ===Bootlegs=== *''Fuck World Trade'' (demo) (2004) ===Film=== *[Loren Cass](/source/Loren_Cass) (2007) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Choking Victim}} {{Leftöver Crack}} {{Star Fucking Hipsters}} {{Authority control}} Category:American punk rock musicians Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century squatters Category:American atheists Category:Anarcho-punk musicians Category:Choking Victim members Category:Jews in punk rock Category:Jewish American atheists Category:Jewish American musicians Category:Leftöver Crack members Category:Musicians from New York City Category:Star Fucking Hipsters members --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stza) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stza?action=history)). 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