Schmekel

Schmekel
Origin Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genres folk punk, queercore
Years active 2010–2014
Labels Schmekel Music; Riot Grrrl, Ink
Website www.transjews.com
Members Lucian Kahn (guitar/vocals)
Ricky Riot (keyboard/vocals)
Nogga Schwartz (bass guitar)
Simcha Halpert-Hanson (drums)

Schmekel is an all-transgender, Jewish folk punk band from Brooklyn, NY, known for their humor.[1] They have been compared to Pansy Division, Tribe 8,[2] Frank Zappa, Mel Brooks and Tom Lehrer. The Forward cites Schmekel as an example of the cultural movement "Queer Yiddishkeit."[3]

Discography

The Whale That Ate Jonah (Schmekel Music) -- October 2013
Queers On Rye (Riot Grrrl, Ink) -- December 2011

In Literature

In the final Tales of the City novel, the character Jake reports his love interest, Amos, flirting with the lead singer of Schmekel.[4]

Notes

  1. Hugh Ryan (25 November 2011). "Schmekel, a Band Born as a Laugh". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  2. "Reasons to Have Pride in 2012". The Advocate". 15 May 2012.
  3. Eddy Portnoy (19 October 2011). "Transgender Jews May Be Nothing New". The Jewish Daily Forward".
  4. Maupin, Armistead. The Days of Anna Madrigal. New York: HarperCollins, 2014. p. 84-85.
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