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Stza at The Masquerade with Leftover Crack (11/18/06)

Scott Sturgeon, also known as Stza Crack, (pronounced "Stizz-uh") (born March 4, 1976) has fronted several ska punk bands in the New York area, the best known being Choking Victim and Leftöver Crack.

Sturgeon's youth is a mystery to most. The only common information is that he grew up without many friends and spent a lot of time reading by himself.

In 1990 Sturgeon and a friend of his Alec Baillie formed No Commercial Value, which later evolved into Choking Victim and then again into Leftöver Crack. Although many members of these bands have come and gone, Sturgeon remained a constant figure, writing the vast majority of the lyrics and music and becoming the bands' self-appointed spokesperson.

Stza played live in Choking Victim, the original incarnation of Leftöver Crack. In 2005 he played solo (doing acoustic shows) and in a new "Crack Rock Steady Seven" featuring members of The Infested in Europe. 2006 saw him in Mexico city forming yet another regional Crack Rocksteady Seven, the CRS7mx featuring members of Niño Zombi. Fall of 2006 he returned to the United States and toured with Leftöver Crack, their tour with Citizen Fish was dubbed Cracktoberfest 2006.

Stza has earned a reputation as being hard to work with and/or associate with. According to a letter on the Morning Glory website, Stza and Choking Victim once filled Huasipungo's gas tank with sugar after a show at 924 Gilman after Huasipungo refused to let Choking Victim borrow their equipment due to past disputes- resulting in a lifetime ban from playing at some underground venues, such as New York City's ABC No Rio.

The nick-name Stza can be traced back to Sturgeon's influence from the Wu Tang Clan. Using the same format for his name as some of the clan's original members he started calling himself "Stza" also "Sturg" (& variations), "Sturgeon" (& variations), "STZ", "The Stza", "Stza Crack", "Crack Daddy Kane", "Osama St'z Laden", "Sporty Lice", "Mr. Crack", "Ol' dirty stza"