Th. Metzger

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Th. Metzger is a writer and musician who lives in Western New York. He teaches writing and literature at the State University of New York at Brockport.

[edit] Writings

Th. Metzger is the author of:

Books:

• Big Gurl - Penguin 1989
• Shock Totem - Penguin 1990
• Drowning in Fire - Penguin 1992
• This is Your Final Warning - Autonomedia 1992
• Blood and Volts: Edison, Tesla and the Electric Chair - Autonomedia 1996
• The Birth of Heroin and the Demonization of the Dope Fiend - Breakout Books 1998

Short nonfiction:

• "Transform and Rebel" Loompanics 1992
• "Vicious Protoplasm: Eugenics and Modern Sex-War" Loompanics 1994
• "Tobacco in Chains" Loompanics 1994
• "Dr. Ripper: the Rise of Gynecological Surgery" Loompanics 1996
• "This is Your Lobotomy" Loompanics 1997
• "Who Put the Coke in Coca-Cola?" Loompanics 1998
• "Descent into Hell" 1998
• "Masturbational Insanity" Loompanics 1999
• "Destroy all Goo-Goos: America’s Forgotten War" Loompanics 1999
• "The Satan Sellers" Loompanics 2001
• *"Nameless Dread: The Function of Fear in a Controlled Society" Loompanics 2003
• "Seized by Meat" Flurb 2007
• "The Masonic Dream Engine" Flurb 2008

Short Fiction:

• "Black Wax" and "X-Axis Versus Jocko" Semiotexte USA 1987
• "All Right, Everybody on the Floor" Semiotexte S.F. 1989
• "Downbound Train" Air Fish 1993
• "Dark, Dark, Disco Days" Snake Eyes 1993
• "Severin Hedz" Shock Rock 1994
• "Star Time" Proud Flesh 1994
• "Pyre" Fear Itself 1995
• "The Meat Specter" Ritual Sex 1996
• "Juice Boy Bucktooth Orpha Toy" Shock Waves 1996
• "The Fly Room" Love in Vein II 1996

He was a feature writer and columnist for City Newspaper (Rochester, N.Y.) from 1999-2006. He is represented by Christopher Schelling of the Ralph Vicinanza Literary Agency.

[edit] Music

In the 1980s, he performed solo under the name Blind Dudu Process.

He has sung with and played tenor sax, ontic trombone, trumpet, guitar and percussion in a number of bands, including:

• Metzger, Landers, Seman (1983-1985)
• Health and Beauty (1985-1988)
• Nemo's Omen (1992-1995)
• The Fabulous Rectotem (1996-1999)
• The Badenovs (1999-2001)

The Badenovs produced two CDs: Step on it Big Boy and Fearless Lieder, which feature the following songs written by Metzger:

• "Who’s Been Raising the Dead Since I’ve Been Gone?"
• "(It’s Time to) Party With Hitler’s Dog"
• "Codeine and Corn Liquor"
• "I’ll Never Eat Human Flesh Again"
• "Dead Pope in the Road"
• "Old Devil Spam"
• "Stinkmeat Jubilee"
• "I am the Other White Meat"
• "High On Depression"
• "Sweet Empire of Filth"