Schmekel

Schmekel
Origin Brooklyn, New York, United States
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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