Wckr Spgt is a musical band that formed in 1981 in Claremont, California. They were part of an early movement focused primarily on experimental home recording and cassette culture that eventually evolved into lo-fi and indie rock. The band consists of Joel Huschle , Mark Givens , and Dave Carpenter and, over the years, a plethora of guest musicians and artists, notably John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats), Ian Carlson (The Desperation Squad ), and the members of Nothing Painted Blue (Franklin Bruno , Kyle Brodie , and Peter Hughes).

Early audio cassettes were distributed throughout the Pomona Valley primarily in independent record stores like Toxic Shock in Pomona and Rhino Records in Claremont. In the 1990s the influential independent record label Shrimper distributed Wckr Spgt recordings including 1997's Everybody's Dead (Oh, No) .

Wckr Spgt are influenced by ideas from dada and punk rock.

The Wckr Spgt film Bug-Free America is expected in 2006.

The extensive Wckr Spgt catalog, consisting of 1000's of songs in the mp3 format, is being made available through 2004 and can be downloaded from the groups' website [1].

See Also

• Cassette Culture
• indie rock
• lo-fi

Related links

• The Wckr Spgt Web Site
• The Desperation Squad
• The Mountain Goats
• Franklin Bruno
• Wckr Spgt Discography