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Glen Meadmore
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| Also known as | Cowpunk |
| Born | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Genres | Cowpunk |
| Occupation(s) | Performance artist, musician, actor |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Amoeba |
Glen Meadmore is a Canadian musician, actor, and performance artist currently residing in Los Angeles, United States. His music is often described as Cowpunk.
Biography
Glen Meadmore was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. As a teenager, Meadmore played bass and sang with Winnipeg punk band The Psychiatrists. He later became involved in performance art, and appeared on local community television on his own cable show. Meadmore is 6'8" tall.
Meadmore moved to Los Angeles in the early 1980s. He continued to work as a performance artist, appearing at the nightclub the Anti-Club where he became renowned for his outrageous performances. During this time, he formed the band Pedro, Muriel and Esther, also known as PME, one of the earliest queer punk bands. Meadmore performed with the band in drag. Meadmore also utilized his drag persona for underground films he was making with director John Aes-Nihil, such as The Drift. He abandoned this persona in his later films, once again playing male roles.
Meadmore developed a "country punk" persona for solo albums he began recording in 1985. Glen's first two albums blended country stylings and country-style "yodeling" with new wave synthpop production popular at the time, which proved to be an odd and striking mélange. Drag superstar RuPaul performed as a backup singer to Meadmore.
Meadmore's third release, the seminal country punk album Boned, dropped the synths and created the sound for which he is best known.
During the 1980s Meadmore had corresponded with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Gacy did several paintings of Meadmore.
Meadmore has performed and recorded with other artists and performers, including Helot Revolt. Meadmore's band includes Dave Kendrick a former drummer of Devo.
June 2007 saw the reissue of Meadmore's first two LPs on CD.
In February and March 2008 Meadmore toured Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Recordings
Albums
- Chicken & Biscuits, 1987, Amoeba Records
- Squaw Bread, 1988 Amoeba Records
- Boned, Amoeba Records
Singles
- "Just a Girl" / "Arco Plaza", 12" single, 1988, Overzealous Editions
- "Slurp Ramp" / "You're The One", Tape, 2015, Idiosyncratics
Compilations
- The Ma Barker Story Soundtrack & Compilation, 1990
- Keep on the Sunny Side: A Tribute to the Carter Family CD, Amoeba Records, 1993
- Prayer Is The Answer cassette, 777 was 666, 1998
- God Came Between Us limited edition CD, 777 was 666, 2005
As PME
- "PME", 7" vinyl EP, Amoeba Records, 1991
- The White To Be Angry CD, Spectra Sonic Records, 1998
Also appeared on
- Helot Revolt, In Your Face, Up Your Butt (guitar), De Stijl Records (1992)
Films
- Americans, by Chris Mullington, 1987
- The Drift, by John Aes-Nihil, 1989
- The Goddess Bunny Channels Shakespeare, by John Aes-Nihil, 1989
- The Ma Barker Story, by John Aes-Nihil, 1990
- The Goddess Bunny, by Nick Bougas, 1998
- The White To be Angry, 1999
Sources
- Ciminelli, David; Knox, Ken (2005) HomoCore: The Loud and Raucous Rise of Queer Rock, Alyson Books, ISBN: 1-55583-855-3, ISBN: 978-1-55583-855-3 [1]
- Young, Paul (2002) L.A. Exposed: Strange Myths and Curious Legends in the City of Angels, p. 130, St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN: 0-312-20646-1, ISBN: 978-0-312-20646-8 [2]
- Goldberg, Dan, "Performer Arrested in Pub for Overexposure" Daily Nexus February 6, 1989
