STAGMUMMER are busting through the picket fence before you know it and they're making a bloody mess. There's little mercy on their self-released Rim, which was appropriately recorded (not produced) by Steve Albini. The "ugly-rock" genre requires brevity, and the Winnipeg quintet spews out 14 songs in half an hour.

STAGMUMMER began in 1993 when young pharmacy students C.J Bhutte, Rob Barteaux and Chris K Bauer began making music with their instructor Dr.Mike McIsaac.  The trio recruited local victim’s rights advocate Jack Balles as their vocalist and began transcribing their chemical formulas into what Toronto’s Venue Magazine described as “drug rock for corrupt cops”. STAGMUMMER deftly combine science with insight to create an unsettling and aggressive sound that Minneapolis’ YOUR FLESH claims  “wipes the passive Canadian stereotype right off the map.”

In 1995 STAGMUMMER released a split 10” with Meatrack on No List Records and toured the mid-western U.S.  That same year, the quintet was completed with the addition of veteran guitar molester C.J Butte and proceeded to hone their notorious live shows into what Stylus Magazine has described as: “clamorous debauchery, equal parts Las Vegas showstopper and Cro-Magnon chest beating; in other words, not to be missed.”

In 1998 Mike left the band to pursue pharmacological research overseas.  Without the doctor's soothing presence STAGMUMMER has become obsessive and vicious, as can be seen on their 1999 release, NUTCRACKER, produced by GGGARTH (Melvins, Jesus Lizard etc...) and released by SUDDEN DEATH RECORDS.

STAGMUMMER’s debut CD, 1997's RIM, recorded by Steve Albini, has charted on virtually all college stations across Canada, reaching #1 on  CKUW and Toronto’s CKLN.

PRAISE from the PRESS

"Scarier than a cold blooded murder scene and nastier than anything AmRep has put out in years. 8.5/10" Montreal Mirror "Masters of the two minute hyper-sensitive freak-out." X-Static (N.Y.C) "A vicious rock storm... a pit bull going after your neighbor’s Shitsu." Eye (Toronto) "Fierce treble guitars that spin above the rhythmic thunder... textured noise assaults... it’s a wonder that everyone made it out alive." YOUR FLESH (Minneapolis) "These guys seethe... delight in their wrath" Vice (Montreal) "An aggressive, thundering attack on the senses that sideswipes you and smokes off." Ffwd (Calgary) "Drug rock for corrupt cops to kick back to over a donut." Venue Magazine (Toronto) "The real psychopathic article."  Vue Weekly (Edmonton) "Staggeringly heavy... a screaming rant from hell’s jukebox." Georgia Straight (Vancouver) "An intelligent band with a purpose and agenda."  Kill Music Dead (Vancouver)