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King Missile

King Missile is an American avant-garde art rock band best known for its 1992 single "Detachable Penis". Vocalist John S. Hall has fronted several disparate incarnations of the group since founding it in 1986.

In 1985, writer John S. Hall began presenting his work at open mic poetry readings. After three shows, Hall became a "featured" poet at the Backfence, a performance venue in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. In 1986, feeling that "20 minutes of me reading poetry would be totally boring", Hall asked his guitarist friend Dogbowl (Stephen Tunney) to augment his performances with original music. Dogbowl agreed, and with the addition of bassist Alex DeLaszlo, drummer R. B. Korbet, and xylophonist George O'Malley, King Missile (Dog Fly Religion) was born.

In 1988, Hall and Dogbowl, along with cellist Charles Curtis and new drummer Steve Dansiger, recorded the second King Missile (Dog Fly Religion) album, the longer, more experimental, less "jokey" They. Like its predecessor, the album was produced by Kramer and released on Shimmy Disc. According to Hall, "[the album] wasn't well received. Dogbowl was itching to make his own records, so we went our separate ways." Dogbowl went on to record several albums for Shimmy Disc.

The band changed their name from King Missile (Dog Fly Religion) to King Missile when Dogbowl left the group.

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Peel played some of the group's material in the late 80's on his radio programmes when they were known as King Missile (Dog Fly Religion). After the 80's, Peel lost interest in the group and played their track, 'Detachable Penis' on his show in 2004 after a listener requested it.

Shows Played[]

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Take Stuff from Work

1987
1989
  • 06 June 1989: Take Stuff From Work (album - Fluting On The Hump) Shimmy Disc
2004
  • 12 May 2004: 'Detachable Penis (LP - Happy Hour)' (Atlantic)

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