Thom Metzger

"Th. Metzger" is a writer^[1] and musician who lives New York City. He teaches Literature at the State University of New York at Geneseo (his Alma Mater) and the State University of New York at Brockport.

Writings

Th. Metzger is the author of:

Books:

• Big Gurl - Penguin 1989
• Shock Totem - Penguin 1990
• Drowning in Fire - Penguin 1992
• This is Your Final Warning - Autonomedia 1992
• Blood and Volts: Edison, Tesla and the Electric Chair - Autonomedia 1996^[1]
• The Birth of Heroin and the Demonization of the Dope Fiend - Breakout Books 1998
• Select Strange and Sacred Sites: the Ziggurat Guide to Western N.Y. Exit 18 Books 2002
• Stonecutter 2002 Houghton Mifflin
• Wild Ride to Heaven 2003 Houghton Mifflin
• Ten Thousand Charms 2005 Houghton Mifflin
• Beautiful City of the Dead 2006 Houghton Mifflin
• Hydrogen Sleep and Speed - Poets' Press 2012
• Undercover Mormon: a Spy in the House of the Gods - Roadswell Editions 2014

Short nonfiction:

• "Transform and Rebel" Loompanics 1992
• "Vicious Protoplasm: Eugenics and Modern Sex-War" Loompanics 1994
• "Tobacco in Chains" Loompanics 1994
• "Dr. Ripper: the Rise of Gynecological Surgery" Loompanics 1996
• "This is Your Lobotomy" Loompanics 1997
• "Descent into Hell", 1998
• "Masturbational Insanity", Loompanics 1999
• "Destroy all Goo-Goos: America’s Forgotten War" Loompanics 1999
• "The Satan Sellers" Loompanics 2001
• "Nameless Dread: The Function of Fear in a Controlled Society" Loompanics 2003
• "Seized by Meat" Flurb 2007
• "The Masonic Dream Engine" Flurb 2008

Short Fiction:

• "Black Wax" and "X-Axis Versus Jocko" Semiotexte USA 1987
• "All Right, Everybody on the Floor" Semiotexte S.F. 1989
• "Downbound Train" Air Fish 1993
• "Dark, Dark, Disco Days" Snake Eyes 1993
• "Severin Hedz" Shock Rock 1994
• "Star Time" Proud Flesh 1994
• "Pyre" Fear Itself 1995
• "The Meat Specter" Ritual Sex 1996
• "Juice Boy Bucktooth Orpha Toy" Shock Waves 1996
• "The Fly Room" Love in Vein II 1996
• "Sphincter and Sphinx", Flurb #10, 2010

Poetry

• "Cinnabar Charm"
• "Red Virgin" Poet's Press 2009

He also wrote four young adult fiction books under the pen name Leander Watts.

• "Stonecutter
• "Wild Ride to Heaven"
• "Ten Thousand Charms"
• "Beautiful City of the Dead"

He was a feature writer and columnist for City Newspaper (Rochester, N.Y.) from 1999-2006.

Music

In the 1980s, he performed solo under the name Blind Dudu Process.

He has sung with and played tenor sax, ontic trombone, trumpet, guitar and percussion in a number of bands, including:

• Metzger, Landers, Seman (1983–1985)
• Health and Beauty (1985–1988)
• Nemo's Omen (1992–1995)
• The Fabulous Rectotem (1996–1999))
• The Badenovs (1999–2001)
• Invisible Stain Removers (2010–present)

The Badenovs produced two CDs: Step on it Big Boy and Fearless Lieder, which feature the following songs written by Metzger:

• "Who’s Been Raising the Dead Since I’ve Been Gone?"
• "(It’s Time to) Party With Hitler’s Dog"
• "Codeine and Corn Liquor"
• "I’ll Never Eat Human Flesh Again"
• "Dead Pope in the Road"
• "Old Devil Spam"
• "Stinkmeat Jubilee"
• "I am the Other White Meat"
• "High On Depression"
• "Sweet Empire of Filth"

References

1. Craig D'Entrone (9 August 2000). "Current Fascination / 'The chair' continues to electrify...". Newsday. p. B3.

External links

• Metzger's weblog