Stikky
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Stikky was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band from the Gilman Street
924 Gilman Street
924 Gilman Street is an all-ages, not for profit, collectively organized music club usually referred to by its fans simply as "The Gilman." It is located in the West Berkeley area of Berkeley, California about a mile and a half west of the North Berkeley BART station and a quarter-mile west of San...

-scene, formed in 1985. The members were Chris Dodge (bass, vocals), Chris Wilder (guitar, vocals), and Todd Wilder (drums, vocals). Their songs are known for being hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 yet still retaining the sense of humor that East Bay
East Bay
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 bands were known for. After the band stopped playing with any regularity, bassist Chris Dodge released some of their material on his own record label Slap A Ham Records
Slap-a-Ham Records
Slap A Ham Records was a hardcore punk, thrash metal and grindcore label from San Francisco, California owned and operated by Chris Dodge of Spazz, Despise You, Lack Of Interest and several other bands.-Discography:Published albums include:...

.

History

The group recorded an 9 song demo in 1985, and then another in 1986. The band was later featured on the Lookout! Records' compilation, The Thing That Ate Floyd
The Thing That Ate Floyd
The Thing That Ate Floyd is a compilation album released in December 1988 by Lookout! Records. The album is a compilation of bands from the 924 Gilman St. punk rock scene. It includes bands such as Operation Ivy, No Use for a Name, Crimpshrine and The Mr...

.
During their active years it was common for them, Isocracy
Isocracy (band)
Isocracy was an American punk rock band from the Berkeley, California-area, formed in 1986. The band was one of the key bands in the MRR/Gilman Street project. John Kiffmeyer , who later went on to form Green Day, was the drummer for the band...

, Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy was the eighth series of American nuclear tests, coming after Tumbler-Snapper and before Upshot-Knothole. Its purpose was to help upgrade the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons in response to the Soviet nuclear weapons program...

, Corrupted Morals, Sweet Baby Jesus, or The Lookouts
The Lookouts
The Lookouts were an American punk rock band that existed from 1985 to 1990 on Iron Peak, a remote rural mountain community outside of Laytonville, CA. The members were Lawrence Livermore on guitar and vocals, Kain Kong on bass and vocals and Tre Cool on drums and vocals. All three have...

 to open a bill for a touring punk band almost every weekend at Gilman Street
924 Gilman Street
924 Gilman Street is an all-ages, not for profit, collectively organized music club usually referred to by its fans simply as "The Gilman." It is located in the West Berkeley area of Berkeley, California about a mile and a half west of the North Berkeley BART station and a quarter-mile west of San...

.

Each member of the band has expressed repeatedly that Stikky never officially broke up and is indeed still a band today, though they've not played together in perhaps 20 years. All are close and dear friends and have hinted at the possibility of an alcohol-induced reunion, but aren't sure what good that would be to anyone.

A posthumous anthology of all recordings of the band, titled Spamthology: Volume one (there was no volume two... get it), was released in 1997. It is now discontinued.

Releases

  • Where's My Lunchpail?, timeless
  • Cuddle
    Cuddle (EP)
    Cuddle was an EP release by the Punk rock band Stikky, and was released on Off The Disk in 1988 on seven-inch vinyl.Cuddle was recorded, mixed, and all that, in 4 hours at Art of Ears located in San Francisco, on May 29 1988. This record was originally released on Off The Disk in Switzerland in 1988...

     7" - Off The Disk, 1988
  • I & I & That Guy Over There 7" - Pintonium AG, 1989
  • Spamthology: volume one (posthumous anthology) - Sound Pollution
    Sound pollution
    Sound pollution may refer to:* Noise pollution, displeasing or disruptive sound of human or machine origin* Sound Pollution...

    , 1997

Appearances

  • "Fun On The Freeway", "Moshometer" on Turn It Around! - Maximumrocknroll, 1987
    "Don't Lick My Leg" on The Thing That Ate Floyd
    The Thing That Ate Floyd
    The Thing That Ate Floyd is a compilation album released in December 1988 by Lookout! Records. The album is a compilation of bands from the 924 Gilman St. punk rock scene. It includes bands such as Operation Ivy, No Use for a Name, Crimpshrine and The Mr...

     - Lookout! Records
    Lookout! Records
    -History:Larry Livermore and David Hayes formed the label in 1987. From the start, Lookout released punk rock records, but over time expanded its scope to include various types of pop rock, reggae fusion, acoustic rock, pop punk, and indie rock...

    , 1988
    "Fun On The Freeway", "Moshometer" on Turn It * Around! - Very Small Records
    Very Small Records
    Very Small Records is an independent record label, formed in 1989 by David Hayes, co-founder and former co-owner of Lookout! Records. The label releases primarily pop punk and punk rock records....

    , 1991
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