Searching for videos of Smegma is a laborious prospect, both due to the obvious turn for the worst that comes searching their name (for obvious reasons) as well as the thousands (it seems) terrible bands who've called themselves "Smegma" or utilized the term in their moniker (mostly juvenile, toilet-humor worshiping jocks from what it looks like). But of course the Smegma I'm referring to is the delightfully debased, maniacal improv ensemble tied to the infamous Los Angeles Free Music Society and residing for many years in Portland, OR. Since the 70's, the ensemble has performed and recorded arrestingly damaged and sublimely erratic takes on free-improvisational form along with dabbles into demented forms of punk, jazz, and garage rock (see their single "Swamp Dick"). My search for 70's and 80's video came up empty-handed, but here's a couple solid early 90's clips along with a more recent missive at a Smegma "house party." Dig:
And here's this bonus, Smegma featured on two local news programs circa 1988 in Portland for a city-wide charity musical event under the watch of then-Mayor Bud Clark. Interestingly, one of the news crews is afraid to say their name on air while the other either throws caution to the wind or is blissfully unaware of its rather unsavory associations:
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