Tagged The Smoking Popes

My First Band: Mike Felumlee (Smoking Popes, Alkaline Trio)

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 22, 2019

Mike Felumlee has the special distinction of being both the former and current drummer of Smoking Popes. Between stints in the seminal Chicago punk band, the percussionist spent a few years playing drums in Alk...

My First Band: Josh Caterer (The Smoking Popes, Speedstick)

Milwaukee Record Staff

May 3, 2019

Few have heard of Josh Caterer's first band—Speedstick—but after a name change and a swap of drummers, that band, now known as "The Smoking Popes," quickly made a name for themselves in the early '90s Chicago p...