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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...
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