The Spent Poets

an under-appreciated first album, a legendary unreleased second album, and a lot more

The Spent Poets, Monkey Rhythm, Beanpole, Slider, Madame Blavatsky Overdrive, No Forcefield, Electric Apricot, The Filthy Ape, Bob C. Cock, etc.

• "enough literary name-dropping [...] to make the most pretentious lit major up and hurl" - David Plotnikoff, Entertainment Weekly
• "have been labeled pretentious" - Leah Hennen, Bay Area Music Magazine
• "some might even call the band pretentious" - David Konjoyan, HITS Magazine
• "flirted with pretension at every move" - Steward Mason, AllMusic
• "snooty and irrelevant" - Steve Hochman, Los Angeles Times
• "none of it's particularly inventive" - Andy Thompson, Planet Mellotron

Recent News: See Changes page for list of recent updates

Extra special thanks to Derek Greenberg for the gracious permission to rehost the recoverable portions of The Spent Poets Recording Diary, and to Matt Winegar for helping restore some missing days.

Huge thanks to those who have directly helped by providing info or items for the contents of this site over the years. Including: Andrew Allegrino, Josh Bald (Primus Tracks), Frankie Beristain (Primus Tracks), Adam Gates, Adam Gimbel, Derek Greenberg, Eric R. Johnson, Collin Michael, Andrew McGowan, Jason Rush, Daniel Shepherd, Derek Van Veen, Matthew Winegar, Greg (aka torturedmind), and 99gnomes.