bios
marc simao
marc
is an original member of litterbug and the only member of the band who has
had an active stalker. after listening to jonathan richman, the minutemen
and patti smith, he decided he needed to play music and formed the first
incarnation of litterbug (then nameless) with janie cranfield and a couple
of friends from work. with an avowed interest in early russian revolutionary
politics and characters and a love of all things ice cream, marc has created
his own lyrical and musical stamp that offer snapshots of his life and the
lives of others in his life. if you have trouble finding him, he's probably
in a movie theatre watching some black and white film with subtitles.
janie cranfield
janie
is also an original member of litterbug and the only member of the band
who has had a boxing career (lifetime 4-0). at one time or another, she
has played keyboards, bass, drums, clarinet, banjo, bells, trombone, and
trumpet, as well as singing. graduating from art school, janie made a natural
transition into playing in a band and did much work in designing band cds,
websites, t-shirts and posters. a distant relation to fyodor dan, janie
has always been partial to the menshevik cause and was in a menshevik bowling
club in university. once appearing in a platinum blonde video (or did that
not happen??), janie got a good glimpse into the horrors of the hair dye
industry and wrote a scathing exposé entitled, clowns and carcasses.
mouki k butt
mouki
joined litterbug in late 2009, spotting our advert looking for a reasonably
affable person who preferred gummi bears over heroin. dressed in her sunday
best, she amazed us with her fine playing of drums, guitar, bass, banjo,
ufo keyboards plus singing. also she was much more than reasonably affable,
she was downright likeable! not quite knowing where she lives, mouki always
finds her way to practice and only once came dressed as a giant squirrel,
or perhaps that was a chipmunk. check out her talented animations and design
at: http://minorepic.net/~mouki/.
stewart lampe
stewart
also joined litterbug in late 2009, just before doing a solo tour of central
america (check out stewart lampe's illumination when you're below 20°
latitude - the only places they can play because of drummer/harpist rodrigo's
whooping cough). gregarious, charming, witty and full of candy, stewart
brings joy to all peoples and his cat momo with his singing, and his playing
of ukulele, guitar, bass, keyboards and drums. we're pretty sure he's got
another 5 or 6 instruments he can play but he needs to clean up his apartment
to find them. note: he's american!
former band member bios: spencer rose, amelia mori, justin harder and aileen rankin.