Stick Men (punk band)
The Stick Men were a punk rock/no wave band from Philadelphia. Fronted by guitarist/painter/sculptor Peter L. Baker and keyboardist B.A.L. Stack, the earliest Stick Men lineup formed in 1977 and went through various member changes before settling on the group that would tour and record together in the early 1980s, featuring Chuck Mattern Jr. on vocals, saxophone, trumpet and electronics, Bill Bradfield on bass guitar, and Jim Meneses on drums/percussion. In 1982 the band released their debut LP This is the Master Brew, followed by the EP Get on Board the Stick Men in 1983. History After graduating from the Columbus College of Art and Design, Peter L. Baker returned to Philadelphia in 1977. In addition to working in the fields of avant-garde visual and performance art, Baker formed a musical group, The Undertakers of Love, with Charles Cohen on synthesizer, Jeff Cain on keyboards, Art Noel on bass, and poet J.W. McCullough joining Baker on guitars. The group performed in local bar before Baker met Beth Anne Lejman—credited as "B.A.L. Stack”—in 1978. Baker and Stack played as the hollow-body guitar duo Blu Beth and the Gentleman Caller in Philadelphia's art gallery scene. Baker's two groups eventually merged with his