Supreme Dicks

{{Short description|American experimental rock group}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Supreme Dicks

| image =

| background = group_or_band

| origin = Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.

| genre = Experimental rock, indie rock, noise rock, alternative rock, psychedelic rock

| years_active = 1984–1996, 2012–present

| label = Funky Mushroom, Homestead, Freek, Infinite Chug, Runt, Jagjaguwar

| current_members = Jon Shere
Dan Oxenberg
Mark Hanson
Steve Shavel
Jim Spring.

}}

Supreme Dicks is an experimental rock group formed in 1984 by Jon Shere and Stuart Morris while students at Hampshire College.{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |title=Supreme Dicks Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/supreme-dicks-mn0000753081#biography |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 29, 2024 |language=en-us}}

The primary band members are Jon Shere, Daniel Oxenberg, Mark Hansen, Steve Shavel, and often Jim Spring. Other members at various times have included Holly Cat, Dan Kapelovitz, Jennifer Stefanisko, John Galvin III, Jenna Wikler, and Dave Taub. Musicians who have joined them onstage include Beck and Ariel Pink.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} The band has performed with Dinosaur Jr., and toured with Neutral Milk Hotel, Kurt Vile, and Bonnie Prince Billy.

Their retrospective box set Breathing and Not Breathing was released on the Jagjaguwar label October 18, 2011.{{cite web | url=http://jagjaguwar.com/blog/2011/10/supreme-dicks-breathing-and-not-breathing-out-today | title=Supreme Dicks Breathing and Not Breathing Out Today | publisher=Jagjaguwar | access-date=July 19, 2012 | archive-date=September 5, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905143410/http://jagjaguwar.com/blog/2011/10/supreme-dicks-breathing-and-not-breathing-out-today/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite web|author=ZeagleFiend |url=https://consequence.net/2011/11/album-review-supreme-dicks-breathing-and-not-breathing/ |title=Album Review: Supreme Dicks – Breathing and Not Breathing, Consequence of Sound |date=November 2, 2011 |publisher=Consequenceofsound |accessdate=November 3, 2011}}

The band played several shows in 2012, including three at South by Southwest, followed by a short tour with Kurt Vile.{{Cite web|url=https://bobdylanwrotepropagandasongs.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/sxsw-2012/|title=SXSW 2012|last=((Android50))|date=March 21, 2012|website=Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs|language=en|access-date=July 13, 2019}} They were joined onstage for all of these shows by Holly Cat, known for the 1987 hit "I Wanna Be Like Madonna."{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Holly-Cat-I-Wanna-Be-Like-Madonna/release/2376277|title=Holly Cat – I Wanna Be Like Madonna|publisher=Discogs|language=en|access-date=July 13, 2019}} The band toured Europe in 2013, and have continued to play shows sporadically, mostly in Los Angeles.