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Static People was formed in 2008 by musicians from San Francisco and Sonoma CA. The band released a 5-song, self titled EP in 2010, a full length, post punk-minded debut album "The Late Projectionist" in 2011, winning the award for Best Punk/Post Punk Artist 2013 from Artists in Music Awards Los Angeles for the single Toxic Overload.

On "Rare Creatures" the band introduced a synth layer, brought in drummer Michael Urbano(Smash Mouth, Deathray, Third Eye Blind, Cracker, Paul Westerberg, Red House Painters) and recorded at the legendary Fantasy Studios in Berkeley CA.
An early review of Rare Creatures deems it "a solid 6 song effort, by far their best and most concise songs to date."

Static People have been featured on the PBS show 'Roadtrip Nation" as well as in the short music nerd film "The Radio Gamers" starring Mark Kelly(Madmen), directed by Gretchen Oliveros.

“For a performer who defies facile definition, Smith does boast a single defining feature – her voice, which she wields with virtuosic command…with a natural warmth that adds a sultry dimension to the band’s challenging, punk-infused arrangements.” –Bullpit Magazine, LA

"Static People are destined to be your next favourite band. They combine distorted greatness, old school punk vibes and a touch of noisy indie – you need them in your life." -Somojo Magazine UK

"The Late Projectionist brings us deeper into the mind of singer Dmitra Smith…painting vivid pictures of the goings-on of a haunted mind...top-notch recording and an album full of hooky songs." --Vandala Concepts Ezine, Canada

"Static People makes you feel your heart beating in its cage...raving rock’n’roll to grit your teeth to." --New York Waste

"Each track has Dmitra Smith’s voice front and center, full of the same angst and derision that propelled Patti Smith to stardom." --The Ripple Effect

Band Members
Dmitra Smith
Singer and keyboardist Dmitra Smith began singing at age 8 in her native Seattle, enduring torture from a closeted and bitchy girl’s choir director who punched his stomach while screaming the word "SUPPORT" at small children. She credits him for her 3 octave range. She relocated to San Francisco in 1992 to join marimba driven rock project Fuzz Factor with guitarist Joe Gore(PJ Harvey, Tracy Chapman). She was a member of industrial noise and television-exploding project Sharkbait, as well as lo-fi indie trio Florida. She is also the singer for Seattle based alt/punk band Ex's With Benefits(with drummer Alex Vincent of Green River) and Black futurist Siouxsie and the Banshees tribute Voodoo Dolly

Pascal Faivre
Guitarist Pascal Faivre is from Pontarlier, France, the capital of absinthe. He discovered punk rock at age 10, put a huge box of laundry soap into the town fountain with his hooligan friends which created 4' high suds for blocks, started his first bands Les Cochons Dingues and Corbeaux Drivers, and wriggled out of mandatory army duty with sublime trickery. He is also a film actor who got his first taste for acting in 1973, when celebrated French director Jean Chapot cast him in a small part in “Les Granges Brulees” with Alain Delon and Simone Signoret. He performed his scenes, coaxed with chocolate, in his favorite fuzzy pajamas. He is also the guitarist for Seattle based alt/punk band Ex's With Benefits.

Shawn Miller
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Bass player Shawn Miller started playing guitar at the age of eight and moved to bass when he was twelve because "it had less strings and they were farther placed apart". Music has been a very influential part of his life, as he believes that it conveys thoughts and feelings that are far more complex than any other form of communication. While attending School in Santa Cruz, he attended music classes while working on his psychology degree, and played bass in the seminal pop-punk band Cara de Nada. He was a member of the Santa Cruz Standard Cooperative Noise Coalition, or STANDCO, A loosely organized but highly talented group of musicians responsible for planning shows for local and touring bands alike. Shawn moved to San Francisco in 1994 and went on to play in bands such as the Nerve Meter, Deralieur, and the Gay Barbarians. He is also the bass player for SF bands The Slippery Slope, Voodoo Dolly and Pony Fight.