The Spent Poets

cataloging the musical output of a long-dead "alternative rock band" from San Francisco

exhaustive info about the under-appreciated first album and the legendary unreleased second album

Recent News:

• December 2018: massive addition of live performance dates
• November 2018: Restored as much as possible of The Spent Poets Recording Diary with the gracious permission of Derek Greenberg
• November 2018: Beanpole is scheduled to perform at the Claypool Lennon Delirium New Year's Show at The Fillmore on Dec, 2018.
• August 2018: The Beanpole album "All My Kin" finally saw official release on August 31, 2018
• late summer 2018: a 3rd gen DAT source for the "Steve Demos" has been located
• mid 2018: moved site to thespentpoets.com (easier to find)
• May 2018: the tracklist for the Spent Poet's "Lost EP" is now known, still not circulating
• January 2018: a previously unknown "Single Version" of The Spent Poet's "Reasons To Drink" was discovered via eBay.
• January 2018: black & white proof artwork for "Steve" has surfaced and been confirmed.

Huge thanks to those who have directly helped me with info or the contents of this site over the years. Including: Andrew Allegrino, Adam Gates, Adam Gimbel, Derek Greenberg, Andrew McGowan, Jason Rush, Daniel Shepherd, Matthew Winegar, Greg (aka torturedmind).