Maxi Geil! and PlayColt is fronted by Guy Richard Smit, a visual and performance artist who, in the words of Saatchi Online Magazine critic, Ana Finel Honigman, writes satirical operas centered around the self-esteem struggles of an insecure porn star, the ties between art celebrity and stand up comedy, and the art world's dramas and fluffy foolishness. As the stylishly sociopathic character Maxi Geil! (German slang for 'super horny'), Smit channels the gritty glamour of the eighties' East Village scene with its romanticized madness, poetic perversion and overheated artistic climate.  Among the bands participants are actor/artist Zoe Lister-Jones, drummer Jeff Somoya, rhythm guitarist Mark Ephraim and lead guitarist John Allen.

Neal Medlyn is a performance artist whose work typically replicates the musical and dance performances of pop stars such as Phil Collins, R. Kelly, Prince and Beyoncé.  Never lip syncing, Medlyn performs as the pops stars do, channeling their personas. He is backed by Kenny Mellman, co-writer and musical director, on keyboard; Carmine Covelli on drums; and Farris Craddock on bass.

"Mr. Medlyn is a chameleon, knowingly slipping on one outré pop persona after the next, he also remains irreducibly himself: the ultimate outsider, nose pressed unabashedly to the window of celebrity and fame… The split is just one duality in a rich welter of identity games, yet the strange power his art possesses depends on it." –New York Times

WEBSITES:

http://www.myspace.com/maxigeilplaycolt

http://www.nealmedlyn.com/