Smutty Smiff

Smutty Smiff, also known as Stephen Dennis Smith (born 5 July 1959, East London, England), is a British musician, one of the founding members of Levi and the Rockats rockabilly punk band, from Los Angeles, California, United States, discovered by Leee Black Childers, tour manager of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and The Stooges.

In 1977, Childers has just finished the Anarchy in the UK: Live at the 76 Club tour with Sex Pistols, The Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Johnny Thunders, featuring The Ex (band), and New York Dolls. After the tour was over, Levi Dexter met Childers on a rockabilly concert in London. Childers decided to start a fresh project. Dexter and Smutty Smiff decided to form a band together, even though Smiff had no musical training. One week later, Childers purchased a double bass for Smiff and a first gig was booked in Max's Kansas City.[1]

In about same time, when the band was accepted by local artists, musicians and photographers, Smiff became a model and a friend to photographers such as Andy Warhol, Mick Rock, Bob Gruen, Janette Beckman, and Robert Mapplethorpe [2]. He did some runway shows for Betsey Johnson and Stephen Sprouse. He also did some photo sessions for the German and Italian editions of Vogue. About his experiences with Warhol and The Factory, Smiff talks in his upcoming book Smutty: The Only Essex Boy In Warhol´s Factory. He also released one sold-out book called Kats, Tats, Cars and Creepers as well as co-writing two songs for the John Travolta movie, the General's Daughter 's soundtrack, and appeared in Where the Boys Are.

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