The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad was originally the name given to the  
recordings of singer/grocer Nikc Miller. Recorded in the shed and  
basement of his parent’s home in Havre de Grace, Maryland, the home- 
recorded Shitfever! (2004) was mostly songs about food and girls and  
was recorded during a perpetual 2-month nutmeg binge. The album  
garnered enough local attention to demand live performances.
 
By 2005, The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad’s Nikc Miller began  
performing locally with friends in order to support the release of  
Hugburn! a hand-distributed CD-R collection of leftovers and new songs.
 
In 2006, the band began recording their first effort as a full band.  
Die Humpin! (2007), marks the triumphant return of a band that never  
was.  Leaving the 4-track and synthesized beats behind, Die Humpin!  
is as much a debut as it is a coming-of-age for a band that mostly  
happened by mistake.
 
2007 was a huge year for The Flute Squad, beginning with a run of  
extremely successful shows in Baltimore, including opening for  
national act World Inferno Friendship Society.  Die Humpin! received  
radio play across the US and DMFS was interviewed on numerous radio  
shows.  But the highlight came when they were selected as one of the  
top 60 bands in the US (out of more than 7000) to appear on The Next  
Great American Band, from the producers of American Idol.  The Squad  
were flown to Vegas for a whirlwind all-expenses paid trip where they  
performed in front of judges Sheila E, Johnny Rzeznik, and Ian  
“Dicko” Dickson.  After their appearance on the first episode of the  
show, the band became the darlings of the Vote For the Worst crew  
(www.votefortheworst.com), and also saw over 15,000 hits on their  
Next Great American Band YouTube videos.
 
The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad is currently hard at work on their  
follow-up album to Die Humpin!, which promises to be even more  
outrageous and over-produced than it’s predecessor.