Stephen Trask is an American musician and composer who graduated from Wesleyan University. He was the music director and house band member at the New York City club Squeezebox, where they performed with stars such as Debbie Harry, Lene Lovich, Hole, Green Day, and Joey Ramone. Trask composed the music and lyrics for the stage musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, about a struggling rock star named Hedwig. Trask's real-life band Cheater performed as Hedwig's band "The Angry Inch".