Skafunkrastapunk
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Skafunkrastapunk is the debut album by American ska punk
band Skankin' Pickle
, released in 1991 on Dill Records
and subsequently re-issued in 1995.
Ska punk
Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska and punk rock. It achieved its highest level of commercial success in the United States in the late 1990s. Ska-core is a subgenre of ska punk, blending ska with hardcore punk.The characteristics of ska punk vary, due to the fusion of contrasting...
band Skankin' Pickle
Skankin' Pickle
Skankin' Pickle was an American ska punk band formed in San Jose, California that was active from 1989 to 1996.-Biography:Skankin' Pickle first formed in December 1988, made up of students from Westmont High School and Los Gatos High School. The band played their first show on April 28, 1989,...
, released in 1991 on Dill Records
Dill Records
Dill Records was a small punk rock/ska record label based out of Monte Sereno, California, that put out CDs/records from 1989-1998. The name is an allusion to initially the label's only band, Skankin' Pickle. It was started by Mike Park, a.k.a. Bruce Lee of Skankin' Pickle. The first other band...
and subsequently re-issued in 1995.
Track listing
All songs written by Skankin' Pickle except where otherwise noted.- "Road Zombie" - 2:07
- "It's Not Too Late" (live) - 3:02
- "Doin Something Naughty" - 4:00
- "Hulk Hogan" (live) - 2:03
- "Racist World" - 5:08
- "Burnt Head" (live) - 1:47
- "Asian Man" - 3:29
- "Ska" (live) - 2:53
- "Fights" - 4:04
- "How Funk!" (live) - 7:50
- "Fakin Jamaican" (Steve Devlin) - 2:26
- "24 Second Song" (live) - 0:43
- "You Shouldn't Judge a Man by the Hair on his Butt!!" - 5:51
- "Peter Piper & Mary" (live) - 2:24
Skankin' Pickle
- Lynette Knackstedt - guitar, vocals, lead vocals on track 5
- Chuck "Mod" Phelps - drums
- Mike "Mr. Clean" Mattingly - bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals on track 3, 6, 10, 13 and 14
- Lars "Slim" Nylander - trombone, vocals
- Gerry Lundquist - trombone, vocals, lead vocals on track 4
- Mike "Bruce Lee" ParkMike ParkMike Park is a Korean American musician and progressive activist. His musical ventures include Skankin' Pickle for whom he both played the saxophone and sang, The Chinkees, The Bruce Lee Band, and most recently an acoustic solo project under his own name...
- saxophone, vocals, lead vocals on track 2, 7, 9, 11 and 12
Additional musicians
- Roland AlphonsoRoland AlphonsoRoland Alphonso O.D. or Rolando Alphonso aka The Chief Musician was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of The Skatalites....
- tenor saxophone on "Racist World" - Robert Barry - Hammond organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...