Skankin' Pickle Fever
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Skankin' Pickle Fever is the second studio album by American ska punk
band Skankin' Pickle
, released in 1992 on the band's own label, Dill Records
.
According to Allmusic, Skankin' Pickle Fever was recorded over the course of three days on a budget of $2,000.
Saxophonist Roland Alphonso
of The Skatalites
makes a guest appearance on the dub
song "Roland Alphonso's Dub".
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 1992 on the band's own label, 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...
.
According to Allmusic, Skankin' Pickle Fever was recorded over the course of three days on a budget of $2,000.
Saxophonist Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso
Roland Alphonso O.D. or Rolando Alphonso aka The Chief Musician was a Jamaican tenor saxophonist, and one of the founding members of The Skatalites....
of The Skatalites
The Skatalites
The Skatalites are a ska band from Jamaica. They played initially between 1963 and 1965, and recorded many of their best known songs in the period, including "Guns of Navarone". They also played on records by Prince Buster and backed many other Jamaican artists who recorded during that period...
makes a guest appearance on the dub
Dub music
Dub is a genre of music which grew out of reggae music in the 1960s, and is commonly considered a subgenre, though it has developed to extend beyond the scope of reggae...
song "Roland Alphonso's Dub".
CD Tracklisting
- "The Hussein Skank" – 3:22
- "Pseudo Punk" – 2:26
- "Silly Willy" – 2:32
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, Korea Wants A Word With You" – 1:30 - "Toothless And Grey" – 3:17
- "Pass You By" – 1:59
- "The Dub" – 4:16
- "Song #3" – 0:52
- "Whatever Happened" – 3:22
- "Anxiety Attack" – 2:51
- "Skinless Friend" – 2:20
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" – 2:56 - "I Missed The Bus" – 3:16
- "Roland Alphonso's Dub" – 5:11
- "Hand Twister" – 2:35
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Is Running For President" – 1:22 - "Hit My Brain" – 3:21
Personnel
- Lynette Knackstedt - guitar, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 5 and 15
- Gerry Lundquist - slide trombone, vocals
- Mike "Mr. Clean" Mattingly - bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 11 and 17
- Lars Nylander - valve trombone, vocals
- 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 tracks 1, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13 and 16 - Chuck Phelps - drums
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 track 14 - Robert Berry - 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...