Skankin' Pickle Live is a live album by American ska punk

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 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...

 in 1995.

Tracks 1-2 were recorded at 924 Gilman Street

924 Gilman Street

924 Gilman Street is an all-ages, not for profit, collectively organized music club usually referred to by its fans simply as "The Gilman." It is located in the West Berkeley area of Berkeley, California about a mile and a half west of the North Berkeley BART station and a quarter-mile west of San...

 in Berkeley, California

Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...

 on September 2, 1995. Tracks 3-15 were recorded at The Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, California

Petaluma, California

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 on March 3, 1995

Skankin' Pickle Live features five bonus tracks from two other artists on the 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...

 roster: three tracks from Hawaiian ska/reggae band The Tantra Monsters' that later appeared on their self-titled 1996 album, and two from San Francisco ska punk band The Rudiments

The Rudiments

The Rudiments are a ska and punk band from the East Bay, California.-Biography:The group was together in the 1990s, and were signed to Asian Man Records with other ska/punk artists of the era, such as Link 80 and MU330. They started out playing local shows and produced their first record with Dill...

, "Treadmill" from the 1995 Suicide Machines

Suicide machines

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 split Skank for Brains and a then-unreleased cover of The Toyes

The Toyes

The Toyes are an American reggae band based in Grants Pass, Oregon. Their style has been described as a "cross between Bob Marley and Barenaked Ladies". They are perhaps most famous as the original songwriters and recorders of the song "Smoke Two Joints". It was originally recorded in 1983, and was...

' "Smoke Two Joints

Smoke Two Joints

"Smoke Two Joints" is a song originally written by The Toyes, who performed it in traditional Reggae style and released it in 1983. According to The Toyes, "one fine fall day on a small island" of Oahu in Hawaii, two of the band members, Jim and Sandy, were sitting under a large banyan tree on...

" (titled "Two Joints").

Track listing

All songs written by Skankin' Pickle except where otherwise noted.

1. "Hussein Skank" – 3:23
2. "Fakin' Jamaican" (Steve Devlin) – 2:11
3. "David Duke is Running 4 President" – 1:48
4. "Pabu Boy" – 1:19
5. "Asian Man" – 3:14
6. "Rotten Banana Legs" – 2:56
7. "I Missed The Bus" – 2:28
8. "I'm In Love With A Girl Name Spike" – 1:57
9. "Thick Ass Stout" – 4:51
10. "Anxiety Attack" – 2:49
11. "Ice Cube Korea Wants A Word With You" – 1:33
12. "Margaret Cho Show" – 1:39
13. "Little Brown Jug
    Little Brown Jug (song)
    "Little Brown Jug" is a song written in 1869 by Joseph Winner, originally published credited to "Eastburn" .It was originally a drinking song. It remained well known as a folk song into the early 20th century. Like many songs which make reference to alcoholic beverages, it enjoyed new popularity...
    
    " (Joseph Winner
    Joseph Winner
    Joseph Eastburn Winner was an American composer and music publisher. He is best known for his tune, "The Little Brown Jug" ....
    
    ) – 1:21
14. "Toothless & Grey" – 3:49
15. "Fights" – 3:21
16. Bonus track: "Beans and Rice" by the Tantra Monsters - 6:25
17. Bonus track: "Working Man" by the Tantra Monsters - 3:36
18. Bonus track: "Traffic" by the Tantra Monsters - 5:46
19. Dill Records advertisement - 0:34
20. Bonus track: "Treadmill" by The Rudiments
    The Rudiments
    The Rudiments are a ska and punk band from the East Bay, California.-Biography:The group was together in the 1990s, and were signed to Asian Man Records with other ska/punk artists of the era, such as Link 80 and MU330. They started out playing local shows and produced their first record with Dill...
    
     - 3:40
21. Bonus track: "Two Joints" by The Rudiments
    The Rudiments
    The Rudiments are a ska and punk band from the East Bay, California.-Biography:The group was together in the 1990s, and were signed to Asian Man Records with other ska/punk artists of the era, such as Link 80 and MU330. They started out playing local shows and produced their first record with Dill...
    
     - 5:40

Personnel

• Lynette Knackstedt - guitar, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 6 and 14
• Gerry Lundquist - slide trombone, vocals
• Ian Miller - bass guitar, vocals
• Lars Nylander - valve trombone, vocals
• Mike "Bruce Lee" Park
  Mike Park
  Mike 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 1-5, 7, 8, 10-12 and 15
• Chuck Phelps - drums