Enoch "Skeeter" Thompson is an American musician, best known for being the bassist of the
DC hardcore
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band
Scream
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*Screaming, a loud vocalization
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After their initial breakup, Thompson moved to
Little Rock, Arkansas
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, to raise his family. While there, he played in several local bands including old school
punk
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band Springgun. Upon his return to Northern Virginia in 2008, he continued to collaborate with a host of local musicians as Fallout Shelter, Tommy Models, Rise Defy, Soylent Green and more. Forty years on, he continues as bassist for Scream.
In 2018, Thompson recorded his first solo album
The Book of Enoch in E Minor In early 2020, he relocated to upstate New York just ahead of the pandemic. After a year of contemplation and solo practice, 2021 found him involved in several new projects in Troy, NY, (most notably as co-founder of Electric Skychurch Talent Review) as well as completing the recording of ''DC Special'' with Scream at Inner Ear Studios with Don Zientara.
References
"Reunited Scream lets loose at the Black Cat". https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/21/AR2009122103080.html
External links
* https://www.instagram.com/skeeterenochthompson/
*https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/72-came-without-warning-a-conversation-with-enoch-thompson/id1292753999?i=1000510299876
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
African-American guitarists
American punk rock bass guitarists
American male bass guitarists
Musicians from Little Rock, Arkansas
People from Fairfax County, Virginia
Scream (band) members
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