''Skankin' Pickle Live'' is a live album by American
ska punk
Ska punk (also spelled ska-punk) is a fusion genre that mixes ska music and punk rock music together. (sometimes spelled skacore) is a subgenre of ska punk that mixes ska with hardcore punk. Early ska punk mixed both 2 tone and ska with har ...
band
Skankin' Pickle
Skankin' Pickle was an American ska punk band formed in San Jose, California that was active from 1989 to 1997.
Biography
Skankin' Pickle first formed in December 1988, made up of students from Westmont High School and Los Gatos High School. ...
, released on
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. The record label was started by Mike ...
in 1995.
Tracks 1-2 were recorded at
924 Gilman Street
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in
Berkeley, California
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on September 2, 1995. Tracks 3-15 were recorded at
The Phoenix Theater
The Phoenix Theater is an all-ages nightclub located in Petaluma, California. The club has been in existence since 1905 and has changed in both structure and purpose, mostly due to severe damage caused by several fires.
History
The Phoenix The ...
in
Petaluma, California
Petaluma (Miwok: ''Péta Lúuma'') is a city in Sonoma County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Its population was 59,776 according to the 2020 census.
Petaluma's name comes from the Miwok village na ...
on March 3, 1995.
''Skankin' Pickle Live'' features five bonus tracks from two other artists on the
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. The record label was started by Mike ...
roster: three tracks from Hawaiian ska/reggae band The Tantra Monsters, which later appeared on their self-titled 1996 album, and two from San Francisco ska-punk band
The Rudiments
The Rudiments are an American ska punk band from the East Bay, California, United States.
Biography
Known originally as Los Rudiments the group came together in the early 1990s, getting their start playing such venues as Santa Clara's One Step ...
, "Treadmill" from the 1995
Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines are an American punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan. During the course of their career, the band has released seven full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records, Side One Dummy Records and Fat Wre ...
split ''Skank for Brains,'' and a then-unreleased cover of
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 T ...
' "
Smoke Two Joints
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" (titled "Two Joints").
Track listing
All songs written by Skankin' Pickle except where otherwise noted.
#"Hussein Skank" – 3:23
#"Fakin' Jamaican" (Steve Devlin) – 2:11
#"David Duke is Running 4 President" – 1:48
#"Pabu Boy" – 1:19
#"Asian Man" – 3:14
#"Rotten Banana Legs" – 2:56
#"I Missed The Bus" – 2:28
#"I'm In Love With A Girl Name Spike" – 1:57
#"Thick Ass Stout" – 4:51
#"Anxiety Attack" – 2:49
#"Ice Cube Korea Wants A Word With You" – 1:33
#"Margaret Cho Show" – 1:39
#"
Little Brown Jug" (
Joseph Winner
Joseph Eastburn Winner (1837–1918) was an American composer and music publisher. He is best known for his tune, " The Little Brown Jug" (1869).
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he operated a publishing business from 1854 to 190 ...
) – 1:21
#"Toothless & Grey" – 3:49
#"Fights" – 3:21
#Bonus track: "Beans and Rice" by the Tantra Monsters - 6:25
#Bonus track: "Working Man" by the Tantra Monsters - 3:36
#Bonus track: "Traffic" by the Tantra Monsters - 5:46
#Dill Records advertisement - 0:34
#Bonus track: "Treadmill" by
The Rudiments
The Rudiments are an American ska punk band from the East Bay, California, United States.
Biography
Known originally as Los Rudiments the group came together in the early 1990s, getting their start playing such venues as Santa Clara's One Step ...
- 3:40
#Bonus track: "Two Joints" by
The Rudiments
The Rudiments are an American ska punk band from the East Bay, California, United States.
Biography
Known originally as Los Rudiments the group came together in the early 1990s, getting their start playing such venues as Santa Clara's One Step ...
- 5:40
Personnel
*
Lynette Knackstedt
Lynette Christine Knackstedt (April 26, 1970 – December 7, 2007) was an American punk and ska musician, as well as a member of the band Skankin' Pickle.
Early life
Knackstedt was born in Santa Clara, California. She graduated from Los Gato ...
- 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 - saxophone, vocals, lead vocals on tracks 1-5, 7, 8, 10-12 and 15
*Chuck Phelps - drums
Skankin' Pickle albums
1995 live albums
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