As some of you may recall from reading my previous posts, Skin Graft is an American label that was initially founded by Mark Fischer and Rob Syers as a comic book publishing house in the 80s, they also started producing records after releasing Dazzling Killmen / Mother's Day split record in 1991. Skin Graft jukebox is [...]
For those of you who missed some of the articles about Skin Graft roster (or those who don't feel like scrolling), here's an archive of all Skin Graft bands that were featured on this blog (it includes both bands that primarily released their material through the label, as well as those who put out only [...]
*drum roll* U.S. Maple are the winners of this year's Skin Graft label poll with 4 votes. Second place goes to Dazzling Killmen (3 votes). The rest of results look the following way: Denison-Kimball Trio (2 votes) Brise-Glace (2 votes) Shorty (2 votes) Arab On Radar (2 votes) Yowie (1 vote) Koenjihyakkei (1 vote) Flying Luttenbachers (1 vote) Lake of Dracula (1 vote) Flossie And [...]
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Given their curious beginnings as a comic publishing house, its no surprise that many of label's releases demonstrate the high-quality graphic work of label founders Mark Fischer and Rob Syers, as well as that of some of the artists associated with the label. Many of the label's releases include comic books and the label's tradition [...]
In addition to regular albums, throughout years SG also released plenty of splits and compilations, all of which are reviewed below. One of the most curious items produced by the label is an ongoing series of vinyl-only tributes to AC/DC, with four artists (with the exception of Palace Contribution / Zeni Geva split) performing either an [...]
Aside from bands mentioned in previous threads, there's also a number of bands on Skin Graft that were omitted since they produced a relatively small amount of material for the label. They are Melt-Banana (Japan), Pre (UK), Ufo Or Die (Japan) and Zeni-Geva (Japan). Since their inception in the early 90s, Melt-Banana releases countless singles, splits [...]
According to Drowned In Sound website, Zeek Sheck is responsible some of the strangest concept albums of the 90s (even by Skin Graft strict standards). According to Southern Records bio, she was in a whole variety of bands before going solo - in the early 90s she was a part of Dot Dot Dot (along [...]
Although they were named after an Australian bigfoot, members of Yowie are actually hailing from US (St. Louis, Missouri area, to be exact). Previously, all members of the trio were in various local bands - Shawn O'Connor was in Captain Captain, Jim Haggerty was in Malade De Souci and Jeremiah Wonsewitz was in The Elements. Skin [...]
You Fantastic! was a continuation of another band - Yona-Kit - minus K.K. Null and Jim O'Rourke. The band was formed in the late 90s when Darin Gray and Thymme Jones from Y-K teamed up with Tim Garrigan from Dazzling Killmen and together they recorded two EPs and one full-length for Skin Graft label. In [...]
Yona-Kit was a one-off collaboration between members of American band Brise-Glace (Jim O'Rourke, Darin Gray and Thymme Jones) and Japanese guitarist KK Null. They released one self-titled album, which came out on Skin Graft in 1995 and was produced by Steve Albini (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac).They also contributed few compilation tracks to various albums and [...]
Chicago, IL based US Maple was born out of the ashes of two other bands - Shorty (which included Mark Shippy and Al Johnson) and Mercury Players (which included Todd Rittman and Pat Sampson). Early line-up of the band also included drummer Jim Kimball (Jesus Lizard, Laughing Hyenas, Mule, Denison-Kimball Trio), but he left and [...]
While they never made a name for themselves outside of Japan, Space Streakings were quite an unusal little band. Described equally as "hyper-speed meltdown noise, a thick hysterical barrage of galloping electronic percussion, horns, whistles, samples and shouted Japanese vocals" (Trouser Press) and "Unreal Electro-disco hardcore played full on with a bizzaro batch of gear" [...]
Associated Entries: Lake Of Dracula, Mount Shasta Originally named Snailboy, this Illinois band included future members of another Skin Graft act - US Maple, as well as members of Nursery and Muckrackers. Throughout the early and mid 90s, they released a string of singles, EPs and one LP on such labels as Gasoline Boost, Worry Bird, [...]
Shakuhachi Surprise was a one-off collaboration between US band Mount Shasta and Japanese band Space Streakings. They released one album called "Space Streakings Sighted Over Mount Shasta", which came out Skin Graft in 1996 and was produced by Steve Albini (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac). Epitonic pointed out the sound on the record is "unforgettably damaged, a [...]
Arguably, Ruins are one of the best-known Japanese bands around and their longevity is just one of the reasons - they started out in the 80s and were active until 2008, when Ruins turned into Ruins Alone, solo project of the founding member Tatsuya Yoshida. Musically, they blend prog rock, improvisation and avant-garde and they [...]
Q Electronics is a solo project of Mr. Quintron (born Robert Ralston), who released numerous records as one-man band and is also known as an inventor and creator of his own club called Spellcaster Lodge (located in New Orleans). Drum Buddy is one of his inventions.Much of its sound was captured on 2001 album "Drum [...]
MySpace Page Portland, Oregon based PLP is a self-described "synth drums/duo" (which eventually turned into a trio) responsible for "creating noise music with pop hooks and touring the US relentlessly" (according to Skin Graft bio). They played more than hundred shows in in two years and their [...]
Associated Entries: Lake Of Dracula One of the most recognizable Skin Graft acts, Mount Shasta formed in 1993 and included members of Dirt, Shorty and Phantom 309. Inspired by the likes of Cows and Butthole Surfers, quartet was also dead set on becoming even more extreme than their peers. Much of the artwork for their albums [...]
MySpace Page A one way trip to insanity, an orgasm of sorts, the 21st Century answer to White Rabbit now that we are sure the world is not going to survive much longer.- Jeff Schneider talking about the band's sound Along with Chinese [...]
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