The Skullcranes

The Skullcranes

Filed under: Because You Love Us — Johnson @ 8:37 am

1. They Rock
2. Sexy as fuck
3. They rule
4. They roll
5. They smell like old wine
6. Together their brains weigh about 12 pounds
7. They’ve been together so long, they don’t even need to practice…….
8. People just give them money on pay pal
9. They don’t say hi, they just nod
10. You can still buy thier new C.D. (thats a hint geniuses) (www.crustaceanrecords.com)(do it).

Shows coming up:
October 31st (Halloween)@ The Bulldog N.E. with American Penetration and Dumpster Juice
December 12th @ Big V’s with The Von Erichs (Dallas TX) and T.B.A.

Also, in the mean time, check out everyones other bands:

Here they are in alphabetical order,

A Little of the Ready
American Penetration
Dokken
Jake E. Lee
Sawbones
The Ugly Fat Kids

Filed under: Reveiws — Johnson @ 4:37 am

By Rich Horton

Sometimes bands get it terribly right, they know their audience, they know their place as far as the music goes and they know how to rock. The Skullcranes seem to get it, and that formula is working to make them a successful local band who hopefully will go beyond the midwest and create a national stir.Mixing up punk rock attitude with ferocious metal and rock riffs, this band gets to the point, most of the time in just over two minutes and sometimes under two minutes. None of the lyrics are serious and from the first track you can see they don’t mind making fun of white trash upbringings and jean shorts. (It’s probably time to throw mine away).

The first five tracks are balls to the wall and heavy, but when they get to track 6 poignantly titled “Douche” they revert to a fast yet mellower 12 bar blues rhythm. They also take a few shots at some local suburban cities with songs like “Maplewouldn’t” and “Livin’ La Vidanoka”.

If your in to the arty indie stuff that this city seems to be thriving on lately, you probably won’t get into The Skullcranes. If you don’t mind getting drunk on some cheap beers and chanting “Dang, Jessica Lange”, this band will do it for you every time.