The Skulls (Canadian band)
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The Skulls were an early Vancouver punk rock band whose members would later found two of the area's most influential bands: D.O.A. and The Subhumans. They toured heavily and released a demo but never released any albums.
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[edit] Biography
The band started in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver, during the summer of 1977, when three of the four members of the rock band Stone Crazy, who played Led Zeppelin covers among others, became interested in punk rock after seeing The Furies live.
Joey Keithley, a.k.a Joey Shithead, was the singer, Brian Roy Goble, a.k.a. Wimpy Roy, the bass player, Simon Werner the guitar player and Ken Montgomery, a.k.a. Dimwit, the drummer. All of them were former members of Stone Crazy except Werner, who replaced Stone Crazy guitar player Brad Kent.
The Skulls played the club circuit in Vancouver and recorded a few songs at Psi-chords Studios, including Fucked Up Baby, which would later become a D.O.A. song, and released a demo tape.
They later moved to Toronto to join the established punk community there and then planned to move to London, UK but, instead, split and came back to Vancouver, letting Joey start D.O.A. as Wimpy Roy and Dimwit start the Subhumans.
[edit] Line-up
- Joey "Shithead" Keithley - Vocals
- Simon Werner - Guitar
- Brian "Wimpy Roy" Goble - Bass
- Ken "Dimwit" Montgomery - Drums
[edit] Discography
- The Skulls Demo (Independent) 1978
[edit] Compilations
- Fucked Up Baby on Last Call : Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988 (Zulu Records) 1991
