SNN Exclusive. Fri, July 14, 2006.
Skot Stover was never born. He was excised in 1974 and became the world's first intelligent self-sustaining tumor. He continued to grow and learn until one day some 30 years later, all of his cells divided into four parts, with Skot remaining the dominant one. Already recognized by many cats as the world's first guitar playing tumor, Skot realized the potential and decided to start a band with them. He named them and assigned them instruments to play. They are: Jubil Foster on lead guitar; Hester Freeman on bass; and Huey Packard on drums.
In late 2004, they recorded and released "Metal For Idiots", a 12 song tour de force with blistering tracks (well, not quite blistering, but some could cause itching, redness and irritation. Call your doctor today to see if Vivanthum is right for you.) covering a range of metal from slow to fast and all points in between.
In the Summer of 2006, the band completed work on their second CD, titled "Journey Of A Thousand Miles", another deadly dozen featuring such instant classics as "Staring Up The Ass Of Death" and "Toxic Sphincter Binkie", a thrashy one-two punch guaranteed to make any hair-metaller cringe. The rest of the CD is less hectic, but no less powerful with lush harmonies, downtuned crunch and even a piano or two. Overall, a very respectable effort and a fitting "next chapter" in the musical storybook of the one-man band with multiple personality disorder.
The band is currently on temporary hiatus while Skot pursues his side project, a collaboration with Charlottesville band Caustic Bloodline's vocalist, RK Veneble. During a recent interview, here's what Skot had to say: "The music is getting a good bit heavier the more I work with her, and because her vocal style is so much different from mine, it warrants that. I just hope I don't go back to my old stuff sounding like Bon Jovi after this." They have been writing and recording material for their as-yet untitled CD, and plan to have their MySpace page up and running soon.
SNN Special News Update, Dec 19, 2008: Skot is gearing up to start putting together his band's as-yet untitled third CD. A release date has not been set. The band has several songs finished, and will feature a few songs co-written by Skot's partner in crime, Frances. Skot has this to say about it: "She's doing all of the lyric writing and I'm handling the music. We offer each other suggestions on this and that until we have something we're both satisfied with. So far, we're both very satisfied. We'll eventually put out an entire CD with just our stuff on it, but the songs we have now are just too good to not put on my new one." Calling themselves "Wicked Trouble", they have just launched their very own MySpace page. You can visit it at www.myspace.com/wickedtroubleband
Stay tuned for more news as it gets fabricated.
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Both CDs are available for listening on the players below.
Now playing: s Metal For Idiots - 2004
Now playing: Journey of A Thousand Miles - 2006
All Songs copyright 2004-2007
Sudden Death Records
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