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Skeleton Ed

About Me

Blasting DIY powerpop/rock/post punk/garage is what we do best -- usually at high speeds. Skeds videos are posted here . A few are posted below.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/06/2006
Band Members: David Randall - vocals & guitars
John Digiovanni - vocals & bass
Rodney Lynch - vocals & drums
Patrick Nistler - guitars & guitars
Jeremy Saperstein - vocals & guitars
Jay Holgate - vocal & guitar

Influences: Beer, White Castle, White light/White Heat, Fridley, Bonnie & Gina's party, Mark Piepkorn and his brothers home movies, countless Rochester gigs, Gilbert Pitt's Guitar, John's friend Derek, many basement recordings - including the annoucement of a new sheriff, listening Big Star and Skip Spence, grandma's couch, The Dictators and Handsome Dick Manatoba, Rodney reciting Bitchin' Camero, Bill & Ernie showing up at the Valley Pizza gig, Digiovanni's basement reheasals, MTC bus 5, Adrian's Tavern 3/2 & Jucy Lucy, B-Movies, $3 Chow Mein, Cheapos Records, playing shows in Madison for $15, lack of dates, over-dosing on carpetfresh in a 10'x10' rehearsal space, heaterless van travel, NE bars tours (King of Clubs RIP), that trip to NY, Meeting Richard Thompson, Pat's brother Tim putting up with us in Boston, Knights of Columbus in Fridley, Rodney's broken collarbone, Dave getting shot and the many benefit shows that followed (thanks everyone). oh, there's more...
Sounds Like: Hyper-strum power pop that you can dance to
Record Label: PROspective Records, Art Midget Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Turf Photos -- thanks Conrad

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.vi ewPicture&friendID=242431574&albumId=1643390
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:36:00 GMT

You drive me ape (you big gorilla)

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...Skeleto n Ed wants you to check out a photo on MySpace in the My Photos album Shared via AddThis Great show last week. We'll do another in the fa...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:58:00 GMT

The Skeds "Greatest Hits" Vol.1 FREE/DONATION

 I swear I just added this blog ?!Anyhow, here it is again...we just put out a "greatest hits" release -- vol.1 ... hahaha.  check it out.  ONLY AVAILABLE THRU THIS LINK!!The Skeds "Greatest Hits" Vol...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT

New song for ya -- Gotta Get Some

Hey Sked fans!Just added a new song of an old cover we ran through once at some rehearsal back in 1989 as a trio.  It's the Bold's Gotta Get Some.  Here's the original with some dork dancing...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:38:00 GMT

It was twenty years ago today....plus contest!

Okay, close to twenty, but not exactly.  It was twenty years ago on August 24, 1988 we had a show at Valli Pizza in Dinkytown (now the Dinkytowner).  Jeremy just found our setlist from this ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:32:00 GMT

An unfinished early Skeds article

In a mid-sized suburban city in Minnesota, a short Jewish-looking boy runs through the streets, carrying a large black guitar case emblazoned with an oversized RAMONES bumpersticker. Ignoring the crie...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:21:00 GMT

Lynch & Potts

Check out what Rodney's been up to lately:http://www.myspace.com/rodneylynchandmattpotts Also, here's a recent interview (Feb 17) of Lynch & Potts for Junior's Cave on-line magazine:http://juniors...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:53:00 GMT

More videos from KVSC 10/26/1992

More videos from KVSC 10/26/1992 posted here: http://youtube.com/user/dprworld
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:53:00 GMT

Hey! Little Child Video

I posted "Hey! Little Child" on the front of our page.  This is from our visit to KVSC in October of 1992. Wow, that was 16 years ago...crazy.I'll probably put some more of these on you-tube soon. ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:15:00 GMT

I’d love to own a Mosrite again!

Back when I owned a Mosrite we used to cover this tune which declared that "everyone's a winner with a Mosrite". It was called the Mosrite song, imagine that!Any of you Skeds remember whose song that ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:15:00 GMT