Artist Biography
by Steve Huey
Albuquerque garage punk-pop trio
Scared of Chaka was formed in 1993 by guitarist/vocalist
Dave Yanul Hernandez, bassist
Dameon Waggoner, and drummer
Ron Skrasek. Their hyper-fast, humorous,
Dickies-influenced style debuted on 1995's
Hutch Brown Sayngwich,
recorded for the 702 label; the slower Scared of Chaka followed in
1996, and a jump to eMpTy Records produced another album, the
fan-favorite
Masonic Youth, just a few months later.
How to Lose was issued in 1998, and followed a year later by
Tired of You, recorded for Sub City.
Crossing with Switchblades appeared in summer 2001 on Hopeless, after which the band called it quits.
Hernandez went on to form
Broadcast Oblivion in 2002 before joining up on bass with his old indie pop friends
the Shins (of which he and
Skrasek were part of an early incarnation of the band).
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