Discogs
Artist Biography
by Jason Ankeny
The junk-rock quartet
Skeleton Key began to take shape in 1994 when guitarist/vocalist
Chris Maxwell and former
Lounge Lizards bassist
Erik Sanko met at the downtown New York Club the Knitting Factory, where
Maxwell worked as a booking agent. After enlisting drummer
Steve Calhoon, the trio announced they wanted to play "garbage; " they were soon directed to
Rick Lee,
a performer who already owned a "junk kit" consisting of an old table,
propane tanks, chairs, film reels, a red wagon, and pots and pans. In
mid-1996,
Skeleton Key issued their self-titled debut EP on Motel Records; their full-length debut
Fantastic Spikes Through Balloon
followed on Capitol in 1997. They earned a Grammy nomination that same
year thanks to the brilliant packaging of that album. By the new
millennium, guitarist Colin Brooks was added to the group. Obtainium
appeared in summer 2002.
Tracklist
| 1 |
Watch The Fat Man Swing |
3:27
|
| 2 |
Wide Open |
2:36
|
| 3 |
Nod Off |
3:19
|
| 4 |
All The Things I've Lost |
2:55
|
| 5 |
The Only Useful Word |
3:57
|
| 6 |
The World's Most Famous Undertaker |
3:05
|
| 7 |
Vomit Ascot |
1:53
|
| 8 |
Dear Reader |
3:16
|
| 9 |
Scratch |
2:37
|
| 10 |
Big Teeth |
3:36
|
| 11 |
The Needle Never Ends |
3:56 |
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