Skull Kontrol was formed in Autumn
1997 in Washington DC, and was originally based around the musical
assault trio of Brooks Headly, Kim Thompson (The Delta 72
& Cupid Car Club) and Chris Thomson (Circus Lupus, Los Mordidas
and Monorchid,
Ignition,
and the awesome one 7" only Fury). After the
demise of the Monorchid Andy Coronado was
added to the Skull Kontrol mix to avoid any lazy
power-trio comparisons.
The group played its first few formative gigs as a
real live band with Chris sharing both guitar and vocal duties. After
deciding that most bands with a singer/guitarist were lame, Chris opted
to be an unburdened singer.
Skull Kontrol toured the US graciously
infecting locals with the concept that you don't need costumes, public
relations, guarantees, or even a record to tour and perform music -
just energy, attitude and the desire to rock.
The collective goal of the group was to avoid the
prevalent "professional working band" attitude that had
recently infected so many underground bands. They felt that something
had to be done to strip away the layers of bullshit and corporate
standards of performance embraced by so many of today's groups.
Substituting instead a stripped down energetic sound and a solid punk
dynamic they were more than able to meet this challenge.
Skull Kontrol says in all your forms of daily
life please deviate beyond all means of capture. They want you to
please think before you buy some contemporary "flavour of the
month" thinking-person's music or some major label's idea of the
emperor's new clothes, as it is only a matter of time before you
discover your mistake and realise how right they were after all.
