Taffi - Guitar/Vocals Disco Steve - Guitar/Vocals Ric Nimrod- Bass Smitty - Drums
Influences
KISS, Smashing Pumpkins, Social Distortion, Superchunk, Dead Milkmen, The Cult, Don Henley, Seam, Murphy's Law, Deep Purple, American Nightmare, Iron Maiden, Kool and the Gang, The 13th Hour, Throttle, The Rain Dogs, Last Free Radical, Ellsworth Stealing Our Beer, and too many others.
In The Beginning......
SKYCHIEF (July 2000) was born out of the seemingly non-existent music scene in Akron. Revue magazine quotes, “While SKYCHIEF is rock and roll they also tend to bleed into both punk and even some hard rock circa 1972. The performance is high energy with two raging guitars and pounding drums and bass.”
Playing for 9 consecutive years with minimal time off here and there, stopping only long enough to replace a member or two, or three who moved on to greener pastures.
Their first release "Me Rock You So Hard" (Blimp 2003) found Skychief playing locally and regionally in support of the cd.
July 2009: Skychief has just released their second full length CD "AutoExciter" on Blimp / LoveMuffin Records.
The follow up to their 2003 "Me RockYou So Hard" (Blimp).
Tracks off "AutoExciter" have been played on DIY Radio, 91.3FM WAPS Akron and on Radio 92.3FM "Inner Sanctum" Cleveland, Ohio.
Rough Edge Magazine: "These Akron, Ohio rockers deliver a 13-track slab of steamroller punk here with slamming guitar rhythms that crash through just about anything.." Hallelujah! www.roughedge.com
Buzzbin Magazine: "This upbeat, drum loaded album is one that will have a listener bouncing their head and stomping their feet, maybe even jumping..." www.buzzbinmagazine.com
Clevescene Magazine: "With their second album, Autoexciter, they show no signs of stopping. A straight-ahead punk-rock album, it kicks off with the Blink-182-like "10 Hours," then goes for broke with the guitar-solo-heavy "Upside Down." The band plays with such energy..." www.clevescene.com
AutoExciter is available through lovemuffinrecords.com , itunes, and amazon music.
SKYCHIEF is Taffi (Guitar & Vocals), Disco Steve (Guitar & Vocals), Ric Nimrod (Bass) and last but most definitely not least, Smitty (heavy-hitting drummer). These guys have been around the scene for awhile, playing in such bands as the legendary Albino Tree Frogs, The Nimrods, First Offense and The Rain Dogs.
Hey whats going on? Hope you don't mind us whoring ourselves on your page, we're a new band from Akron trying to get the word out about our 1 year aniversary show, our biggest show yet, you should come out. Support local music.
THE KENT STAGE PRESENTS ^♠^ GOD'S BLACK.45 ^♠^ HALLOWEEN PARTY 1 YEAR ANIVERSARY SHOW
We are a taking break from recording, for our aniversary which is featuring other great acts such as: Skel Riffton, Catera, Snuff Film, Not This Body, and Born Empty.
Tickets are $5.00 dollars, Get them now, we WILL sell out. Just hit us up on here, leave us a comment or a message if you want a ticket. We can mail them, you can pick them up, or we even have a person that goes out once a week and drops them off. they are going fast!
Its all ages! doors open at 7:00pm they sell fairly cheap beer and wine there, but security's loose, and i'm sure their drinks aren't as cheap as stuffing a 5th of 110 vodka into your girlfiends purse, Just a heads up. I don't like our fans being discuraged to come see good music by bar prices.
(photo of GB.45 at Old Glory almost 1 year ago)
Also for those of you who aren't familiar with Halloween in Kent, it is the biggest Halloween festival in Ohio drawing anywhere from 10,000 to 25,000 costumed drunks ready to reek mayham downtown till the sun comes up. So the after party will be right there waiting.
The Kent Stage is located right in the heart of downtown Kent, you can't miss it.
Come out and enjoy good music and great beer on September 12th
The Ataris
The Berlin Project (From PA) (Ex members of Punchline)
The Composure (from PA, feat. Paul from Punchline!)
The Missing
Heather Hits Harder
15 Years Away
@ The Rockstar "Above Peabody's"
2083 E 21st St Cleveland, OH 44115
7pm
$10
You might remember The Ataris from the radio hit cover of Don Henley's "The Boys Of Summer" from their gold selling album "So Long, Astoria" still played on the radio everyday!
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