The northern edge of Minneapolis, Minnesota. A blue collar
inner rim suburb with a sister city of Lomianki, Poland. Columbia
Heights has always been the home of factories, railroad yards, power
lines and abandoned warehouses. "Nowhere to go but up" may as well be
written on the signs welcoming you to the C.H. Most people only visit
Columbia Heights briefly while going through the city using one of its
main roads such as Central or University Avenues. Some would claim
that the only good thing to ever come out of Columbia Heights is its
relatively low property taxes or its array of ethnic restaurants.
That is about to change.
Enter, The Skullcranes.
A four piece band who has proclaimed themselves the "kings of trailer
park punk". In the year 2000 this mess started with reasons to ignore
the "enjoy in moderation" suggestions on the outside of beer and
whiskey bottles. "We called that practicing" says Dan Laubach,
original bass player for The Skullcranes. Today the band is rounded
out by Beau Larson on the drums, Jay Wahl on guitar and Mike Johnson
on guitar and vocals. These four have been in many bands in the
Minneapolis scene for years dating back to the early nineties.
The eight plus years The Skullcranes have been together has been a
germination of what they are today. A loud, fast, non-political,
tounge in cheek dirty mess best served with a cocktail or two in a
smoky room with no windows. Somehow melding together country, 70's
rock, early eighties English metal and early eighties east coast punk
with a sprinkle of Auto Trader magazine, The Skullcranes are sure to
make you want to dig out that muscle tee we all know you have tucked
away in your closet.
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SKULLCRANES, THE: Columbia Heights Nights: CD Humorcore punkers, The Skullcranes, barrel out of the starting gate. With galloping garage punk rhythms and solid beats, the album revolves around beer, being broke, and smoking herb. “Douche” throws in a banjo as a comical oddity to bridge verses, but “Jessica Lange,” who they have an unexplainable crush on, is my favorite track, hands down. Funny stuff for those who like to laugh while they’re circling the pit. Recommended. –Kristen K (Crustacean)
I just wanted to stop by to say hello and give you a little update on what Blood Root Mother is up to! We will be recording an EP of new music in August, and we recently finished recording a live DVD. The DVD is currently unreleased and I actually just saw it for the first time a few days ago. It features the last two performances with Tony Ellis still alive, and some footage from the tribute show we played on the night of his funeral.
There are some cool covers, as well as some NEW music that will be on our upcoming EP. We're very excited about the new music and we'd like to share a sneak peak with you. Here's a video of a new tune called Run Bobby Run:
This is it! THE show
of the year. we are celebrating the release of our new cd "ANNO MMIX"
with a FREE show. we have gathered our closest friends in CWN ANNWN, URN and
RISINGFALL to celebrate with us.
PLUS - we will be selling metal vinyl, videos, dvd's and cd's from the ROOT OF
ALL EVIL empire! so even if you don't like the bands, come to shop!
this will be the last show til the winter so DON'T MISS IT! It's FREE for fup
sake!
Big things a-cookin’ at Signaturetone Recording – lots of new high quality samples and pictures of our freshly remodeled studio have been posted. Browse through our large selection of genre samples for tastes of all the styles we’ve worked with – if you like what you hear, we can do it for you! Also, big congratulations to all of our newly signed bands, as well as everyone who put out some buzz making records in the last few months; you’re making us look good!
Who wants to be next? Get in touch now for July and August booking! Come find out how we can give you a record you can stand behind and get out to the masses.
Since we're in your area this weekend we thought we'd give ya a friendly "heads-up".
Friday 6-26 (tonight) - South St. Paul VFW - FREE, 8:45-12:45 Saturday 6-27- Cabooze opening for Eli Young Band Doors at 8:30, $12 Sunday 6-28- Midway Stadium, St. Paul Summer Beer Fest!, 12-5, $25, 50 brewers, all you can drink, 3 bands!
Come join the party. We play New, Classic and Outlaw Country from bands like Hank, Jr., Dierks Bentley, Jamey Johnson, Zac Brown, Waylon Jennings, Cross Canadian Ragweed, David Allen Coe and much much more.
Yo Friend! Bouch from Dante's Lounge here. I wanted to let you know that we just posted two songs from our new album entitled "TRANSPARENT SCARS" on our music player. When ya get a chance, give these trax a spin and check out the new merch on our website at www.danteslounge.com Let us know what ya think. Hope to cya at some shows this summer.
Hey! We're opening for the Meat Puppets in La Crosse on July 10th. Click on the link below if you want to purchase tickets. All ages, everyone is welcome. Thanks!
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Blood Root Mother will be playing at Trocaderos in Minneapolis on Friday, June 26th. I cannot stress enough how awesome this show will be!! We're playing with three of the sweetest local rock bands: Claret, Niobium and Casanatra. If you haven't heard these guys, check them out immediately! Please come to this show!!
I recommend stopping by during happy hour for two for one drinks along with free buffet, which is delicious. We'll be hanging out at Trocs all night, so come by and chill/party with us :)
Again, here's the event info:
Friday, June 26th Trocaderos 107 3rd Ave N Minneapolis, MN 18+ // $6 // 8pm
Please come out and support some great local music!! Music starts at 9:30pm, we should go on around midnight. Invite your friends, pile into a car (or a party bus), and together we will make this one of the highlights of the summer :)
Yo Johnson and co. This .matt character ain't kidding, I strongly recommend your attendance at the show Saturday. We're talkin' all day rock music and beer, and you've gotta see this band Rivet. Unless of course you're busy doing that in-store signing at Tower Records.
Hey Mike! Long time since i've seen you guys. I'm free from the band now so i'm comin to see you soon! Check out my shitty songs! I'll have a new one up next week too. I owe you a beer!
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