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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If you're around on Thursday, December 10th, we are playing a show at Mario's Keller Bar. I don't know if you've been there, but it's a very cool place. It's a comfortable space, the room sounds great and they have a stellar beer selection.
Also, we will be playing ALL NIGHT! We'll play some funky, bluesy, and soulful music. We'll project live video onto a 9 ft screen. We'll play some older material that hasn't been heard in awhile, as well as some brand new songs that've never been heard. All bets are off!! We'd love it if you'd come down and listen/party with us!
Hey we’ll be at the Terminal Bar this Friday Nov. 20thspreading
our special brand of in your face trash punk, with Worlds Collide, Missile Dick,
and Shattered. Doors open at 8, and the
shit will hit the fan around 9, only $5. See ya there!
I just wanted to stop by and say hello! I hope that the coming week brings you fun adventures, relaxation, and contentment :)
I was going to go camping over the weekend, but this is definitely NOT camping weather. So me and some friends went to check out Dueling Pianos. Those guys are amazing - they can play just about any song that's been on the radio between 1950 and 2005.
Anyways, I wanted to let you know about a show we have @ Station 4 on Friday, October 16th. We are debuting a series of one time only performance art pieces. This one is called "AN OBJECT TO CRAVE". Live music and visuals based on a short story about life, love, loss, fantasy, obsession and death.
Another group of mine, The Magnetrons, which plays an exciting and innovative Livetronica set (i.e. STS9, Disco Biscuits, The Histronic) will also be playing. The night will be full of creative, interesting, high-energy music, good drinks and good times.
Here's the info:
Blood Root Mother - "An Object to Crave" w/ The Magnetrons & Thought Thieves Friday, October 16th Station 4 201 E 4th St St Paul, MN 55101 9pm / $5 / 18+
Since we're in your area on Saturday we thought we'd give ya a friendly "heads-up".
The Mason Dixons New, Classic & Outlaw Country Saturday, Sept 19 Two Stooges Fridley, MN 9:30pm-1:30am
Come join the party. We play New, Classic and Outlaw Country from bands like Hank, Jr., Dierks Bentley, Jamey Johnson, Zac Brown, Jason Aldean, Cross Canadian Ragweed, David Allen Coe and much much more.
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.
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