THE SKUNKS

Music

FEATURED SONG

Play
Play Next
Add to queue

Telewoman

Album:

Released: Jan 1, 2006

Label:

1. Play
2. Play Next
3. Add to queue
Telewoman
2:40
3,904 plays
1. Play
2. Play Next
3. Add to queue
Something About You Scares Me
4:27
2,735 plays
1. Play
2. Play Next
3. Add to queue
GIRL FROM ARMAGEDDON
4:06
927 plays
1. Play
2. Play Next
3. Add to queue
Sister Ray
9:29
968 plays

Total Plays: 10,956 / Plays Today: 5See All Featured ►

General Info

Genre: Alternative / Punk / Rock
Location AUSTIN, Texas, US
Profile Views: 36077
Last Login: 5/3/2010
Member Since 3/23/2006
Website jessesublett.com & myspace.com/jessesublett
Record Label SKUNKS RECORDS
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Formed in late 1977, THE SKUNKS debuted at Raul's club in Austin in FEB '77 with the VIOLATORS, a band that also featured JESSE SUBLETT + KATHY VALENTINE (later of the GO-GO'S), CARLA OLSON & MARILYN DEAN (also later of the TEXTONES). The SKUNKS & VIOLATORS were Austin's two FIRST punk bands. With their first gig, a new music scene was born. This scene grew and evolved into a scene known and venerated around the planet -- home of SXSW, the ACL festival and a reputation as the Live Music Capital of the World. Some also know it as the home of alt-country and Willie Nelson, but don't blame us for that. Our first single, Earthquake Shake b/w Can't Get Loose, was recorded in a garage for about $10 but got tons of airplay (& the 45 is worth $200-$300 on ebay now). THE SKUNKS were a powerhouse band & spine tingling live show. We played every club in Austin and elsewhere in Texas we wanted to play. We hit CBGB's for the first time in August 1979 and other points East, West & Midwest, doing it the classic way, 3 musicians & 2 roadies in one lousy van & a zillion broken hearts & twice as many ripped eardrums. PATTI SMITH, ELVIS COSTELLO, BLONDIE, CHEAP TRICK, THE CLASH, ERIC JOHNSON, JOE ELY & many others jammed with us at Raul's. THE SKUNKS now play one or two shows per year. The only full length CD of the band to date is EARTHQUAKE SHAKE, which was culled from live shows at Max's Kansas City and The Back Room in Austin in 1980. A few CD's remain available (many were stolen by a distributor who ripped us off) and it is also available on ITUNES. JESSE is now an acclaimed of crime novels and documentaries and a music memoir titled NEVER THE SAME AGAIN. JON DEE is one of Austin's most popular singer/songwriter/guitar slingers & BILLY is still one of Austin's influential rock drummers & a matchless raconteur (that means a guy who tells fabulous stories).
Members
JESSE SUBLETT = vocals & bass, BILLY BLACKMON = drums, JON DEE GRAHAM = guitar. RICHARD LUCKETT = road manager, war correspondent & graphic artist. "FAZZ" EDDIE MUNOZ, guitarist, left at the end of 78 to join the Plimsouls. Billy & Jon Dee left around 1982 and were temporarily replaced by ex-Terminal Mind members Greg Murray, drums & Doug Murray, guitar. This lineup produced our "Purple" LP for Republic Records & some unreleased demos. Since 1983, THE SKUNKS = the classic lineup of JESSE, BILLY & JON DEE.
Influences
The Who, Police, Velvet Underground, Yardbirds, KrackerJack, New York Dolls, Chuck Berry, Stones, Kinks, Faces, Willie Dixon, Count 5, Blues Magoos, John Cale, the Stooges, Otis Redding, James Car, OV Wright, Them, 13th Floor Elevators, Link Wray, Blue CHeer, Crackerjack, Blondie, Aretha Franklin, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House, Robert Johnson, Lead Belly, Sylvia Plath, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, ROXY MUSIC, Neil Young, Cream, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Creedence Clearwater, Joe Ely, Dylan, Lorca, Ondaatje, Richard Stark, Fellini, Picasso, Donald Goines, LBJ, Martin Fender, Leo Fender, the Ventures, the Troggs, Mitch Ryder, James Brown, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars, Karmann Ghia, the Invisible Man, Wolfman, Frankenstein, Dracula, Godzilla, Mothra, Destroy All Monsters, Warhol, Raybeats, Lydia Lunch, 8-Eyed Spy, James White & the Blacks, Cramps, Billy Reilly & the Little Green Men, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins, Crossfires, Vibrations, Out of the Past, John Lee Hooker, Howlin Wolf, Ike & Tina, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ray Charles, Al Green, Rita Hayworth, Erector Set, Detour, Syl Johnson, Robert Gordon, John Entwhistle, Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, Lonnie Johnson, Bill Black, Keith Moon, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, the Trashmen, Rita Hayworth, AI Bezzerides, Jonathan Latimer, to name a few.
Sounds Like
The Who, The Stones, The Kinks, Lou Reed, Link Wray backed by Blue Cheer on speed, Led Zeppelin if they were formed in Austin in 1977...