Skankin' Pickle was a San José based ska punk sextet during the late 1980s … Read Full Bio ↴Skankin' Pickle was a San José based ska punk sextet during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Formed in 1989, they released several LPs, mostly on their own record label, Dill Records. Members included vocalist/saxophonist Mike "Bruce Lee" Park, guitarist Lynette Knackstedt, bassist Ian Miller, bassist Mike Mattingly, trombonists Lars Nylander and Gerry Lundquist, and drummer Chuck Phelps. Their music includes metal, dub, swing, and New Wave elements.
The band was unique in that all of the members had sung lead vocals on at least one recording and the songwriting responsibilities were distributed throughout, though Mike Park was generally regarded as the front man.
Skankin' Pickle's lyrics range from silly, in songs such as "Fakin' Jamaican" and "Asian Man", to sociopolitical, in songs like "Racist World" and "Ice Cube, Korea Wants a Word With You". As a band, Skankin' Pickle promoted racial equality in the tradition of two-tone ska bands, such as The Specials, in late 1970s England.
Following their breakup in 1996, Knackstedt and Nylander started another skacore band called 78 RPMs. Mike Park released an album and toured with The Bruce Lee Band, a side project consisting of Park and members of Less Than Jake. Later, Park started a short-lived, all-Asian ska band called The Chinkees. Lundquist went on to play trombone for Mu330.
The band was unique in that all of the members had sung lead vocals on at least one recording and the songwriting responsibilities were distributed throughout, though Mike Park was generally regarded as the front man.
Skankin' Pickle's lyrics range from silly, in songs such as "Fakin' Jamaican" and "Asian Man", to sociopolitical, in songs like "Racist World" and "Ice Cube, Korea Wants a Word With You". As a band, Skankin' Pickle promoted racial equality in the tradition of two-tone ska bands, such as The Specials, in late 1970s England.
Following their breakup in 1996, Knackstedt and Nylander started another skacore band called 78 RPMs. Mike Park released an album and toured with The Bruce Lee Band, a side project consisting of Park and members of Less Than Jake. Later, Park started a short-lived, all-Asian ska band called The Chinkees. Lundquist went on to play trombone for Mu330.
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Skankin' Pickle Lyrics
Asian Man Ahh, Very fine chineese rock n' roll I'm sick of people…
Burnt Head I go out and burn my head Look at it turn…
Doin' Something Naughty She walked up to me and she asked me to…
Fakin' Jamaican I'm fakin' Jamaican And I think I'm a rasta My hair looks…
Fights If spock were really real I'd have him in our band And…
How Funk! Get inside Get inside Get inside that groove When I was a ba…
Hulk Hogan When I was 15 years old, I weighed only 96…
It's Not Too Late You can write a book, song, or poem, or paint…
Peter Piper & Mary Peter Piper picked a peck of pickleed peppers. Peter Piper p…
Racist World We live in a racist world, you gotta stop hating…
You Shouldn't Judge A Man By The Hair On His Butt You shouldn't judge a man by the hair on his…