Skin
Yard- CZ CZ003
- January '87
Translucent skin-colored vinyl. Bears only limited resemblance to the
band which we later became. Not as heavy, more intricate and arty. Jack's
first bit of engineering to actually get released. Recorded on a bizarre
Akai 12-track machine. Later reissued on CD with one cut deleted, 7
cuts added and on vinyl (on Cruz) with one cut deleted, 2 cuts added.
Matt Cameron drummed on it, except on the 2 extra songs it's Jason Finn.Additional Info Hallowed
Ground
- Toxic Shock TXLP-15 - Spring '88
Mr. Temperment himself, Scott McCullum on drums. One of our best records.
200 copies on purple vinyl, later pressing of LP has colors reversed
on the cover. Reissued on CD with 2 extra cuts. The first song "Stranger"
was released as a single, b/w "This Lonely Place" (see "Start at the
Top").Additional Info Fist
Sized Chunks - Cruz CR009 - Spring '90
Tom Niemeyer from the Accüsed plays on one song, Helios Creed plays
on another. Probably the least preferred record by the band as the production
sounds muddy, and it was recorded after the tour that (essentially)
broke the band up for over a year. It's also Skin Yard's heaviest and
most aggressive record and for that reason is the favorite of many.
CD version has one extra cut. Additional Info 1000
Smiling Knuckles - Cruz
CR 017 - Fall '91
 The
personal favorite of the band - The closest we ever came to fully realizing
the complete vision of the band. Great songs, Flawless performances,
and some of Jacks best engineering not to mention some of the best artwork
by Jim Blanchard, who now does inking for Peter Bagge's "Hate"
comix. Issued on vinyl and CD autumn '91. Now with Barrett Martin drumming,
regrouped and fully functional. A remarkable record all around! Additional Info Inside
the Eye - Cruz CRZ 027 - Summer '93
 After
Daniel decided to quit the band following the 1000 smiling knuckles
tour, the band hired a replacement and set out to create a "new sound"
which was clearly more riff oriented, less textured, and not as challenging
as some of the earlier material. Daniel thinks that it sounds more like
a Gruntruck record than a proper Skin Yard record, but in all fairness
does it feature several solid songs. Additional Info Start
at the Top - C/Z094 - Fall 2001
"A Collection of singles and rarities." Several years after the band
called it quits, it became apparent that enough good stuff had fallen
between the cracks to assemble another solid album. Jack began working
on accumulating, remixing, editing, sequencing and mastering stuff from
the vault. The record has been sitting and collecting dust for years
now. Finally, we are sending off the masters shooting to get it released
this October -- 2001! Included is a bunch of the material from the singles
below (and lots more not on these singles). Additional
Info
Bleed/Gelatin
Babies - C/Z records CZ004
- Summer '87
 C/Z
Records CZ004, issued on black vinyl summer '87. "Gelatin Babies" was
intended for the first album but was not finished in time. "Bleed" was
recorded much later when Jason Finn was drumming with us, probably fall
'86. Features Floyd-y break and a sombre piano.
You
can Buy
Copies Here
Stranger/This
Lonely Place - Toxic Shock TX 009 - Winter '87
 Toxic
Shock Records (TX-009). "Stranger" was the first song from the (then-upcoming)
"Hallowed Ground" album. Most are black vinyl, a few were orange. Second
pressing was hot pink., hence our '88 tour t-shirt slogan "Seven Inches
of Throbbing Pink Jesus." This Lonely
Place was recorded earlier with Jason Finn, at the same time as
"Bleed". (See above".) Stranger was the opening track on our
2nd album Hallowed Ground. You can Buy Copies Here Start
at the Top/Watch 7"- Sub Pop SP47 - Fall '89
 The
long out-of-print gem from the sub pop stable of limited singles. Both
songs have Scott McCullum on drums, and were recorded right after recording
Fist Sized Chunks. 4000 pressed, 400 on
white vinyl, and though long unavailable, both songs can now be heard
in glorious digital brilliance on the Start
at the Top rarities CD. 1000
Smiling Knuckles/Bulldog 10" - Cruz CRZ702 - Summer
'91
 Cruz
Records, 2000 copies issued in summer '91, all on 10 inch pink vinyl.
1000 Smiling Knuckles as on the album
of the same name, b/w Bulldog
(a Lennon McCartney tune) not issued on album. A very different version
of Bulldog can be found on the
Start at the Top rarities CD.
You
can Buy
Copies Here
Skin
Yard/Loveslug Split 7" - Rave Records RAVE 022 - Fall
'91
 "Psychoriflepowerhypnotized"
recorded live at KDVS by Dave Chisholm. Other side is "Loser Bar" by
Loveslug (Tony Slug's band from Amsterdam). Some black, some yellow
vinyl. Glitterhouse also did a European edition of this single; colors
are a bit stronger on the cover. Jack's not crazy about this single
because his guitar is a bit out of tune... |
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