Skatos Is Dead: A Collection of Early Work

by The Action!

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1.	Radio Intro 00:17	info	buy track
2.	April Fool Song 03:31	info	buy track
3.	Buried 02:48	info	buy track
4.	Beggars Can Be Choosers 01:59	info	buy track
5.	Forget About You 03:22	info	buy track
6.	Home On Time 05:28	info	buy track
7.	Surf Music 02:34	info	buy track
8.	Bob Is Dead 02:20	info	buy track
9.	18 Years Later 04:23	info	buy track
10.	Tone 04:22	info	buy track
11.	Autumn's Leash 00:48	info	buy track
12.	Skatos Saves The Day 03:58	info	buy track
13.	Over And Out 02:57	info	buy track
14.	Jumbo 01:33	info	buy track
15.	Why Does It Always Rain On Prom Night? 01:54	info	buy track
16.	Skapolka 04:00	info	buy track
17.	TyeDye 02:23	info	buy track
18.	This Christmas Eve 02:12	info	buy track
19.	Last Night 02:48	info	buy track
20.	Skatopia 04:13	info	buy track
21.	Hidden Track Jam 02:49	info	buy track
22.	Eat, Sleep, Watch The Simpsons (local TV commercial) 00:28	info	buy track
23.	Poop (live) 00:16	info	buy track
24.	Z's Horse Joke (live) 00:25	info	buy track
25.	Bob Is Dead (live) 02:12	info	buy track
26.	April Fool Song (live) 03:31	info	buy track
27.	Forget About You (live, acoustic) 01:42	info	buy track

about

The Action! started out as a high school band called Skatos. This album compiles the most worthwhile recordings made by the band prior to changing their name to The Action!. All songs were recorded between 1999 and 2003.

credits

released July 28, 2015

Skatos Was:
Mike Gibson - Vocals/Guitar
Chris Nolan - Trumpet/Vocals
Adam Carkey - Bass/Vocals
Craig Chamberlain - Drums
Dan 'Rufus' King - Trombone
Brandon Hall - Trumpet/Vocals
Dave Piwinski - Trombone
Chris Zarpentine - Saxophone

Allison Kolodziey sings on TyeDye
Lisa K is the DJ on track 1

All music written by Skatos/The Action! © 1999, 2001, 2003, 2015, 2023 Karol's Kid Productions
All lyrics written by Mike Gibson, except track 19 lyrics by Mike Gibson and Brandon Hall, tracks 8 and 25 lyrics by Mike Gibson Chris Zarpentine and Brandon Hall, and track 14 lyrics by Chris Nolan
All lyrics © 1999, 2001, 2003, 2015, 2023, Karol's Kid Productions

Track 1 courtesy of Red Dragon Radio
Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7-21 recorded and engineered by Sam "Hot Damn" Paterelli at Blue Jay Way Studios.
Tracks 3 & 6 recorded and engineered by Adam's friend at SUNY Fredonia.
Track 22 recorded by a bunch of suits at a TV station.
Tracks 23, 25, 26 recorded live at Planet 505 by some guy no one knows.
Track 24 no idea who was recording this show.
Track 27 recorded by 'Big' Mike Fiss.

Cover art by Mike Gibson

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Fight the constraints of your genre. Long live rock & roll.

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