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Skatos Is Dead: A Collection of Early Work

by The Action!

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Radio Intro 00:17
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Buried 02:48
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Home On Time 05:28
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Surf Music 02:34
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Bob Is Dead 02:20
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Tone 04:22
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Over And Out 02:57
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Jumbo 01:33
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Skapolka 04:00
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TyeDye 02:23
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Last Night 02:48
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Skatopia 04:13
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Poop (live) 00:16
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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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The Action! Syracuse, New York

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

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