THE SKULLS
The Golden Age Of Piracy (Dr. Strange)
Reviewed by Alan Wright

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Earlier this year the Skulls released Therapy For The Shy, their return to the music world. Hot on the heels of that comes another new CD, half of which was recorded at Earl Mankey's studio in California, the other half of which was recorded here in Seattle, Washington, at Jupiter Studios. I think this new CD is even better; it's filled with kick ass singalong punk songs like "Aye, Aye, Aye," "Can Punk Pay The Bills?" "Have A Nice Day" and "You Can't Drag Me Down." There's a song about the death of the Hillside Strangler called "Summer Of Hate," which has a chorus that goes "Yeah! Yeah! The Hillside Strangler's dead," which is only half-right 'cause while Angelo Buono Jr. died in prison last year, the other guy involved and charged as one of the two Stranglers, Kenneth Bianchi, is still at Walla Walla. Still, it's a great tune. The whole CD is really good, with songs written by all four of the members, and ends off on a silly note with the unintelligibly sung "Pirate Song."

© 2003 - Alan Wright