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Crusher Magazine review May 2005
Skelter Boomstick
Skelter is a well-versed NYC trio whose 10-track album is a versatile display of the band’s love of rock music. From the tongue in cheek romp of “Suffolk Girl” to the down-and-dirty Stones-esque “Hideaway”, Boomstick finds the band teetering between refined and raw, a move that supplies the album with a good flow. The driving guitars on “First Rays of Sun” fade nicely into the charming acoustic track “Summer of Our Lives”, while the post-punk feel of “Roll It Over”, sounding as if it was emanating from a dorm room in the early ‘90s yields to the jangly elegance of “Fade”. Skelter’s latest offering is a rootsy rock record that juxtaposes the fervor of indie rock, the majesty of Oasis-styled Brit rock, and the bite of college punk a la REM in its early stages, making Boomstick a CD suitable for kicking back on a starlit evening to.
--Mike SOS
- Crusher Magazine
Discography
"Boomstick" LP (2004)
"Sip o' Tea for the Devil" LP (scheduled for 2006)
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The beast that would eventually evolve into Skelter was born in late 2001, the brainchild of three NYC comic-book-publishing day-jobbers who were asked to hastily throw together a one-off show for 200 of their fellow employees. Performing under the Nick Hornby-cribbed name "The Kathleen Turner Overdrive," the band found that they shared a musical spark. And so, they cocooned themselves in their Bloomfield, NJ rehearsal space and re-emerged in August 2002 as a loud, toothy, snarling creature called "Skelter." Singer/guitarist Michael Wright, bassist Greg Ross and drummer Nachie Castro built a reputation over the following years as one of the best live acts on the New York club scene. Influenced by the likes of Oasis, The Who and The Stone Roses, Skelter has drawn rave reviews for their shows, including a historically-blistering set at The Rock and Roll Circus Spectacular at Coney Island in August 2004. In December 2004, Skelter released their first album, "Boomstick," which Crusher Magazine hailed as “a rootsy rock record that juxtaposes the fervor of indie rock, the majesty of Oasis-styled Britrock and the bite of college punk a la R.E.M. in its early stages…a CD suitable for kicking back on a starlit evening to.” The band has spent the following year supporting “Boomstick” with intensive gigging, while also recording what has become, among East Coast rock fans, a highly anticipated follow-up. "Sip o' Tea for the Devil" is scheduled for release in fall 2006 and continues the Skelter tradition of melodic hooks wrapped in a Panzer division of guitars and drums. Beware the Skelts in ’06!
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