Afroskull

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For more info and mp3s, visit: www.afroskull.com www.archive.org/details/Afroskull Afroskull is greasy persuasion and bad gris-gris. A New York City funk/rock collective by way of New Orleans, the ‘Skull is a sonic gumbo that is one part Funkadelic and one part Black Sabbath with generous helpings of Zappaesque runs and jazzoid horns. The interplay of their heady musicianship, simmering hyper kinetics and fat bottomed grooves helps to keep les bon temps rouler all night long. Born of saintly happenstance and house party jam sessions in The Big Easy, Afroskull has been intent on setting about the musical canvas with broad strokes and a menacing palette for more then a decade. Indulging in that sweet cross pollination, that sticky entwine of musical genres, they have created a hybrid sound they can call their very own. Taking their name from the perceived halo, that well worn LP fade, which framed the shrouded skull on the back cover of “Steppenwolf Live” the band, in one word, conceived a moniker that spoke to the churning dirty boogies they were cranking out on a regular basis. Those early aural endeavors, successful musical showcases set in time to keg stands, and their growing reputation in and around NOLA led the band; Joe Scatasa (guitar), Bill Richards (bass), Matt Barone (keyboards), Jason Isaac (drums) and a cadre of horn players, into the studio to cut their first album. Monster for the Masses, released in 2000, was received to critical praise. Although commercial

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To Obscurity and Beyond

Monster For The Masses

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2005-02-04 - parkside lounge

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Cover Me Full Albums: Paranoid

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2005-01-07 - parkside lounge

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Afroskull Does Black Sabbath

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Funky Spring Oh!-10

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does black Sabbath

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2007-06-21 - Bowery Poetry Club

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Live at the Parkside Lounge, 2005-12-09

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Afroskull

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2010-10-02 - Bowery Poetry Club

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