Skullkrusher



Formed in the late 1990s, the Chicago-based Skullkrusher also known as Deadscene, Wardogs and The Revenge was a hardcore punk band from the Chicago area. (Also Not to be confused with the band SKULLKRUSHER from California formed in 2006.) The Band was known to incorporate influences from European d-beat bands such as Wolfpack, Anti-Cimex, Terveet Kadet, The Rude Kids, Destruktions, Rojers, Mob 47, Skitslickers, and Discard along with American hardcore influences such as Cro Mags, Warzone, Judge, Infest, Slapshot and SFA into their sound. Discharge was not of direct influence in the sound of  Skullkrusher, in contrast to the dismoniker bands.

Early Years: Bio
The band was formed by the End of 1997, the entrance of Natasha on Guitar plus the events of Joel and Peter leaving the Deadscene project band permanently formed the unit and it's outlook early on.

Their first show as Skullkrusher was an Anti-Racist Action benefit show at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago. At this show, the name was simply Skullkrusher with the lineup at that time being Justin/Vocals, Natasha/Bass, Jason/Guitar and Dan/Drums.

Live shows were the band's most active events. They tried to fulfill the band motto; "To make loud noise for gas money virtually anywhere." Skullkrusher itself witnessed the death of three seperate vehicles during it's short lifetime as a band.

Members

 * Jason (Founding member of Deadscene vocals / guitar)
 * Natasha (guitar, Pre Bleach Battalion)
 * Dan (Founding member of Deadscene went on to play in the hardcore band RUJINA and then on to form RATSTAB and ANTI-EARTH MOTHERFUCKERS in Providence, Rhode Island)(drums / vocals)
 * Peter (Early Deadscene member played studio bass on "The Bomb Raid" cassette and performed some live shows but soon parted ways due to political and ideological differences)
 * Justin (vocals / guitar 1998-1999)
 * Louie (bass guitar 1999-2002)
 * Bobby (guitar on Terrorcore cassette)
 * Joe Skeletor (went on to form Southkore Records and play drums in No Slogan)(guitar 2000-2001)

Official Discography
The band also self-released three DIY CD collections, as well as one which was a split with the Swedish band Article Nine on TDBL Records]. The split record 7" with Article Nine received positive reviews widely, in print and online in such underground zines as Aversionline and MaximumRockNRoll
 * Skullkrusher-Total Skullkrusher CD
 * Skullkrusher-The Bomb Raid
 * Skullkrusher-Smash Terror Core
 * Skullkrusher-Deathsquad (Split release with Skeletor Records)

Skullkrusher & The Distro gave away thousands of free cassettes but never were any of these actual "releases" they were just the live recordings of the practice sessions in a demo form. So Many Different copies were made and they were never numbered so it is impossible to say just how many of them remain or were initially distributed.

Where are they now?
Under Construction- Check back later for updates.