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Rye - the taste of Canada skookumrock 1,474 views Skookum salutes Olympics with Canadian anthem... for Rye ===================== As patriotic Canadians gather around wide screens to watch the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Van...
Skookum ~ See you soon! skookumrock 183 views Skookum Hard Rock Band from BC will be back on stage soon! www.skookumrock.com
Skookum - "JIGSAW" at AmberJacks (March 28, 2009) skookumrock 292 views Skookum 2009 at Amberjacks Taphouse in Surrey with Ray Gunn on bass! Storm on drums! Shiny on Guitar and Vanman singing after a 24 hour flu!
Skookum - "SNAP" at AmberJacks in Surrey (March 28, 2009) skookumrock 219 views Playing songs from our upcoming release, "Rockstar Dreamers", here's Skookum with Ray Gunn on Bass, Storm on drums, Shiny on guitar and Vanman on the mic and guitar
Skookum - "BIG PHAT SOUND" at AmberJacks (March 28, 09) skookumrock 176 views Skookum 2009 at Amberjacks Taphouse in Surrey with Ray Gunn on bass! Storm on drums! Shiny on Guitar and Vanman singing after a 24 hour flu!
Skookum - "Monsters Under the Bed" at Amberjacks (March 28, 09) skookumrock 176 views Playing songs from our upcoming release, "Rockstar Dreamers", here's Skookum with Ray Gunn on Bass, Storm on drums, Shiny on guitar and Vanman on the mic and guitar
Skookum - New Age Rock Star at AmberJacks in Surrey (March 28, 09) skookumrock 187 views Skookum 2009 at Amberjacks Taphouse in Surrey with Ray Gunn on bass! Storm on drums! Shiny on Guitar and Vanman singing after a 24 hour flu!
Jam Nazi skookumrock 337 views From the Crop Circle CD Release show at the Media Club in Vancouver - April 5th
El tinko at the Media Club skookumrock 80 views Opening for the Crop Circle CD Release party. Great night!
El Stinko skookumrock 1,066 views SKOOKUM played the Pic Pub before it shut its doors and footage of our set was shot. The film footage is from a locally produced indie flick called "Revenge Inc" which sadl...

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In the beginning there was a catastrophic BOOM... and, without the use of an epidural, SKOOKUM was born. Together, they drew up the SKOOKUManifesto: No pretenses. Big Phat Sounds. Good Times. Rock & Roll!

Skookum is a Chinook term for big, strong, powerful and swift. Most in the pacific northwest know it as slang for "Big n' tough" or impressive. The band's sound? Powerful guitar riffs, big grooves with a walloping vocal punch! They sound SKOOKUM!

Of course, making great music is serious business for this group who claim creativity and solid laughs as their mantra. Skookum simply doesn't feel it has to write gloomy material for it to rock. Look at the success of Queens of the Stone Age, Tool and Faith No More as examples of fresh and original heavy rock that doesn't always dwell on the negative.

See them live, that's another thing altogether. Their unique collection of anthems separates Skookum from the chaff of the multitude of bands. These guys engage their audience with witty banter setting up some outrageous and memorable songs, like "Bender"(drink till yer sick), "Great to See You" (but I wouldn't wanna be you) and their staple live classic "the Team Canada Montage": a semi-cover song that will never get played on commercial radio but has them rollin' in the aisles and patriotically punching fist to air!

Skookum has played some of the finest venues in Metro Vancouver like UBC Thunderbird Stadium, Richards on Richards, Cheers, Amberjacks, Pub 340, the Bourbon and the Roxy. They've shared the stage with Moka Only, Sweatshop Union, the Black Halo's & Todd Kerns and were featured at New Music West 2007.

Like no other band (except for singer Vanman's idols in KISS), Skookum embellishes their tales of life in an indie rock band with their ongoing comic series, SKOOKOMIX. It's a semi-autobiographical cross between Spinal Tap & KISS with some fantasy thrown in for good measure. The first issue was release in conjunction with their debut album, Big Phat Sounds.

The first single from their debut, "El Stinko", was a featured YouTube hit and one of Canada's most watched rock videos in February 2008 at 20,000 plus views! The track was also featured in a Vancouver-based indie film titled Revenge Inc.

In 2009, SKOOKUM has released their 2nd album, Rockstar Dreamers.

Great riff rockin tunes, live shows, hot videos and even comics! All from one band?!?! Don't just take them at their word! SKOOKUM backs up all the talk with the walk of www.skookumrock.com, their official website, fully operated and updated by the band themselves.

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