Skunkhour - Up To Our Necks In It

Sydney band Skunkhour started out as an urban funk band fronted by a rapper. From there, the band incorporated all manner of styles and fusion elements into its frantic, rhythmic, groove-based attack.

The Larkin brothers Del and Aya had a background in ska bands. Guitarist Warwick Scott was influenced by funk and rock. The Sutherland brothers rhythm team played rock and jazz. Common influences for all musicians were reggae, 1970s funk (James Brown, Funkadelic) and hip hop. They joined together to become Skunk, and later, Skunkhour, named after the poem by Robert Lowell.

In early 1993, Skunkhour supported UK acid-jazz outfit Galliano on an Australian tour, and then issued the debut, self-titled album on the Beast label. Skunkhour produced the CD EP `Booty Full' (September 1993).

The band's second album, 'Feed' (April 1995), and its first for new label Sony/Epic, featured a more adventurous and varied sound than the debut. It produced two CD EPs, `Up to Our Necks' (April) and `Sunstone' (July). Skunkhour signed an international deal with prestigious UK label Acid Jazz, which issued the 'Feed' album in Europe to a positive response.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Australia
• Acid Jazz
• Funk
• SkunkHour
• 1995

[brew666666]

this song is also from JJJ's top 100 1995....definately the best year for the Jays

[BigJasonStud]

arguably the best song ever made !!!

[tatterscott5]

I'm so proud that Warwick Scott is my uncle.........

[TheKosi123]

these guys are my cousins legit

[jasonmustanggts]

I'm an Australian who has been trapped in America for 10 years on the 28th of this month. Thanx for this little taste of home I needed it

[jojozapsimmo]

Fell in love with Skunk hour new years eve 1993 at the railway pub in Byron.

[flavour1970]

@brew666666 u said it man the ice cream cones were the jays best 100 ever

[fuzzbear5666]

THAT THE FREEDOM OF THE AUSSIE HIP HOP AND THAT OF THE GRAND LOVE SOUL MACHINE !!!

[trufflehund]

"If we wished we could help this man and our backs would not break". Words that many politicians would not understand and which sums up the refugee situation in Australia. We have room for families from war zones fleeing to a safe place. 20,000 left Christchurch after the earthquakes for the same reason people leave war zones - safety. Some homeless Kiwis will move and be welcomed in Australia however the many genuine refugees (95%+) coming by boat will be traumatised by the Detention Centres.

[ChrisC1932]

These guys were great. I remember watching them in Adelaide, they put on a fantastic show. Feed is still one of my top 10 cd's of all time.

[chemicaldali]

Their "The Sheeps of Sams Clam Disco" album, apart from having the best title ever, is a great great album.

[ethengar11]

great song