So you’re young and you wanna be famous, huh?

Most musical artists who become famous almost always “hit it big” when they’re young – very young in fact. Very seldom do we see someone breaking big as a popular artist in their 40’s, 50’s or beyond. It is such a paradox that becoming famous at a young age occurs exactly at the time in [...]

Bleeped Again

When Glinda Harrison, the vice president for my new record company, 829 Records, was making a one sheet for radio, (a one page description that goes out to radio stations detailing a new release) for my new CD What’s This? 1976-1979, she ran into a little problem. In going over the 11 studio recordings included [...]

How I ended up in the grocery store with Joey Ramone

As the first Chicago artist ever to play the legendary CBGB’s in New York on April 12th and 13th 1977, my band and I were excited to first bring Chicago punk to New York.  At the time, we were all between the ages of 17 and 20 with the only exception being my 23-year-old drummer.  [...]

New Skafish CD “Whats This? 1976-1979″

A big wonderful divine hello to all of you punk and punkettes in cyberspace, your own space, here in Skafish Blog space and any space for that matter!
I wanted to let you know about my new CD What’s This? 1976-1979.  What a labor of loving childbirth it has been!  11 original studio recordings, 9 of which are previously [...]

And in the beginning…

Divine greetings to you and welcome to my first ever music blog, where, approximately once a week, in my own words, I will post a new entry.
First, I will share my perspectives and perceptions of the musical world from back in the day till now.  As I have devoted my entire life to my art [...]