Skafunkrastapunk

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Skafunkrastapunk
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Studio album by
Released1991
Recorded1991 at Soundtek at Campbell, California
Genre Ska punk, punk rock, third wave ska
Length47:41
Label Dill Records
Producer Skankin' Pickle, Eric Parslow, Pete Roberts
Skankin' Pickle chronology
Skafunkrastapunk
(1991)
Skankin' Pickle Fever
(1992)
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Skafunkrastapunk is the debut album by American ska punk band Skankin' Pickle, released in 1991 on Dill Records and subsequently re-issued in 1995.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Skankin' Pickle except where otherwise noted.

  1. "Road Zombie" - 2:07
  2. "It's Not Too Late" (live) - 3:02
  3. "Doin Something Naughty" - 4:00
  4. "Hulk Hogan" (live) - 2:03
  5. "Racist World" - 5:08
  6. "Burnt Head" (live) - 1:47
  7. "Asian Man" - 3:29
  8. "Ska" (live) - 2:53
  9. "Fights" - 4:04
  10. "How Funk!" (live) - 7:50
  11. "Fakin Jamaican" (Steve Devlin) - 2:26
  12. "24 Second Song" (live) - 0:43
  13. "You Shouldn't Judge a Man by the Hair on his Butt!!" - 5:51
  14. "Peter Piper & Mary" (live) - 2:24

Personnel

Skankin' Pickle

Additional musicians

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