Skarhead

Skarhead
Origin	New York City, U.S.
Genres	Hardcore punk
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Another Planet Victory Reality I Scream Force 5
Members	Dan Singer A.K. Ray Puerto Rican Myke
Past members	Aaron "White Owl" Collins Brian "Mitts" Daniels Eric "Goat" Arce Hoya Roc Rigg Ross Don Capria Kevin Thorne

Skarhead is an American hardcore punk band from New York City, founded and fronted by Lord Ezec a.k.a. Danny Diablo (of Crown of Thornz). The group is considered the originators of thugcore music, ^[1] a subgenre of hardcore punk "full of relentless breakdowns and throwdown-ready posturing". ^[2] They have toured with Gwar, Hatebreed, ^[1] and Earth Crisis. ^[3] They have been cited as an influence by Deez Nuts ^[4] and Fucked Up. ^[5]

Members

• Dan Singer (of Crown of Thornz) – lead vocals
• White Owl (formerly of White Trash) – bass
• Mitts (from Madball) – guitar
• Goat (from Murphy's Law & Misfits) – drums
• Hoya Roc (from Madball) – guitar
• Puerto Rican Mike (from District 9) – vocals
• A.K.Ray (from Vietnom, Northern Hit Squad ) – guitars
• Kevin Thorne (from Bulldoze) – guitars ^[6]
• Rigg Ross (from Madball and Hatebreed) – drums ^[6]

• Rob "Big Rob" Castoria (from Merauder, Agnostic Front, Maniac Rise, Fuse, Metalstorm, VD, TRAF) - Lead Guitars

Discography

1995	Drugs, Money, Sex. (6-track EP)	Another Planet Records
1998	Kings at Crime	Victory Records
2009	Drugs, Music & Sex	I Scream Records
2010	Kickin' It Oldschool	Reality Records
2011	Dreams Don't Die!!!	I Scream Records

References

1. "Danny Diablo to release new album in September". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. August 5, 2009.
2. Castillo, Arielle (May 6, 2010). "Skarhead Holds Nothing Back at Ballers Rock Bar". New Times Broward-Palm Beach.
3. Bialczak, Mark (April 24, 1998). "Earth Crisis Headlines Straight-Edge Show". The Post-Standard.
4. Morse, Erich (March 27, 2015). "JJ Peters of Deez Nuts" . Retrieved April 22, 2020.
5. SANDERS, BRAD (July 2, 2014). "How Fucked Up became a popular hardcore band by not being a hardcore band at all" . Retrieved April 22, 2020.
6. Zack Thorne (January 8, 2021). This is Hardcore Podcast Episode 20: Zack Thorne - Respect Through Riffs (Podcast). Retrieved August 27, 2023.

https://www.faygoluvers.net/v5/2022/01/skarhead-set-to-release-first-new-single-in-10-years/

External links

• "Skarhead". Discogs. Retrieved January 29, 2017.