Run Chico Run

After schooling together in Victoria BC, Matt Skillings and Thomas Shields formed the band in 1997. The name is taken from the title of a book about New York weed addicts by a "beat" writer who probably never visited New York City or sampled the dank sacrament. After dicking around with a long string of unreliable bass players and lead guitar showboats, the fellas got serious and kicked everyone out of the band but themselves; but not before releasing the rarely heard albums “Lofimofo” and “Melée.” At that point it was necessary to develop a new style that would make it possible for two skinny guys to make as much noise as four skinny guys and sometimes five. The solution was synth bass with one hand and drums with the other. It is a solution that has left some wondering “what the fuck?” and still more wondering “what’s the point?” In 2003 or so the band released “A New Peak in Lowdowness” on Magic Teeth records. They then embarked on a series of questionable Canadian tours that saw them playing everything from empty rooms to mostly empty rooms. When that was over, the not so young anymore dudes got way deep in their awesome studio and emerged with the totall... more...