What do others have to say about SCULL SOUP?? Here are a few articles I dug up online I'll be adding more as soon as I get my hands on them....



From Polluteme.com

Independent recording artist Scull Soup has gained much respect as a regional headliner in the southeast. Many have had Reagan-era punk rock flashbacks with this "out of the box" four-piece rock act. The Knoxville alt weekly paper, Metro Pulse notes the energy of a Soup show by saying “… an extra special treat, a performance by Greeneville's erstwhile funk-thrash project Scull Soup, a regional fave for several years in these parts.” listen!!!!

Categorizing this band as punk doesn’t completely cover it. Funk? - Yes, but not entirely - Fast funk/punk/heavy/ Hard-core? - Scull Soup is from a world of their own, writing creative, sometimes satirical/sometimes not, lyrics which often tell a story with an East Tennessee perspective. Scull Soup’s unique style allows them to wreck the mainstream sound and maintain a punk chaos, which has resulted in legions of loyal fans.

Benny smith, (A/C Entertainment/WUTK Knoxville), says "they have cracked the top fifty list, six times in five months, with only demo tape offerings. The Loafer's Don Poole says, "These guys have an incredible sense of timing, making it sound like the whole thing is falling apart - but it never does." "Refreshingly disjointed - not sloppy or weak - a wonderful display of energy" says critic, John Stout.

Scull Soup has shared the stage with Public Enemy, Everlast, NOFX, Southern Culture on the Skids, Snake Oil Medicine Show, and Stinky Finger among others. Scull Soup has been profiled with video's on Blue Torch a syndicated skate/snowboarding program! Tom Tollson of Knoxville's Daily Beacon writes: "Being fond of mayhem I would have to list it as one of the best shows of the year".



From The Knoxville Metropulse www.metropulse.com

Scull Soup (NFM Records)

Thriving on the periphery of the Knoxville music scene for around a dozen years with all the original members intact (!), the guys in Greeneville's Scull Soup have channeled their musical madness into a highly evolved, hybridized sound. Small town life and the gang mentality of four deranged minds can result in some twisted stuff, as is evidenced on the band's latest CD release, a compilation of the best bits from four separate recordings and a live track called simply Scull Soup (NFM Records).

Forging an amalgam of metal, punk and funk, the Scull Soup boys are playing what might fit in quite comfortably among today's rap/metal crew. But you've got to keep in mind that mixing metal and funk wasn't exactly a common practice in the late '80s when the band began.

Sure, the music might sound angry at first. But listening more closely you'll find that there's a lot of humor suffused in the lyrics and none of the grating white-boy rage that is so popular today. The music is indeed heavy at times—most of the time in fact—but that's just an aggressive, energetic framework for singer Vanbuscar's satirical wit.

OK, so now it's time for some name dropping. After listening to Scull Soup for about 10 minutes, you might hear similarities to bands as varied as Primus, the Dead Kennedys, Faith No More, Helmet, the Voodoo Glow Skulls, Black Sabbath, or even the Descendents. But as soon as you think you've got the band figured out, they'll do another musical kick flip. And this is a good thing.

It's a total miracle that the band is still playing together with the same lineup after all these years. And those years of mutation have created a real monster. You can't create true weirdness like this in short order. To get your own copy of this and other Scull Soup CDs, email Vanbus@xtn.net or write NFM Records, 82 Skyway, Greeneville, TN 37743.