Old Skull

Hardcore punk’s response to the Shaggs (or possibly Jordy), Aged Skull were a novelty coup within their first incarnation: a trio of nine-year-old young boys who played their very own instruments (pretty much), and screamed out profanities and sociable protests with bratty aplomb. If their musicianship wasn’t precisely precocious, a few of their lyrical topics had been, leading to gossips that maker Vern Toulon — also the daddy of two Aged Skull people — experienced ghostwritten very much, if not absolutely all, of their materials. Thanks largely with their novelty charm, Aged Skull were able to rating a cope with a prominent indie label in Restless Information, and survived for just two albums — one at age group nine, another at age group 12 having a revamped lineup. Aged Skull had been created in Madison, WI, by brothers J.P. and Jamie Toulon, with encouragement using their dad Vern. Vern Toulon was a longtime punk scenester along with a indigenous of Madison who’d spent amount of time in NEW YORK, where he was briefly connected with commercial noisemakers Missing Basis. Initially, Aged Skull had been a trio offering J.P. on acoustic guitar and vocals, Jamie on keyboards, and fellow nine-year-old Jesse Collins-Davies on drums. From the comparable pedigree, Collins-Davies was the child of Robin Davies, an associate from the Madison-based punk-funk combo the Tar Infants (who documented for SST in the past due ’80s). The males came to the eye of Restless Information, who released their debut recording, Get Outta College, in 1989. Obtain Outta School well balanced childlike assumes unchildlike social issues (“Helps,” the anti-Reagan “Homeless”) with bratty rants (“Destroy a Lifeless Eagle,” “Kick Ass,” “Let’s Proceed Destroy That Man”). Crucial views ranged from “amusing” to “unlistenable,” though most decided that, for nine-year-olds, it wasn’t poor. Aged Skull reconvened in 1992 with a fresh lineup. J.P. Toulon turned to drums, while sibling Jamie transformed his name to Spike and managed bass plus some business lead vocals. This time around out, the Toulons had been joined with the Scott brothers, Chris (vocals) and Josh (electric guitar). This quartet lineup lower C.We.A. Medication Fest, that was again made by Vern Toulon. Furthermore to remakes of “Kick Ass” and “Homeless,” C.We.A. Medication Fest also discovered the band intimidating to eliminate the “Pizza Man,” requesting “D’Yall Know Where in fact the Natural herb Can be,” and providing an R-rated edition of “Mary Got just a little Lamb.” The music group actually mounted a brief tour of Japan, and also got just a little airplay on MTV. Nevertheless, that became the extent of the musical profession. Vern continued to surface in the Madison documentary film Roads Without Cars; unfortunately, he passed on on, may 31, 2001, at age 46.