5 years ago today I drove up to Smashed Plastic Pressing to pick up my debut vinyl album reissue they pressed and met fellow musician Dan Jarvis. Not only did they do a spectacular job, truly, but Dan and I had a blast! Viva Revolutionary Music!

2-2023: After I got the rights back to my music, I released the song on the double lp Conversation & The Rejects. This song means so much to me because the lyrics are more relevant today than they were decades ago. Here’s the lyric video by VM Agency! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3bH...

1-1976: I wrote LET'S PLAY DOCTOR, which my band performed throughout Chicagoland. 1982: My band recorded the track for our 2nd lp, but IRS Records rejected it for being too shocking to release. So no one got to hear it…. Here’s the lyric video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3bH...

5-I can't wait to share with you all the things I'm working on and I am beyond appreciative of our connection and your support. I hope all is going well for you! Pic: Paul Natkin Design: VM Agency

4-and to our guardian angels from the higher spiritual realms who kept us alive through violent, life-threatening times. If you were at any of the shows and you want to share your recollections, please do so in the comments. When it comes to music, I am a lifer, plain and simple.

3-Looking back, I don't think I can fully express the depth of my gratitude: to my band for their unrelenting spirit to artistically go where others wouldn’t, and face the violence directed at us, to everyone who worked with us, to the fans who I love with all my heart,

2-Since Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Cheap Trick came to many of the early Skafish shows, their words accurately recall the saga of those days.

1-50 years ago in February 1976, my newly formed punk band first stepped on stage when we crashed an audition night at Club B’Ginnings, where I wore an old ladies one-piece bathing suit. From the beginning, we were either loved or reviled.

Happy Valentine's Day to the love of my life Glinda Harrison, and I also hope that everyone has love in their lives! I know I've posted this picture before, but it's my favorite of Glinda and me! Best to everyone!

2- If you're a fan of URGH, Skafish, Punk, and musical history, you will love this episode. I will keep you posted when it airs! I hope you’re doing well!

1-I just had a fantastic conversation with Chris Slusarenko and Chaki as a guest on their podcast Revolutions Per Movie yesterday. The main topic was an in-depth look at the legendary concert film URGH A MUSIC WAR that my band was featured in.

I said it before, I'll say it again!

Happy New Year!

Keep the holiday magic in your heart and spirit!

2-I thought you might want to check out the complete Skafish Holiday Jazz playlist, which has 21 videos, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

1-OMG!!! I just can't put into words how grateful I am for my connection with you! However you celebrate and wherever things are in your journey, I just want to wish you a spectacular holiday season filled with miracle after miracle and blessing after blessing!

I did my best to make God Rest Ye Merry Gents a dynamic and showstopper track. Not only did I score the arrangement, I also composed new original sections in the piece. My trio pushed the limits of what swing and a holiday classic could be! On YouTube: youtu.be/byT6xrW8K6E?...

The spirit of generosity that the holidays inspire is a great guiding light every day!

Here's some behind the scenes piano when we were getting ready to record God Rest Ye Merry Gents for my holiday jazz album! Happy and safe holidays to you! Check out the 13 track album on Bandcamp: skafish.bandcamp.com/album/tiding...

Skye wishes you Happy Holidays (and so do I)!!!

We all know that the holidays and life as it stands can be extremely stressful, for all of us. When I created the arrangement to Silent Night for my holiday jazz album, I wanted to take everyone to a deep, relaxing, even meditative place. On YouTube: youtu.be/8bkHM68IpN4 TY @hnoelle37.bsky.social

I want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who listened to Skafish on Spotify in 2025. We made it into 74 countries and here are the top 5. Grateful! Grateful! Grateful to you!

It was 48 years ago today that the Cramps and Skafish began a three-night run at CBGB in New York. The shows were wild, iconoclastic, and everything that punk, new wave, alternative, experimental rock and psychobilly should be. Also, best wishes to our beloved Lux Interior in the spirit world.

2-and we cut our first track, a swinging jazz rendition of Joy To The World, literally 20 minutes later. I hope my arrangement and my trio’s performance of Joy To The World brings much light into your journey. Listen on YouTube: youtu.be/o8pkulyNbY8?...

1-20 years ago, I walked into Chicago's CRC Studios to record my first holiday jazz album, Tidings Of Comfort And Joy - A Jazz Piano Trio Christmas. I never met the bass player or the drummer before. Listen on YouTube: youtu.be/o8pkulyNbY8?...

2-This picture is one of my favorites because it was when he was a child still going through cancer treatment. Now he's an adult and mindful about being a good person, especially when it comes to being considerate of others. Pic: Glinda Harrison

1-Please join me in wishing my son Jamie Harrison a very happy birthday! Both his mom, Glinda Harrison and I love Jamie with our entire being. Also, it is wonderful to see his phenomenal discipline and commitment to being the very best musician he can be.

Happy Halloween to my brothers, sisters and others! Pic and graphics: Glinda Harrison #Halloween

2-In addition to Rick Nielsen saving our lives when the entire crowd at our show in Rockford Illinois was in the process of rushing the stage to attack, Cheap Trick's perspective speaks to what they witnessed go down.

1-Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Cheap Trick were at my band’s Chicago shows from the beginning, back when there were audiences that tried to kill us, starting 2/76.

I love this still pic taken by Guy Rhodes when we were filming the Kickstarter video to help fund my vinyl debut album reissue! Viva music that shatters societal limits.

Let’s wish my first cousin and phenomenal DJ Bobby Skafish a happy birthday! Here's a pic of Bobby (2nd from left) with members of the Dead Boys & others. This was 10/77 when the Dead Boys played Chicago’s Quiet Knight and my band opened the show. To Bobby’s best day & year yet!

For all of us, our birthdays are important and often milestones. With that being said, I just want to take a moment to extend my deepest gratitude and appreciation to everyone who acknowledged my birthday. What we share is a tremendous gift! Pic: Glinda Harrison

On my birthday, I'm phenomenally grateful to be here, and to everyone who is acknowledging my day. Personally speaking, I continue to forge my journey with the intention of fulfilling all that I'm here to do: musically, spiritually, and as a person. Again, thank you! Pic: Glinda Harrison

In celebration of National Dog Day, here's a picture of our dog Skye with her dad. Pic: Glinda Harrison #nationaldogday

After I finally got the rights back to my debut album, originally released on IRS Records, 5/80, I was excited to discuss the project's reissue with the fans. However, Bo (who loves attention), had other plans!

3-So it's amazing that Darryl can hang with Miles Davis and then lay it down with the Rolling Stones without cluttering up the songs by showing off his virtuosity.

2-Darryl is not only an easy-going and great guy, but a phenomenal bassist, as witnessed by playing for Sting, Miles Davis, and the Stones. It takes great musical discipline and poise to not overplay.

1-Here's a pic of my son Jamie Harrison with my friend and Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones at the NAMM show in California a few years back. I first met Darryl at the South Chicago home of Skafish keyboardist Javier Cruz in the 1970s.

4-Jimy was filled with stories, wisdom and what a phenomenally colorful, charismatic character he was. We wish Jimy the very best in the spirit world and we honor and salute him always! Pic by Len Czyzniejewski of Jimy and me when my band toured with Iggy Pop, opening several Midwestern shows 11/79.

3-When Sid, unprovoked, smashed a beer bottle on the face of Todd Smith (singer Patti Smith’s brother), it was Jimy who rushed out from behind the mixing board, punched Sid, manhandled him, dragged him through the club and threw him down a flight of stairs.

2-Jimy was from the rough and tumble Chicago Streets and he often protected my band. The most well-known example of this is when Sid Vicious, (out on bail for the alleged murder of his girlfriend), came to see my band play at Hurrah in New York 12/78.

1-It was three years ago today that legendary lead singer of the Shadows of Knight, Godfather of garage rock, and my former road manager Jimy Sohns transitioned into spirit. He had several hits, with the biggest being Gloria, selling over 4 million copies.

I wanted to share the news that heavy metal pioneer and innovative rock vocalist/musician Ozzy Osbourne has transitioned into spirit, just a few weeks after his goodbye concert in Birmingham. Apparently the concert raised $190 million for charity and we wish Ozzy well! www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

3-Urgh! helped to change the direction of music, and I'm forever grateful that my band was included alongside so many fantastic artists. Viva Revolutionary Music!

2-This pic was taken on August 28, 1980 in Frejus France when Skafish was on tour with The Police, XTC, UB-40, English Beat, Squeeze, U2, Jools Holland and others. The intensity of that show (20,000 people) and every show of the tour was otherworldly.

1-URGH LIVES! Here's a pristine Skafish promo lobby card from the international punk, new wave, post punk, alternative concert film Urgh! A Music War, beautifully framed and sent to me by friend Paul Neubauer.