Jazz Articles about Skafish

Skafish: Tidings of Comfort and Joy

by Jerry D'Souza
November 10, 2006

Jim Skafish first appeared in 1976 with his eponymous band as part of the New Wave/punk movement. Their self-titled debut album was well received, and they appeared in the movie Urgh! A Music War (1981) with the Police, Wall of Voodoo and the Dead Kennedys, among others.

But things were soon to change. Their record label scrapped the music on their second release and got them to record new songs with a dance flavour. That was the beginning of the ...