It's punk! It's fast! It's melodic!
It's Sicko! Although most of their songs clock in at an average of two minutes,
you won't find three chord thrash here. They even find time to tell a story
or two with a melody that leaves you singing along. Sicko has been called "the
feel good band of the 90's" (the Rocket) and we think that's true. They sing
about daily life and problems without bogging you down. Ean is a counselor for
troubled adults so he knows how to handle people! Formed in Spokane, in eastern
Washington State, out of the ashes of the Pullman Allstars, their constant lineup
consisted of Ean on guitar, Denny on bass and Josh on drums. The full sound
this power trio delivered may be attributed to the backing vocals and harmmonies
from Ean and Denny. Just because their songs are fast doesn't mean they don't
really sing or play their instruments. Each song has it's own personality and
we know you'll be singing along. They even do a cover of the Indigo Girls 80's
hit "Closer To Fine", (for all you cultural crossovers out there) that we think
is even better than the original. Live, they've played with the likes of Gas
Huffer, The Mr. T. Experience, Girl Trouble, Fastbacks, Supersuckers, and Jawbreaker.
Besides their eMpTy releases, they also have a sort of "best of" CD
released on Ean's own label, Top Drawer Records, released after Sicko split
up in the late 1990s. Since then, Ean has continued on with a new band, Tales
From The Birdbath.
Releases:
Their second full length,
this thirteen track album continues where the debut album left off, with the
now patented Sicko pop-punk sound. Recorded by the Fastback's Kurt Bloch. LP
version licensed and released by our buddies over at Munster
Records in
spain.
What could be cooler than
the debut Sicko full length? Eightteen tracks of Sicko's sickest pop punk,
you can just feel the love eminating from this release. And don't let the
cover fool you, they do draw better than it leads you to believe! Pressed
as a CD in both the USA and Germany, the vinyl pressed only in the USA.
- Artist: Sicko
- Title:
(s/t)
- Catalog #:
MT-209
- Label:
eMpTy
- Format:
7"
- Release Date:
February 1st, 1993
- Artist: Sicko
- Title: Laugh
While You Can, Monkey Boy
- Catalog #: MT-306
- Label:
eMpTy
- Format:
CD
- Release Date:
1995
Not their first record, but
their debut eMpTy release, and a fine taster of great things to come. A four
song EP, 1500 pressed. Usually refered to as their "Count Me Out"
EP.
- Artist: Sicko
- Title: You
Can Feel The Love In This Room
- Catalog #: MT-268
- Label:
eMpTy
- Format:
CD/LP
- Release Date:
March 1st, 1994
This is a re-issue of the
classic split 7" featuring The Mr. T Experience and Sicko. Originally released
in 1993 (and out of print since 1994) on the now-defunct Top Drawer Records.
MTX plays a version of "Together Tonight" while Sicko plays "80 Dollars."
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Their longest release yet with an amazing 16 songs, this album came out a matter
of months after the "Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy". Wow, talk about
prolofic! And guess what, this is yet another full length album of pop-punk
classics as only Sicko can do. And why stop when you got a good thing going,
so this one is again recorded by Kurt Bloch. LP version licensed and released
by our buddies over at Munster
Records in
spain.
- Artist: Sicko
- Title: Chef
Boyrudum
- Catalog #: MT-315
- Label:
eMpTy
- Format:
CD
- Release Date:
1995
This is the last album
Sicko ever recorded before splitting up, and it is unfortunate that a band
of this calibre, one of our favorite bands our former US office in Seattle
ever released, would end up getting involved in the events that led to our
bootleg series. Still, this, their fourth
full length album, is a perfect pop-punk album of 17 new studio songs as only
Sicko was capable of. Also licensed as a CD to Crackle Records in England
and Pizza Of Death in Japan.
- Artist: Sicko
- Title: You
Are Not The Boss Of Me
- Catalog #: Steal
Ten (MT-408)
- Label:
Bootleg / eMpTy
- Format:
CD/LP
- Release Date:
October 30th, 2000
- Artist:
Sicko / Mr. T Experience
- Title: 80
Dollars/Together Tonight
- Catalog #:
Steal Twentythree (MT-476)
- Label:
Bootleg / eMpTy
- Format:
7"
- Release Date:
October 30th, 2000