He’d agreed to play one of the early Skid-O-Rama Fests, and so he kept playing with Joey Skidmore Band, even though we were only occasionally gigging at that time. Joey Skidmore: Well, I’d been playing with Elan Portnoy, who started the Fuzztones, for a while since he moved from Brooklyn to Lawrence, Kansas. I’ve been really enjoying your latest album, ‘Riot on Kansas City Strip’ by a project named The Nuclear Banana, featuring members of the Standells, the Fuzztones, the Del-Lords, and Vanilla Fudge. “Unless I need new material to finish up an album, I may only write a few good songs a year” Skidmore is currently promoting a fantastic album called ‘Riot on Kansas City Strip’ under the name the Nuclear Banana, featuring original members of the Standells, the Fuzztones, the Del-Lords, and Vanilla Fudge. They’ve done five tours of France, and opened up for an eclectic variety of acts including Chuck Berry, Helmet, Blue Öyster Cult, Webb Wilder, Nazareth, Gravity Kills, George Thorogood, the Shadows of Knight and Black Oak Arkansas.

Louis MO and Skid-O-Rama Fest in Kansas City. Over the years the Joey Skidmore Band has played festivals including SXSW in Austin TX, Summer Jam in Kansas City, July Jamm in Lincoln NE, Big Muddy Blues and Roots Festival in St. He is part of the Nuclear Banana which includes original members of the Standells, the Fuzztones, the Del-Lords, and Vanilla Fudge.īorn in Baltimore MD, but grew up in the heart of the Ozarks in Springfield Missouri, after relocating to Kansas City in 1989, Joey reformed the Joey Skidmore Band with guitarist Mike Costelow in 1991.

Joey Skidmore | Interview | New Album, ‘Riot on Kansas City Strip’ by The Nuclear Banana Joey Skidmore has played with several garage psych bands since the 80s, while recording a string of independent releases.

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