Anyone remember Skankin Pickle?

[Damn True]

I went to HS with Lynette and the other members of Skankin Pickle.





Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:30:30 -0400
>
> Lynette Christine Knackstedt
>
> April 26, 1970 to December 7, 2007
>
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>
>
> It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lynette
> Christine Knackstedt, a very dear friend and loved one, in San
> Francisco, CA, on December 7, 2007. Lynette, born April 26, 1970, in
> Santa Clara, California, attended R.J. Fisher, Junior High School in
> Los Gatos, CA and graduated from Los Gatos High School, Los Gatos, CA
> in 1988. While attending Los Gatos High School, Lynette was a starting
> center number 50, for the Girls Orange Crush basketball team. In the
> early nineties Lynette moved to make San Francisco her home.
>
> Lynette attended college at De Anza Junior College and San Francisco
> City College. She showed a strong commitment to continuing her
> education while pursuing her true calling of music. Her incredible
> musical talent, sparked by her father, led her and fellow band mates
> to form Skankin'
> Pickle. Skankin' Pickle was together from 1989-1997 and toured across
> the United States and in Europe. They were known far and wide as one
> of the greatest live ska bands, with amazing live performances and
> playing in front of audiences as large as 11,000. During her time with
> Skankin'
> Pickle, Lynette and several band members formed a record label titled
> Dill Records, of which she was President from 1992 to 2001 and in 1996
> she received Favorite Female Performer from WOW Hall
> (http://www.wowhall.org/).
>
> After her career with Skankin' Pickle, Lynette continued her music
> with another former Skankin' Pickle Band member, Lars Nylander (now of
> the Boars and the Impalers) in a group called 78 RPM's.
> 78 RPM's played
> together from 1997-2002 and toured through out the western part of the
> United States.
>
> The most recent band that Lynette played in was Lucifer's Strip Club
> Band, playing in a variety of clubs around the San Francisco Bay area.
> In playing with Lucifer's Strip Club Band not only did she switch
> musical genre's (from punk to jazz), but she branched out from playing
> just guitar to bass guitar, and later, the drums (an instrument she
> had always wanted to master).
>
> Lynette was inspired by many different musicians Jimi Hendrix, the
> Indigo Girls, Devo, The Police, Van Morrison, Sound Garden, Kurt
> Cobain and Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, the Beatles,
> Sara McCloughlin, English Beat, Pearl Jam, Stan Goetz, Billie
> Holladay, Kenny Logins, the GoGo's, Green Day and REM. Her love of
> music stretched over many genres from classic rock, punk, new wave,
> folk, reggae and jazz.
> She had an amazing ability to pick up any musical style and master it
> in a very short time. She had a very meticulous approach to hitting
> every note or chord accurately, yet making it seem effortless.
>
> Lynette was also looked up to for her commitment to honor her own
> integrity. She was an openly lesbian woman playing music and breaking
> chauvinistic and homophobic patterns in the field of punk. Due to her
> stage presence and openness about her sexuality, she was a role model
> for many. Her larger than life appeal will be missed by all who have
> had the opportunity to know her.
>
> Lynette was focused, driven and extremely committed to friends,
> family, partners and her career. Lynette was a much loved daughter,
> granddaughter, sister, auntie, niece, cousin, partner, pseudo-mother,
> friend and musician. She will be greatly missed but never forgotten.
> Her loved ones and fans are proud of her prolific musical career and
> her ability to be true to herself. She is survived by her mother and
> step-father, father, sisters, brothers, nephew, aunts, uncles, cousins
> and grandmother.
>
> Please join us in honoring the life of Lynette Christine Knackstedt at
> a memorial concert on April 19th 2008 at 924 Gilman Street in
> Berkeley, CA. The night will include Mike Park (former Skankin' Pickle
> member), The Barfeeders, and Lucifer's Strip Club Band.
> Proceeds will be donated
> to the Ohlhoff Recovery Programs, 601 Steiner St.,San Francisco, CA
> for drug awareness and recovery. Donations may also be made by calling
> (415)
> 626-9782 or online at http://www.ohlhoff.org/.

[DCx]

hell yes! i was on the year book staff in 8th grade and slipped a pick of the skankin pickle in there!

IM IN LOVE WITH A GIRL NAMED SPIKE! haha

i used to love ska.