MALCHIKS: SKAVANT-GARDE

20th ANNIVERSARY DIGITAL RELEASE!

Their only publicly released album is now available via digital download. Relive these 9 specially selected tracks during those moments you are pining for some serious old school late 90's Vancouver Ska. Unless you want to see Lawrence and Scott still skanking away with their latest project Brehdren.

Malchiks Digital Album Re-Release 

Find the new digital release here at bandcamp!


Geoff, Marc, Scott, Lawrence, Libby, Mike, Jason

Members

Scott E. Moil   Frontman/Singer
Frank   Percussion, guitars, vox & mastermind.
Marc "Uncle Giuseppe" Helsen   Guitar
Mike J.  Bass Guitar
Libby   Drums
Lawrence Chew   Saxaphone
Jason DaSilva   Keys
Braude   303, guitar, vox
Nick   Trombone
Yoff   Trumpet
Jay H.  Trumpet
Mark G.  Trumpet
Chris Ball  Trombone, bass
Erik O.  Trombone
Mark F.   Tenor Sax
Pete   Skankin' Roadie
Davey   The Lazy Merch Guy

Scott E. Moil, Davey the Lazy Merch Guy, Pete the Skankin' Roadie and Libby

Nick and JayFrank Malchik


RELEASES

Skavant GardeMalchiks Skavant Garde CD in a Jukebox in Thunderbay

Skavant Garde

Label: spawnerrecords.com

A paradox of modern music: a ska-punk band for the art-school types; a neo-culture for the cultureless.

Each time I listen to it, the bright lights come flashing back and the swirling melodies seduce me once again. Looking back on the fall of 1985, when 8 young Malchiks first picked up their instruments and changed their last names, who would have guessed, that they would soon move our of the projects and be the leaders of the New Wave? Eleven years later, still at the forefront of the scene they created, it seems all the more unlikely. Yet, bolstered by the harmonic overtones of Malchik #9, and by the relentless proto-noise drumming of the ever-mysterious tenth Malchik, the band surpassed the realm of experimentation and into the dizzying, sordid world of stardom.

It all sounds so innocent. Listening to their first record, who could have foreseen the legacy of drugs and debts that marked the band's transition from underground post-punk deconstruction to arena-show success. But beneath the checkers, the leather pants, and the shaved heads, it was always the music that came first. Yes, the music. "Ska," they called it back then. Kind of a glam-punk-reggae with a healthy dose of B-movie camp thrown it, seemingly at random. Who could forget the twisting, winding horn lines, the jazz-like improvisation, the Santa Cruz guitar; and the operatic tremolo.

The beginning of an era, yes, but also much more. A new beginning each time I listened to it. A tight wave of musical sensibility and inner-city reality. Of "high-art" cover art and accessible poetry that lured us all in. The simplicity of ten songs and the complexity of ten Malchiks. A paradox of modern poetry.

- Wilhelm Muller, music historian and social commentator.

1 Sleep Over At Libby's
2 Jerry  Jerry
3 Smugglers
4 Dr. Skank N. Stein
5 My Feet Told Me
6 Spanish Song
7 Fuck James Bond
8 Mario
9 Lover Boy
10 They Stole My Suit
11 Skankouver, B.C.
12 Drunk At The Carnival
13 Frog Song
14 Got So Drunk That I Peed Myself   I got so drunk I peed myself
15 Mr. Electic Pants/ Funkytown

Unreleased E.P.

After touring their first album from Vancouver to Montreal and back, the Malchiks began working on new releases and new songs. The efforts also included a photoshoot, album cover & CD designs and special recording sessions with Adam B. and "Q" (Independence and King of Rawk) as well as other sessions at Spawner Records Secret Recording Studio with Frank engineering (King Lear and many others including a studio version of Yo-Yo).

This album was never released and is generally considered lost. It's release would have included the songs below and possibly classics like Yo-Yo, Lonely Rudy.

1 It's all legal It's All Legal
2 Get Over Me Get Over Me
3 King of Rawk
4 Independence
5 King Lear King Lear + Secret Bonus Track Yo-Yo

All Skanadian Club III

All Skanadian Club III

7. Lonely Rudy


Videos

Get Over Me

Mr. Electric Pants

It's All Legal

When I Walk, looking back

On Tour: Cross the Street

On Tour: Returning to BC

On Tour: Thunderbay

2012 Reunion: Railway Club

19th Anniversary

In the Pictures

Image from Jennifer's Body

Thank you Zoe! You're a great sister and the most endearing fan!

External Links

Malchiks on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheMalchiks

Malchiks on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/themalchiks/music

Drop D Magazine: http://dropd.com/issue/47/ChangeOfHeart/

Drop D Magazine: http://dropd.com/issue/48/Pluto/

Drop D Magazine: http://dropd.com/issue/65/WarpedTour/index.html

Drop D Magazine: http://dropd.com/issue/35/Shindig/index.html

Definition on Everything 2: http://everything2.com/title/The+Malchiks

Definition on Urban Dictionary: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=malchicks

Review of Band/Label: http://www.reocities.com/SunsetStrip/Diner/3185/links.html

Warning: Explicit Skanking