Bugskull Explained

Bugskull
Landscape:	Yes
Years Active:	1992–present
Alias:	Bügsküll
Origin:	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Genre:	Experimental rock, lo-fi
Label:	Digitalis Recordings, Pop Secret, Scratch Records
Current Members:	Sean Byrne
Past Members:	Brendan Bell James Yu

Bugskull is an American musical group originally from Portland, Oregon, United States, that performed and recorded during the 1990s and early 2000s.^[1] According to a local newspaper, the Portland Mercury Review, discussing a one-off comeback concert they performed on September 12, 2009, they "delved deep into the world of ambience and electronics, exploring the outer brainscapes of music, littered with found sound, squeaks, whistles, drones, and hallucinations."^[2] ^[3]

Members

Current

Sean Byrne – lead vocals, guitar (1992–present)

Former

Brendan Bell – bass guitar, keyboards, saxophone, clarinet (1993–1997)
James Yu – drums, violin (1993–1997)

Discography

Studio albums

Phantasies and Senseitions (Road Cone, 1994)
Crock (Pop Secret, 1995)
Snakland (Scratch, 1995)
Distracted Snowflake Volume One (Pop Secret, 1997)
Distracted Snowflake Volume Two (Scratch, 1999)
Bugskull & The Big White Cloud (Scratch, 2000)
Communication (Digitalis, 2009)
Hidden Mountain (Almost Halloween Time, 2012)
Collapsed View (Digitalis, 2014)

Compilation albums

Time Is Not Our Fried (Eldest Son, 2009)

Cassette albums

Subversives = Musgrove Complex (1992)
Subversives in the Midst (Shrimper, 1992)
Gargamelodies (Eldest Son, 1992)
Magic Tremelo (Eldest Son, 1993)

EPs

Bügsküll (Quixotic, 1993)

Singles

"Fences" (Road Cone, 1992)
"What I Had in Mind" (Dalmatian, 1993)
"Bügsküll" / "Sone" (Ross, 1994)
"Bügsküll" / "Quasi" (Red Rover, 1994)

External links

Band website

Notes and References

Bill . Cohen . Bugskull . . 2007 . March 28, 2013.
News: Bugskull. Portland Mercury. 23 November 2020.
Web site: Jason . Ankeny . [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000629557|pure_url=yes}} Bügsküll > Biography ]. . July 31, 2015.