Skapocalypse Now! Explained

Skapocalypse Now!
Type:	Album
Artist:	Mustard Plug
Cover:	Skapocalypse Now.jpg
Released:	October 30, 1992^[1]
Recorded:	Aug–Sept 1992 (Fast Trax, Jenison MI)
Genre:	Ska
Label:	Dashiki Clout
Producer:	Scott Carver
Next Title:	Big Daddy Multitude
Next Year:	1993

Skapocalypse Now! is the début album by ska band Mustard Plug. It was released in October 1992 on singer Dave Kirchgessner’s own label, Dashiki Clout. After requests for the tape grew, Hopeless Records re-released Skapocalypse Now! in 1998 on CD for mail order, direct to store and concert sales. Along with the original songs, other live and studio bonus tracks were added.^[2]

Track listing

Side One

1. “Brain on Ska”
2. “Alone”
3. “Summertime”
4. “Sweet Potato”
5. “We Want the Mustard”
6. “To Be”

Side Two

7. “Kill the Governor”
8. “Simon Says”
9. “Butcher’s Mop”
10. “7–11 Man”

CD Bonus Tracks

11. "Thigh High Nylons (Alternate Take)”
12. “Escape (Skapocalypse Now! Reject)"
13. “(Blank)”
14. “Skank By Numbers (Live)”
15. “Battle of the Rude (Live)”
16. “Betty (Live)”

This album was originally released on cassette only in 1992, and converted for a CD reissue in 1998, with the licensing rights of Hopeless Records and Dashiki Clout records.

Notes and References

1. Web site: It’s the flyer from our 1st cassette release party!!! Now that’s old school!! #MustardPlug25years. www.facebook.com. January 4, 2017. March 24, 2022.
2. Web site: Mustard Plug Discography. Mustard Plug. January 17, 2013. January 17, 2013.