Skip Jensen

Skip Jensen
Background information
Birth name	Serge Gendron
Born	(1967-02-19) February 19, 1967 Lachine, Québec, Canada
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, comic artist
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, drums, percussions
Years active	1996-present
Associated acts	Demon's Claws
Website	www.skipjensen.bandcamp.com

Serge Gendron,^[1] (born February 19, 1967), better known by the stage name Skip Jensen,^[2] is a Canadian singer-songwriter and cartoonist raised in Lachine, Montreal.

Career

Music

Jensen began his musical career in 1996 with the group Scat Rag Boosters,^[3] which was known for its special brand of rock 'n' roll garage music. The group existed until 2004, releasing a dozen singles, a few songs on different compilations, and one official album.^[4] Jensen also played in Stack O'Lees^[5] and The Wrong Doers,^[6] and from 2004 until 2007 he played drums in Demon's Claws.^[7]

In 2000, Jensen began his solo career as a one-man band called Skip Jensen & His Shakin' Feet^[8] and released several singles^[9] on European labels. His first solo album, Abscond,^[10] was published in 2005. His second, The Spirit of the Ghost,^[11] came out in 2011. The album was mixed by Orson Presence, former member of The Monochrome Set.

He has toured in Canada, the United States, Europe, and China.^[12] His next album will be released in 2013, with Johann Schlager on drums and Shawn Cotton on bass.^[2]

Comics

Jensen started creating comics and illustrations around 2006. He contributed to the comic Justine in 2009.^[13] His first cartoon was published in Trip Number 7 in 2012.^[14] The comic tells the story of the 1972 Blue Bird Café fire in Montreal.

Jensen is currently working on an autobiographical graphic novel^[15] about his childhood in Lachine.

Discography

Solo

Albums

• Abscond LP, Nitro, Belgium, 2005, NITRO 028
• Abscond CD, Deltapop, USA, 2005, DPM 005
• The Spirit Of The Ghost, Red Lounge Records, Germany, 2011

EPs

• On The Right Side, Yakisakana Records, France, 2003, SAZAE 010
• Evil Weirdos, Yakisakana Records, France, 2003, SAZAE 012
• split/single, Solid Sex Lovie Doll Records, Italy, 2003, SSLD 011
• Mountain, Deltapop, USA, 2004, DPM 002
• Honey Child, Latida Records, Canada, 2006, LTDR 002
• Out On The Horizon, Perpetrators Records, New Zealand, 2007, PERP 19
• Alone & Forsaken, Goodbye Boozy Records, Italy, 2008, GB 39
• All I want, Bug house Records, USA, 2008, BG-004
• Lonesome Moon, GhostHighway Recordings, Spain, 2010
• Building Down/Evil Weirdos, Stencil Trash Records,^[16] Germany, 2014

Compilation appearances

• Attack of the One Man, Bands compilation, Rocknroll Purgatory, USA, 2007, RRP 020
• Compilation du Salon, Musique Indépendante, Montréal, SMIM Records 2007, Canada

With Scat Rag Boosters

Albums

• Scat Rag Boosters LP, Yakisakana Records, France, 2004, KUJIRA 001
• Scat Rag Boosters CD, Deltapop, USA, 2005, DPM 004

EPs

• Slickat, Flying bomb Records, USA, 2000, FLB-113
• split/single, Goodbye Boozy Records, Italy, 2000, GB 06
• The Violent Climax, Arse’Plot Recordings, France, 2000, SMG 001
• I'm Coming On, Yakisakana Records, France, 2001, SAZAE 004
• I Mean It, Goodbye Boozy Records, Italy, 2002, GB 09
• Sidetracked, Zaxxon Records, Canada, 2002, ZVA 5
• Boogie Man, Kryptonite Records, USA, 2003, KR-008; Savage Records, Sweden 2003, SAV 7006
• Leavin' Town, Solid Sex Lovie Doll Records, Italy, 2003, SSLD 010
• Charlie's Dirtroad, Goodbye Boozy Records, Italy, 2004, GB 16

Compilation appearances

• Nothing Beats A Royal Flush, Roto-Flex Records, Canada, 1997
• Blow The Fuse Pot-Pourri De Quality, Blow The Fuse Records, Canada, 1997, BTFCD 002
• A Harem Of Hits CD, Sultan Records, Canada, 1999, SLTN CD 001
• Greaseball Melodrama, Gearhead Records, États-Unis 2003, RPM 047
• The Sympathetic Sounds Of Montréal CD, Sympathy for the Record Industry, USA, 2005, SFTRI 686

With Stack O'Lees

EPs

• Change My Plan, Big Black Hole Records, Spain, 2004, Hole 002

Compilation appearances

• The Sympathetic Sounds Of Montréal CD, Sympathy for the Record Industry, USA, 2005, SFTRI 686

With Demon's Claws

Albums

• Demon's Claws LP, P-Trash Records, Germany, 2005, FULL TRASH 003
• Demon's Claws CD, Dead Canary Records, USA, 2005, DCR 004
• Satan's Little Pet Pig, In The Red Records, USA, 2007, ITR 139

EPs

• Demon's Claws, P-Trash Records, Germany, 2005, P.TRASH 09
• Tomcat, Perpetrators Records, New Zealand, 2005, PERP 6

Compilation appearances

• Gravy Presents Get it! Smash it! Vol 1, USA
• Lost In The Desert, Demos and Outtakes, Telephone Explosion, Canada, 2009, TER010

Comics and illustrations

• Lachine Beach, Éditions Trip, Montréal, 2015 (ISBN 978-1-928087-04-5)
• Lachine Beach, Magazine Trip no8, Éditions Trip, Montréal, 2014 (ISBN 978-1-928087-00-7)
• Blue Bird, Magazine Trip No7, Éditions Trip, Montréal, 2012 (ISBN 978-0-9864712-9-2)
• Out On The Horizon, Perpetrators Records, Nouvelle-Zélande, 2007, PERP 19
• Justine, Iris, La Pastèque, Montréal, 2011 (ISBN 978-2-922585-95-7)
• The Spirit Of The Ghost, Red Lounge Records, Germany, 2011

References

External links

• Demons Claws at Punks Make Your Day
• Skip Jensen at Bandcamp
• Skip Jensen at SoundCloud
• Skip Jensen at Sonic Dirt

Comics/Illustrations

• Skip Jensen Comics
• Skip Jensen Illustrations