# Skip Jensen

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Skip Jensen
| image           = Skip jensen.jpg
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| birth_name      = Serge Gendron
| alias           =
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1967|02|19}}
| birth_place     = [Lachine](/source/Lachine%2C_Quebec), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada
| death_date      =
| death_place     =
| origin          =
| instrument      = Vocals, guitar, drums, percussions
| genre           =
| occupation      = Musician, songwriter, comic artist
| years_active    = 1996-present
| label           =
| associated_acts = [Demon's Claws](/source/Demon's_Claws)
| website         = {{URL|www.skipjensen.bandcamp.com}}
}}

'''Serge Gendron''',<ref>{{cite web|title=Skip Jensen|url=http://voir.ca/artistes/skip-jensen/|publisher=voir.ca|access-date=29 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520201847/http://voir.ca/artistes/skip-jensen/|archive-date=20 May 2013}}</ref> (born February 19, 1967), better known by the stage name '''Skip Jensen''',<ref name="wiki">{{cite web|title=Skip Jensen|url=http://www.canadianmusicwiki.com/%28S%28221ihc243nmdsi2254cvyb45%29%29/Default.aspx?Page=Skip-Jensen&NS=&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|publisher=The Canadian Music Wiki|access-date=29 May 2013|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329084826/http://www.canadianmusicwiki.com/%28S%28221ihc243nmdsi2254cvyb45%29%29/Default.aspx?Page=Skip-Jensen&NS=&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Canadian singer-songwriter and cartoonist raised in [Lachine](/source/Lachine%2C_Quebec), [Montreal](/source/Montreal).

==Career==

===Music===
Jensen began his musical career in 1996 with the group Scat Rag Boosters,<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Skip Jensen of the Skip Jensen Group|url=http://onechordprogression.tumblr.com/post/22845350504/skipjensen|publisher=One Chord Progression|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scat Rag Boosters|date=13 August 2011 |url=http://rogkentroll.blogspot.ca/2011/08/scat-rag-boosters.html|publisher=Punks Make Your Day|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> Jensen also played in Stack O'Lees<ref>{{cite web|title=Stack O'Lees|url=http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/bands/s/stackolees.htm|publisher=Grunnen Rocks|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> and The Wrong Doers,<ref>{{cite web|title=Band: Wrong Doers|url=http://www.gigposters.com/band/109808_Wrong_Doers.html|publisher=GigPosters.com|access-date=29 May 2013|archive-date=8 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808043611/http://www.gigposters.com/band/109808_Wrong_Doers.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and from 2004 until 2007 he played drums in [Demon's Claws](/source/Demon's_Claws).<ref>{{cite web|last=Laveaux|first=Olivier Robillard|title=Demon's Claws Sombres démons|date=19 October 2005 |url=http://voir.ca/musique/2005/10/19/demons-claws-sombres-demons/|publisher=voir.ca|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref>

In 2000, Jensen began his solo career as a one-man band called Skip Jensen & His Shakin' Feet<ref>{{cite web|last=Perlich|first=Tim|title=Demon's Choice|url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/story.cfm?content=156606|publisher=Now Toronto|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> and released several singles<ref>{{cite web|title=Skip Jensen & His Shakin' Feet|url=http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/bands/s/skipjensenandhisshakinfeet.htm|publisher=Grunnen Rocks|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> on European labels. His first solo album, ''Abscond'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Skip Jensen - Abscond|url=http://www.discogs.com/Skip-Jensen-Abscond/release/2759974|publisher=discogs.com|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> was published in 2005. His second, ''The Spirit of the Ghost'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Faulds|first=Jessica|title=New Canadiana :: Skip Jensen – The Spirit Of The Ghost|url=http://weirdcanada.com/2011/07/new-canadiana-skip-jensen-the-spirit-of-the-ghost/|publisher=Weird Canada|access-date=29 May 2013|archive-date=2 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102113705/http://weirdcanada.com/2011/07/new-canadiana-skip-jensen-the-spirit-of-the-ghost/|url-status=dead}}</ref> came out in 2011. The album was mixed by Orson Presence, former member of [The Monochrome Set](/source/The_Monochrome_Set).

He has toured in Canada, the United States, Europe, and China.<ref>{{cite web|title=Flyer Archive!|url=http://www.sonicdirt.co.uk/skipjensen/|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> His next album will be released in 2013,{{update inline|date=August 2015}} with Johann Schlager on drums and Shawn Cotton on bass.<ref name="wiki" />

===Comics===
Jensen started creating comics and illustrations around 2006. He contributed to the comic Justine in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Justine|date=30 December 2012 |url=http://leslecturesdetopinambulle.blogspot.ca/2012/12/justine.html|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> His first cartoon was published in Trip Number 7 in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trip #7 - E-Comic (Français/French)|url=http://store.editionstrip.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=51|access-date=29 May 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103080304/http://store.editionstrip.com/index.php?route=product%2Fproduct&product_id=51|archive-date=3 November 2013}}</ref> The comic tells the story of the 1972 [Blue Bird Café fire](/source/Blue_Bird_Caf%C3%A9_fire) in Montreal.

Jensen is currently working on an autobiographical graphic novel<ref>{{cite web|last=Jensen|first=Skip|title=Skip|url=http://skipjensen2.blogspot.ca/|access-date=29 May 2013}}</ref> 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,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://stenciltrashrecords.blogsport.de/ |title=Stencil Trash Records |access-date=2014-04-16 |archive-date=2014-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416232724/http://stenciltrashrecords.blogsport.de/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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](/source/Gearhead_Records), États-Unis 2003, RPM 047
*''The Sympathetic Sounds Of Montréal'' CD, [Sympathy for the Record Industry](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/%3Afr%3AIris_(auteur)), [La Pastèque](/source/%3Afr%3ALa_Past%C3%A8que), Montréal, 2011 ({{ISBN|978-2-922585-95-7}})
*''The Spirit Of The Ghost'', Red Lounge Records, Germany, 2011

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://rogkentroll.blogspot.ca/2011/02/demons-claws.html Demons Claws] at Punks Make Your Day
*[http://skipjensen.bandcamp.com/ Skip Jensen] at [Bandcamp](/source/Bandcamp)
*[http://soundcloud.com/skip_jensen/ Skip Jensen] at [SoundCloud](/source/SoundCloud)
*[http://www.sonicdirt.co.uk/skipjensen/ Skip Jensen] at Sonic Dirt

Comics/Illustrations
*[http://skipjensen2.blogspot.ca/ Skip Jensen Comics]
*[http://skipjensen.blogspot.ca/ Skip Jensen Illustrations]

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Category:Canadian male singers
Category:Singers from Montreal
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Category:People from Lachine, Quebec
Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters
Category:Canadian singer-songwriters

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