{{multiple issues| {{lead too short|date=March 2013}} {{unreliable sources|date=March 2013}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Skip Jensen | image = Skip jensen.jpg | image_size = | landscape = yes | birth_name = Serge Gendron | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|02|19}} | birth_place = Lachine, 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 | 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, 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.<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.
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 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, 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== {{Reflist}}
==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 *[http://soundcloud.com/skip_jensen/ Skip Jensen] at 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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