www.LukeSki.com
the Official Website of "the great Luke Ski" and GNOME Productions
Bio
“the great Luke Ski”, otherwise known as Luke Sienkowski, writes, records and performs comedy music on a variety of pop culture subjects ranging from Lord of the Rings and Star Wars to Spider-Man and Keanu Reeves. Luke has enjoyed repeated success on “the Dr Demento Show”, by taking top honors with the #1 most requested songs of both 2002 (“Peter Parker”) and 2003 (“Stealing Like a Hobbit”), making him the first artist in 20 years to have the #1 song for two years in a row, as well as garnering him the position of “Dr. Demento’s Most Requested Artist of the 21st Century”. Luke’s music has also been heard on ManCow’s Morning Madhouse and various college and morning shows across the country. Since 1996, Luke has released 5 albums, Fanboys ‘n da Hood (1996), Shadows of the Bunghole (1997), Carpe Dementia (1999), Uber Geek (2002), and Worst Album Ever (2003). His sixth album, “Unconventional” will be released in the summer of 2005.
Luke Ski’s hilarious use of props and costumes while performing his parodies have made him a fan favorite at many Science Fiction and Gaming Conventions, including GenCon Indy and Star Wars Celebration (Indianapolis), GenCon SoCal (Anaheim), Dragon*Con (Atlanta), MarCon and Origins (Columbus), MarsCon and ConVergence (Minneapolis), WindyCon, CapriCon, DucKon, 2BCon-Tinued, and HalloweeM (Chicago), Odyssey Con and FilmCon (Madison), Archon (St. Louis), PenguiCon (Detroit), TolCon (Seattle), Gamefest (Milwaukee), Uny-Con (Rochester), FarPoint (Baltimore), ConGlomeration (Louisville), and BashCon (Toledo). Luke has also performed at numerous showings of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” across the Midwest, at The King Club in downtown Madison, WI, and at the college campuses of Lawrence University (Appleton, WI), Binghamton University (NY) and Notre Dame University (South Bend, IN). In 2005, Luke is looking forward to visiting MilleniCon (Cincinnati), MidSouthCon (Memphis), and ConCarolinas (Charlotte) for the first time.
In addition to comedy music, Luke Ski is also an artist, specializing in caricatures and cartooning. He draws caricatures at the Ed Debevic’s restaurants in Chicago (downtown & Lombard), as well as at many private functions. He is available for birthday parties, weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, and Klingon Rite of Passage Rituals.
Luke resides in Madison, WI, with his good friend and roommate Stephanie Wild, and two cats named Judy Meow and Joss Numfar. When home, Luke enjoys playing with his TiVo, singing Karaoke, trying to keep up with movies, and finding new reasons to hang out at Kinko’s.
Please visit www.LukeSki.com for clips of his music, his tour dates, and his online art portfolio.
Additional info:
The artists he has parodied include: En Vogue, Cypress Hill, Primus, the Beach Boys, Onyx, Body Count, Bob Dylan, the Village People, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh, Bruce Springstien, Fu Schnickens with Shaquille O’Neill, Coolio, LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Cake, Los Del Rio, House Of Pain, Van Halen, Sheryl Crow, the Nails, Jill Sobule, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (Will Smith), the Beatles, Green Day, Elvis Presley, Boys II Men, Kenny Loggins, Sir Mixalot, Soundgarden, Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Bangles, Barenaked Ladies, Insane Clown Posse, Beck, Jeff Foxworthy, Jim Croce, the Offspring, Eminem, Kid Rock, Public Enemy, Willie Nelson, the Fat Boys, Run DMC, Styx, Isaac Hayes, the Spice Girls, the Soggy Bottom Boys (O Brother Where Art Thou?), the Baha Men, Billy Joel, the Quad City DJs, Baz Luhrmann, Digital Underground (Humpty Hump), Gorillaz, Afroman, the Lion King, Wild Cherry, Spike Jones, Johnny Cash, and more.
The subject matters he has covered include: Comedians, Pinky and the Brain, the Flintstones, Cruis'n USA, Spam, KFC, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, Yoda, Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (MST3K), Shakespeare's Hamlet, Star Trek, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine (DS9), Voyager, Q, Klingons, the Dr. Demento Show, First Contact, Beavis and Butthead (Cornholio), Pamela Anderson, Pulp Fiction, the Simpsons, Independence Day (ID4), Ranma 1/2, Jay and Silent Bob, Trekkies, Ferengi, Fruit Loops, breakfast cereals, Space Ghost: Coast To Coast, Zorak, Moltar, Brak, Cartoon Planet, Sideshow Bob, King Of The Hill, South Park, Macho Man Randy Savage, Pro Wrestling, WWF, NWO, WCW, WWE, Sienfeld, Titanic, Back To The Future, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Men In Black, Klaatu Barada Nikto, Trekkers, fandom, Boba Fett, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Quark, Fanboys, "Another One Rides The Bus", Married With Children, Al Bundy, Pokemon, geeks, comics, toys, dorks, dweebs, doofuses, Renaissance festivals, sci-fi conventions, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, X-Files, Mulder, Scully, Dungeons and Dragons, gaming and gamers, Hercules, Xena, Tribbles, Futurama, Keanu Reeves, the people waiting in line to see Star Wars, Spider-Man, the Muppets, the Christmas and Hanukkah holiday season, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Wars: Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Batman, the Joker and the inmates of Arkham Asylum, Optimus Prime and the TransFormers, fangirls, pirates, Ozzy Osbourne and the Osbournes, Cthulu, filk, Worf, Mrs. Grass Chicken Noodle Soup, Harry Potter, Gilbert Gottfried, SpongeBob SquarePants, Firefly, and more.
Band members include: the great Luke Ski - lead singer, writer. Daniel Robinson - studio musician, engineer. DJ Skrabble (a.k.a. J.T. Sienkowski) - DJ, engineer, studio musician. Paul Fresh (a.k.a. Paul Hettiger) - studio musician. Former and occasional backup members: J Styles, Miss Tricia, Rock and Roll Ray, Sir Real, J.T. Sienkowski, Michael Sienkowski, Brody Railton, Bossanova Bill, Travis Leech, Brandon 'Fanboy' Bollin, Mike Guthrie, Amy Sienkowski, Blasted Bill, Keeter Man. Guest artists: Sudden Death, Tony Goldmark, the Nick Atoms, Hot Waffles, Tom Smith, Ookla The Mok, Power Salad. Cameo appearances by: Whimsical Will, Throwing Toasters, and Art Paul Schlosser.
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