Skeeter Thompson is best known for being the bassist of the DC Hardcore band Scream. A bass player (bassist is a Musician who plays a Double bass, Bass guitar, keyboard bass or wind Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s Scream was a Hardcore punk band from Washington DC active from 1981 to 1990.
After their break up, Skeeter dealt with many drug problems and floated around the country. He eventually ended up in Little Rock, Arkansas and played in several of the local bands there including the Muff Divers and local old school punk band, Springgun. Little Rock is the Capital and the most populous city of the U Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. A school (in the sense of old school) is a grouping of people who share common characteristics of opinion or outlooks of philosophy craft or belief Springgun was an Old school punk rock band from central Arkansas.
Thompson is the main subject of the song Just Another Story About Skeeter Thompson on the album Pocketwatch by Late! (Dave Grohl and Barrett Jones). Pocketwatch is a music cassette released by Dave Grohl, under the pseudonym Late!, released in 1992 on the now defunct indie label Simple Machines David Eric Grohl (born January 14 1969 is an American rock musician Singer and Songwriter. The exact same recording of the song also appears - remixed and titled Skeeter - on the King Buzzo EP. King Buzzo is an EP by The Melvins ' Guitarist Buzz Osborne, which was released in 1992 through Boner Records. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify
He currently resides in Little Rock, Arkansas.