The great Luke Ski

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The great Luke Ski

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At Dragon*Con 2004, Dr. Demento declared “the great Luke Ski” to be his radio program’s “Most Requested Artist of the 21st Century”. Since then, Luke held onto that title by having a song within the top five of “The Dr. Demento Show’s” year-end “Funny 25″ countdown of his most requested songs of the year for five years in a row, including two of them at #1 (”Peter Parker” in 2002, and “Stealing Like A Hobbit” in 2003). His song parodies, originals, stand-up and sketches about pop culture pheonema (doot doo, do-do-do!) have make him a favorite performer at science-fiction and fandom conventions all across the midwest and beyond. He’s released seven albums and a DVD over the past fourteen years, many of which feature collaborations and cameos by his fellow comedy musicians of the Funny Music Project (a.k.a. the FuMP), most significantly Carrie Dahlby, who often sings lead vocals on Luke’s parodies of female musicians. His past hits amongst his fans include songs about Spider-Man, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Pirates of the Caribbean, with more recent hits about Doctor Who, Family Guy, the Office, Heroes, and 24. He is the musical jester of sci-fi, the emissary of rap dementia, the pimp of the geek nation, and a prominent bacon enthusiast. So join the Dementia Revolution, and become a Luke Ski fan today.




Discography:
1996 – Fanboys ‘n da Hood (”Psycho Potpourri”, Part 1)
1997 – Shadows of the Bunghole (”Psycho Potpourri“, Part 2)
1999 – Carpe Dementia
2002 – Uber Geek
2003 – Worst Album Ever
2005 – Unconventional
2006 – The Ego Has Landed (DVD)
2007 – 
Baconspiracy
2008 – What A Ripoff: Volume 1 (a supplementary compilation album)
2009 - Too Much Stuff
2010 - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: 1996 - 2003

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