Long the bards of downward mobility, Southern Culture on the Skids have always embodied a sleazy, raucous, good-natured, good-time take on the culture of the South. Recently described by Dwight Yoakam (in Filter) as "really on the outside, like Dick Dale meets Hank Thompson," SCOTS have mixed high and low culture for decades, endlessly touring, serving up moonshine martinis and poultry picking for fans everywhere.

Since 1983, when they formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, SCOTS have played their unique hybrid of Americana, surf, R&B, rockabilly, and swamp pop (the band describes their sound as "toe sucking geek rock - kinda weird, but it feels good when you're doing it"), all the while driving fans into ecstatic, sweat-drenched paroxysms of joy. Assisted by his cohorts in chaos — drummer Dave Hartman and bassist/singer/heartbreaker Mary Huff — Miller and crew have been prolific and ubiquitous for over twenty years. From their 1985 debut Voodoo Beach Party, to the international smash, 1998's Dirt Track Date (featuring the hit single "Camel Walk"), and up to 2007's gender bending album of cover tunes — Countrypolitan Favorites, Southern Culture on the Skids have continued to throw what Rolling Stone dubbed "a hell raising rock and roll party." Their 2005 live outing, Doublewide and Live!, captured all of this on tape, dirty, rough, wild and above all fun!!

Southern Culture on the Skids have been busy in 2010 — recently remastering their classic 1991 album, Too Much Pork For Just One Fork. TMP features the original versions of classic SCOTS songs like, "Eight Piece Box" and "Voodoo Cadillac" plus some of the very first songs ever recorded by Dave, Rick and Mary direct to cassette in the basement of their old band house. TMP will be available soon at scots.com.

Also in the oven is SCOTS new album The Kudzu Ranch. "Pig Pickin'" — a song from the new album, is available now as a digital download to folks who sign up on SCOTS new email list. The new album is named after the band's studio/hangout in rural NC where the songs were recorded. "The Kudzu Ranch is collection of 10 originals and a couple covers," Rick says, "songs about people, places and things — like good friends and crazy neighbors, dry dirt and pompadoured flirts, busy roads and horny toads — all of them motivatin', salivatin' and procreatin' to their own crazy beat!" Look for it soon available in all formats - download, CD and LP!!!