Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet is a self-titled first album recorded live in September 2002 in Seattle, Washington.

It was recorded at the venue Owl & Thistle.

[3] The album received favorable reviews and while self described as "punk jazz"[4] it also includes New Orleans influenced funk, bebop/hip-hop and rock crossing "time and musical culture without affectation, or worry.

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