In the beginning there was a catastrophic BOOM... and, without the use of an epidural, SKOOKUM was born. Together, they drew up the SKOOKUManifesto: No pretenses. Big Phat Sounds. Good Times. Rock & Roll! Skookum is a Chinook term for big, strong, powerful and swift. Most know it as slang for "Big n' tough" or impressive. The band's sound? Powerful guitar riffs, big grooves with a walloping vocal punch! They sound SKOOKUM! Of course, making great music is serious business for this group who claim creativity and solid laughs as their mantra. Skookum simply doesn't feel it has to write gloomy material for it to rock. Look at the success of Queens of the Stone Age, Tool and Faith No More as examples of fresh and original heavy rock that doesn't always dwell on the negative.