Cheater Slicks • Skull Practitioners • Richard Papiercuts
About This Event
Cheater Slicks, Skull Practitioners and Richard Papiercuts share a bill at Union Pool. Cheater Slicks, a Boston three-piece formed in 1987, favors stripped arrangements and blunt repetition in a garage-punk/noise-rock idiom. Skull Practitioners and New York–based Richard Papiercuts bring similarly direct, rhythm-forward sets that emphasize momentum, texture and songcraft economy.
About the Artists
Cheater Slicks
Cheater Slicks is a three-piece garage-punk band formed in Boston in 1987, led by brothers Tom and Dave Shannon on guitars with drummer Dana Hatch. Their sound sits between garage rock, noise rock, and proto-punk, built on stripped arrangements and blunt repetition.
Skull Practitioners
Skull Practitioners is a rock/pop group in the garage-rock lane, appearing on New York City bills at Union Pool. They’ve shared lineups with long-running DIY acts like Cheater Slicks and Richard Papiercuts, including the joint program “Cheater Slicks • Skull Practitioners • Richard Papiercuts.
Richard Papiercuts
Richard Papiercuts is a New York City–based rock and pop performer heard in the garage rock lineage, with a small but dedicated Spotify following. In live settings, he has shared bills with long-running underground acts including Cheater Slicks and Skull Practitioners, including appearances at Union Pool in Brooklyn.