caption current_members associated_acts years_active label image_size article_title background genre origin name
denny bartlett , ean hernandez , josh rubin denny bartlett ean hernandez josh rubin tales from the birdbath 1991 & ndash ; 2001 empty , mutant pop records , red scare records records , top drawer records , munster records 250 sicko -lrb- band -rrb-
 group_or_band punk rock , pop punk seattle , wa , usa sicko
sicko -lrb- band -rrb-

sicko were an american rock group from seattle , washington , formed in 1991 .
exceptionally , the three-piece pop punk group maintained a constant membership for every recording as a band .
this line-up was denny bartlett -lrb- guitar , bass , vocals -rrb- , ean hernandez -lrb- guitar , bass , vocals -rrb- , and josh rubin -lrb- drums , brother of aaron rubin from the mr. t experience -rrb- .
although the band wrote and recorded an extensive catalog of original material throughout the mid-1990s , the group is perhaps best known for its punk-flavored cover of the song `` closer to fine '' , originally written and recorded by the folk duo indigo girls .
sicko released four full length albums and five 7 '' eps as well as a retrospective cd with unreleased and rare material , a released demo and a tour video .
they also appeared on approximately fourteen compilations on labels such as lookout !
records and liberation records .
they once exchanged covers with cub .
the vast majority of their recorded output was recorded by kurt bloch of the fastbacks and released on seattle-based punk label empty records .
one ep and the retrospective cd were released on mutant pop records .
three sicko songs were featured on the xbox game project gotham racing 2 alongside artists like the flaming lips and princess superstar .
during its heyday - roughly 1993 to 1998 - sicko actively played in numerous clubs throughout the seattle area , toured the united states , and toured japan .
a typical sicko set would last about twenty songs lasting about 45 -- 50 minutes , in a blistering , no-interruptions manner reminiscent of the ramones or the fastbacks -lrb- whose lo-fi style resembled sicko , possibly in part due to kurt bloch 's production input in the studio -rrb- .
denny and ean would typically switch places on the bass and guitar duties halfway through the set -lrb- and often handing each other their instruments while on stage -rrb- .
sicko often split the bill with other bands that would eventually go on to achieve more national acclaim , including a show with harvey danger in 1994 at the -lrb- now defunct -rrb- lake union pub , and several shows with the the presidents of the united states of america , most notably at a show at the capitol hill club moe 's -lrb- now neumo 's -rrb- on the same night that the presidents filmed concert footage for the video of their hit song `` lump '' .
while no longer being updated , the sicko web site is still up at sicko.com .
on august 26 , 2009 , red scare industries announced that they would be re-issuing the band 's catalog .
