Jim Yaegle is the vocalist and bassist.  Jim  started out as a drummer, turned to lead guitar and then took bass lessons from legendary bassist Paul Jackson of  Herbie Hancock's The Headhunters.  Jim was in various San Francisco punk bands, including The Wolverines, Yikes!, and GarageTech.  He spent the last decade in his own subterranean studio as a one-man band and now is delighted to have found his PsychoKnife band mates that compliment his vision of combining elements of Surf, Punk, Cowboy, and Gothic into one irresistible wiggle-worm of a groove.

 

Rich Harrison  PsychoKnife is fortunate to have found our buddy Rich.  We needed a drummer.  We put ads in the papers and the internet, flyers in the music stores and tried to steal drummers from other bands.  Gene was on a job and saw this guy that looked like a drummer and asked him if he was.  Rich hesitated and said "yeah".  Rich has played drums off and on since he was a wee tadpole but had never been a drummer in a tremendous professional band like PsychoKnife.  He was, however, a lead singer in a well known LA glam band, "Rosie Black".  Rich can sing like a mofo but has always wanted to be drummer -- in a tremendous professional band like PsychoKnife.  Lucky us.  Our buddy Rich rocks.  Rich also has his own business.  Rich is an artist with rock and stone, fire and water.  Check out Rich's website, rockandstone.com.

Rob Standifer is the guitarist and backup vocalist.  He’s new.  Rob moved here from Gainesville, Florida in 1998.  There he played in many local groove-based rock bands, such as “Honeybitch”, “OR”, “Machinehead”, and “Hot Bottoms”.  Since moving to Colorado, he has been involved in various projects involving “Big Hairy O”, “Electric Illuminati” and “My Evil Twin”.  Rob’s influences are an eclectic mix of various styles, including Blues-Rock, Psychedelic, Garage, Proto-Punk, Prog Rock and Funk.  He also has always wanted to be in a tremendous professional band like PsychoKnife.  He makes really good beer.  He shreds a Fender Telecaster through a Mesa Boogie and an array of effects.

Past Members

Gene Dickson was a co-founder of PsychoKnife and the guitarist and backup vocalist. Gene began playing the cello and switched to guitar at age 17.  In his early 20's, he joined the mid-Atlantic group Cracked Actor.  His musical influences span Rage Against The Machine to The Sex Pistols.  After a stint in Los Angeles trying to find the right musicians, Gene moved to Colorado and met Jim.  Gene and Jim have been playing together for years in various incarnations of what was to become Psychoknife.  Fucker moved to Florida.

Tim Stough was a co-founder of PsychoKnife and the drummer and backup vocalist.   Tim moved on to more fertile grounds with Lickin' Lolli'.  After Lickin's singer, Jamie, moved on to front Hell's Belles, Tim took on the drum duties with The Bad Directions.  Fucker.