Garrett Uhlenbrock

Garrett Uhlenbrock (born Garrett James Uhlenbrock [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0bfuxqtjldte~T3 All Music Guide - 'Songs' section] ] , 21 August 1964) aka Skinny Bones is a punk rock musician and songwriter, best known for co-writing songs for the New York based band, Ramones.

Career

The record producer Bill Laswell introduced Uhlenbrock to Dee Dee Ramone in 1989. In 1990 Uhlenbrock and Dee Dee Ramone co-wrote the first version of "Poison Heart", [ [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=4&ti=1,4&Search%5FArg=poison%20heart&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=25&PID=11225&SEQ=20071024182301&SID=3 U.S. Copyright Office registration sru000175955] ] which was later recorded by the Ramones on their "Mondo Bizarro" album. Shortly after Uhlenbrock wrote "The Job That Ate My Brain", [ [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=sru000218827&Search_Code=REGS&PID=1864&SEQ=20070904195524&CNT=25&HIST=1 U.S. Copyright Office registration sru000218827] ] and "Anxiety" [ [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=sru000218937&Search_Code=REGS&PID=1864&SEQ=20070904195524&CNT=25&HIST=1 U.S. Copyright Office registration sru000218937] ] with Marky Ramone for the same Ramones album (RARD10615 Radioactive Records), which was released in 1992.

In 1995 Uhlenbrock and Marky Ramone co-wrote "Have A Nice Day", which was recorded by the Ramones for the "¡Adios Amigos!" album (RARD11273 Radioactive Records). "Anxiety" and "Have A Nice Day" were the shortest songs on both records.

In 1996 Uhlenbrock played guitar on the album, "About to Choke", by Vic Chesnutt for Capitol Records. Two years later he played slide guitar on the V2 Records album, "Deserter's Songs", by Mercury Rev.

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