Post-punk Rock Guitarist Mike Skill of The Romantics Releases New Video Recalling ’67 Detroit Riots

Celebrated rock musician, Mike Skill, lead guitarist of The Romantics, brought back listeners to some heavy times in his hometown of Detroit in 1967 with his last single, “’67 Riot”, featuring MC5 guitar legend, Wayne Kramer. In the song, Skill uses powerful lyrics backed by his raw rock vibe to portray the angst and chaos of that dark period. He recently released a new lyric video to go along with the song, depicting actual scenes from that horrific time. He held those memories inside him for decades before eventually putting his feelings to music.

Skill says, ““I wrote the song from a sense of frustration that people never came together after the riots to really address what happened, to look each other in the eye and say, ‘How can we repair this? How can we move forward?’”

The 7″ vinyl version of the song was released on Record Store Day, August 29th, and is currently available as a limited edition at mikeskill.com. The 7” record also has Skill’s previously released track, “My Bad Pretty” on the B-side. Both songs were written and recorded by Skill and produced with Grammy Award-winning producer Chuck Alkazian (Soundgarden, Eminem) at Pearl Sound Studios in Detroit and Carver Studios in Oregon.

Here is Skill’s latest music video for “’67 RiOT”:

“’67 RiOT” is available now on Spotify, Apple Music and all other digital music platforms. Also look for the 7” vinyl record version, available as a limited edition at mikeskill.com.

Be sure to look out for Skill’s new solo single, “We Got Your Rock ‘N Roll”, set to release on Friday, Nov. 20th, 2020.

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