▁History ▁Live ▁Sk ull ▁formed ▁in ▁dow nt own ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁founded ▁by ▁tan dem ▁guitar ists ▁Mark ▁C . ▁and ▁Tom ▁Pa ine ▁( b irth ▁name : ▁L ance ▁Golden berg ). ▁Both ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁members ▁of ▁San ▁Francisco ▁band ▁C rop ▁along ▁with ▁brothers ▁Ivan ▁and ▁Andrew ▁N ah em ▁( l ater ▁of ▁R it ual ▁T ension ), ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁ ▁Live ▁Sk ull ' s ▁earliest ▁line up ▁included ▁Jul ie ▁H air ▁on ▁vocals ▁and ▁Dan ▁Braun ▁( former ly ▁of ▁Sp inal ▁Root ▁Gang ▁and ▁Circ us ▁Mort ) ▁on ▁drums . ▁They ▁were ▁soon ▁joined ▁by ▁drum mer ▁James ▁Lo ▁and ▁bass ist ▁Mar nie ▁Green hol z . ▁With ▁this ▁line up ▁of ▁the ▁band , ▁lead ▁vocals ▁were ▁shared ▁by ▁C ., ▁Green hol z ▁and ▁Pa ine . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁Live ▁Sk ull ▁released ▁their ▁self - t itled ▁debut ▁ 1 2 " ▁EP ▁on ▁Mass ive ▁Records . ▁After ▁signing ▁with ▁prominent ▁ind ie ▁label ▁Hom est ead ▁Records , ▁they ▁released ▁their ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁debut ▁full - length , ▁Br ing ing ▁Home ▁the ▁B ait . ▁The ▁follow - up , ▁ 1 9 8 6 ' s ▁Cloud ▁One , ▁featured ▁slightly ▁more ▁accessible ▁song ▁structures . ▁A ▁live ▁album ▁titled ▁Don ' t ▁Get ▁Any ▁on ▁You