Second 7" on BigNeck is -as far as I'm concerned- the debut by a new Wisconsin unit SAGGER. Their "Skull Rider ep" has 4 track which run on a midpaced, piercing and demented drive with excessive use of overtime medications. The punkrawk as produced by SAGGER is one of bad taste and filled with poison and vermin; it's built up danger and threatening evil. It's a dished up bag of the sewerside of society exposed in full frontal nudity and done so with pre-set determination. SAGGER is a hell of a unit, who give proof that neither excessive speed nor outrageous mayhem can do the trick. Messed up, teethgrinding, vindictive powerblasting, unpolished R'n'Roll can easily work for itself. Somewhere in between the Blowtops and The Mistreaters to give you some indication. Fasten seatbelts, when you switch this "Skull Rider" on. - Up Yours

One Night I swear I must've heard a reference to the SKULLRIDER AT LEAST 30 times. Finally, I ask "WHO THE FUCK IS THE SKULLRIDER?!?!" Sagger guitar-dude Tony starts telling about how the SKULLRIDER is a fucker who's sick in the head and has the ability to alienate everyone in a bar in a little less than 30 seconds. He may be teetering on the brink of insantity or maybe it's because he just don't care. This is people should think when they hear the term DEATH ROCK! Yeah! There's all those mascara'd gothic boo-hoo's that hang out in dark bars thinking they're all spooky cuz they drop Edvard Munch's name in conversations but then they go back to their cave which in actuality is their bedroom at their mom's house. None of them could really deal with sometime truly evil and dangerous. Those types are the one who walk down the street with an Edgar Allen Poe book and pace in front of a cemetary hoping that EVERYBODY that drives by see's how "weird" they are. Sagger are the types that set out into the woods with a bottle of cheaps spirits, a shotgun, a hammer and a sterno can and do things those with even the demented of minds could only imagine. Sagger sound like they're having a sermon on the day of the (Black) Sabbath and remembering to keep it unholy with their heavy Mellaril dosed groove. The pews are packed with a flock of souls that have been led to the dingy black light. The ushers are zombies who stagger down the aisles lunging at the crowd with a rusty & jagged collection plates gashing their faces and giving them lockjaw. From the lumbering opening chords of "I Am Skull Rider" (where Skullrider counts the ways he's baneful on both his fingers and toes) to where he's beckoning the undead to come out to ROCK to the Sagger sound of "Roll the Dead, Roll On!" on the a-side to the B-side's drunken walk through knee deep mud boogie of "Silver Streaker" and the baptism in vodka of "Holy Water Dispenser" where it finally crumbles into toxic particles and back into the soil, they continue in the creepy phenomenon that is Wisconsin folklore like some of the world's sickest serial killers and black rain. - Smashing Transistors

I love this goddamn single. Sagger- and what the fuck is a Sagger, anyway? - sound like all the devils in Hell are tugging on their ankles as they try in vain to slog through their muddy freak rock without hurting themselves too much. This is what it would feel like if you got cracked in the back of the head with a baseball bat at the exact second you were about to splurt your man-gravy into some super-model's mouth. Well, more like the agonizing minutes afterwards, when you're waiting for the ambulance, and you're still really not sure whether that was the best 5 minutes of your life, or the worst. Or maybe both. The Skull Rider EP worries a lot of people that I play it for, which is a good sign that I'm absolutely right about Sagger. They are mean, dirty, rock and roll animals that came straight out of the gutter, and will probably be back there any day now. Just like me. No wonder I like 'em. - Sleazegrinder.com

Real cool Mistreaters- like guttural noise from the label that has cornered the market in this stuff. These guys are a good definition of the "Big Neck sound", if there is such a thing. Four quality tracks, one of which has something to do with Dungeons & Dragons, rock-and-roll, and rolling dice. Now that's truly scary. Another winner for Big Neck, and some more quality tracks for the Bloodstains Across Wisconsin comp LP that should be out in about fifteen years. The only bad thing about this record is the cover art. What is that, a buzzard hauling a sack of laundry? A vulture with a hunchback? I don't know, and I don't really care because this shit is top notch. This is what Estrus should be putting out these days. Kill-A-Watts fans note: that's Ryan "Sir Snacks-A-Lot" Kill-A-Watt on drums. Go and buy now. (Wasn't Sir Snacks-A-Lot the name of one of the Go-Nuts though?) - Blankgeneration.com

I love a singer that can make him or herself stand out from the rest. Skull Rider of Sagger is one such person. He sounds bored, unaffected, pissed off and belligerent yet the way he croons (yes, croons) is a sweet melody to me. I could listen to his nice voice all day. The two piece band backs him up nicely. They got the guitar good and loud, just the way I like it. The drums keep pounding away. Simple, trashy rock and roll. This is great! - Maximum Rock'n'Roll

Oh Shit! It's Wisconsin! As if those fucks haven't invaded the Blank Generation enough. Now we have Big Neck Records on the forefront. Throwing Sagger Grenades. Oh Shit!!!!!!! Sagger are dirty, brassy, rock 'n' roll fuckups who only know how to bang on their guitars and scream the profanity! Killed by Blues and shoved in a dank garage, thee Sagger are a rock 'n' roll machine. Oh shit!! Definitely for the Mistreaters fans and cheese lovers everywhere. - Blankgeneration.com

Driving ugly mayhem Rock & Roll that tore Waumatosa, WI a new asshole! - Rocktober

Forget about Detroit being the next big thing. That's last week. Who needs the White Stripes. (OK I do. I like 'em a lot. That's beside the point.) Wisconsin is where it's at. Give me the Mistreaters, the Strong Come Ons and Sagger. They're a three piece with the Tonys on guitar, Sir Snacks-A-Lot on drums and Skull Rider on vocals. They're loud and nasty. Sagger rocks. "Skull Rider E.P" is the debut single by Sagger out now on Big Neck Records. Side A kicks off with "(I Am) Skull Rider." It has a gigantic riff that just about blew up my goddamn speakers. This must be Skull Rider's manifesto. He has a great snotty punk rock voice and sings, "I am Skull Rider. I am Skull Rider. I am Skull Rider." The perfect song to introduce us to Sagger. The other song on Side A is "Roll the Dead, Roll Again." It starts off with a slow ringing guitar riff and then turns into a blazing punk rock number until it falls apart at the end. Side B starts off with "Silver Streaker." It has another great riff. I think the Tonys can play the hell out of the guitar. The song lurches forward, pauses and then lurches forward again. It slows down in the middle of the song and then speeds up until it's flying at ninety till nothing. The EP ends with "Holy Water Dispenser." Is the song a joke about the current scandal in the Catholic Church? It could be. Skull Rider screams, "God bless my soul. God piss on my soul. God bless my soul. God piss on my soul." They're four for four on great songs. This record is the most exciting debut I've heard in a while. You have to check out Sagger. - Cyclops

It seems like Wisconsin has some really rockin' bands... presented as friends of THE MISTREATERS, this band pull out 4 raw songs, fucked up rockin' bullets spaying into your room directly from the speakers. As a trademark for BIG NECK, SAGGER is the kind of band who mixes punk rock, blues, guitar trash and bad attitude providing good fucked up rock'n'roll. The singer is screaming like crazy, the guitars are so raw but big sounding I can't get enough and I can only imagine this band must be one hell of a tornado to see live. I wish I can, sooner or later, as I wish they'll be reading this and they'll be sending more stuff to the ol' Dumper here to rant about. - Garbage Dump

Loud and basic lo-fi punkers. I'm not sure how many people are in the band even though names and corresponding instruments are listed on the cover. As well as Sir Snacks-A-Lot on drums and Skull Rider on vocals, there is an entity known as "the Tonys" listed as playing guitar. My guess would be there are two chaps named Tony on guitar and bass because that's what my ears want to believe. There are strong hints of the fucked up blues genre, but there is a manic metal toughness in the mix too as well as the occasional flashes of Buzzcock guitar lead action and random moments of total chaotic madness. The sonic attack is applied to the title track, "Roll The Dead, Roll Again," "Silver Streaker" and "Holy Water Dispenser." - Garage and Beat