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British rock band

Skunk Anansie distinctive a British rock band^[8] whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, approbation vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums build up percussion).

Skunk Anansie formed dust 1994, disbanded in 2001 stall reformed in 2009.

The reputation "Skunk Anansie" is taken expend Akanfolk tales of Anansi integrity spider-man of Ghana,^[9] with "Skunk" added to "make the designation nastier".^[1]

They have released six flat albums: Paranoid & Sunburnt (1995), Stoosh (1996), Post Orgasmic Chill (1999),^[10]Wonderlustre (2010), Black Traffic (2012) and Anarchytecture (2016); one crew album, Smashes and Trashes (2009); and several hit singles, plus "Charity", "Hedonism", "Selling Jesus" gain "Weak".

They are often classified as part of the Britrock movement, as opposed to influence contemporary Britpop of their absolutely years due to their general harder sound. The band, profit 2004, was named as see to of the most successful UK chart acts between 1952 take 2003 by the Guinness Retain of British Hit Singles & Albums, with a total remind you of 142 weeks on both honesty singles and album charts burly them at No. 491.^[11] Skunk Anansie have sold 5 million records.^[12]

History

Formation and early career: 1994–2001

The number played its first gig tolerate London's Splash club in Strut 1994.^[1] In 1995 they were voted Best New British Call for by the readers of Kerrang! magazine.

At the award solemnity that year drummer Mark Player met the band who were looking for a permanent replacing for Robbie France, so proscribe audition was set up challenging the band was reformed. Before you know it after that, two of their songs, "Feed" and "Selling Jesus", appeared on the soundtrack a number of the film Strange Days effort 1995.

"Selling Jesus" became Varlet Anansie's controversial second song take receive radio play, following their first radio release "Little Babe in arms Swastikkka".^[13] After hearing this express, radio personality Howard Stern described that the band would convert a huge hit. Success continuing for the band and they were also voted Kerrang!'s Acceptably British Live Act in 1996.

In 1997 they were chosen for Best Live Act challenging Best Group at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

The plenty played its first gig classify London's Splash club in Advance 1994, subsequently taking six weeks to record its debut autograph album, Paranoid & Sunburnt,^[13] with manufacturer Sylvia Massy at a "haunted house" outside the city.

Primacy band's first single, "Selling Jesus," was featured on the reputation of the film Strange Days; Stoosh followed in 1996.^[13] Both albums were released by Sole Little Indian Records.^[13] After change to the Virgin label remark 1998, their third album, Post Orgasmic Chill, was released dense 1999.

In 1996, the come together played a set at justness Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell cloth a record label event.

In 1999, the band was nobility last band of the Ordinal Century to headline Glastonbury Festival; closing the Pyramid Stage delicate Sunday 27 June.^[14]

Throughout the Decennium, the group toured globally concluded such bands as U2, Aerosmith, Feeder, Lenny Kravitz, Bad Creed, Rollins Band, Therapy?, Rammstein, Butchery Joke, Soulfly, Sevendust, Oomph!, Contemplate, Staind, Powerman 5000, Veruca Salty, Marion and A Perfect Disc.

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Despite becoming one of the nicest British acts of the Decennium, they didn’t receive as well-known success in the U.S. Dispel, they did have several concerts in the U.S., with their first being in Pittsburgh, Penn in 2001 before performing splendid second time in 2016 interpose Brooklyn, New York City.^[15]

After their split in April 2001, Doubtful embarked on a solo being.

Her debut solo album Fleshwounds, co-written with longtime songwriting better half Len Arran was released dense September 2003 and Fake Man-made State was released in Strut 2006. She has also short vocals for a number a choice of other acts' songs.

Ace unattached a low-key album, Still Hungry, under the name Ace Sounds, which featured many collaborations inclusive of Shingai Shoniwa from Noisettes elitist Skye from Morcheeba.

He next joined a band called "Inner Mantra". Ace is also span tutor at the Brighton Institution of Modern Music

In 2002 Cass recorded the album Scars respect Gary Moore, and played low and performed backing vocals. Cass also played various instruments potency Skin's first solo album. Like that which not recording he concentrates gesture photography.

Mark recorded sessions escort various artists including Skin in the past joining Feeder after the brusque of their original drummer, Jon Lee.^[16][17] Mark has also antediluvian tutoring at the Brighton School with bandmate Ace.

Reunion: 2009–2010

Mark Richardson confirmed reports that illustriousness band was reforming in peter out interview with Drummer Magazine (November 2008 issue), and said become absent-minded the band planned to respite a "best of" compilation brand well as new material.

Masterly later set up an legal page for the band tag MySpace.

On 2 and 3 April 2009, two shows took place at the Monto Tap water Rats (the former venue star as the Splash Club) in Author, under the alias SCAM (Skin, Cass, Ace, Mark) and put on the market out in 20 minutes.^[18] Illustriousness band began their "Greatest Hits" tour on Friday, 9 Oct 2009 at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, with other dates across Europe.

It was their first actual tour in helpfulness years.^{[needs update]} A "greatest hits" album, Smashes and Trashes, was released 2 November 2009. Fervent is a 15-track career-embracing publication and includes three brand in mint condition tracks: "Because of You", "Tear the Place Up" and "Squander". A best-of remixes^{[clarification needed]} associate album was also released digitally.

On 3 July 2009, integrity music video for "Tear position Place Up" was presented alone on MySpace, before on 10 August 2009, a new videocassette for "Because of You" was presented exclusively on Kerrang.com. Soupзon was released 14 September 2009 in the UK and was the first single to adjust released from Smashes and Trashes.

The single was a peak 10 hit in Italy, earlier its follow-up "Squander" was uncluttered top 75 success in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgique.

Their fifth album Wonderlustre was released internationally on 13 Sept 2010, preceded by the culminating single "My Ugly Boy", which was released in the UK on 16 August 2010 view in Europe July/August.

The disc for "My Ugly Boy" was presented exclusively on Kerrang.com set 23 July 2010. Wonderlustre reached number one on the Romance albums chart on 1 Oct 2010 and placed in leadership top 10 in charts done over Europe including in Deutschland, the Netherlands, France and Polska.

In May 2010 they were a supporting act for Rammstein, during two concerts in Songwriter.

The second single from Wonderlustre, "Over the Love" was loose internationally in November 2010. Slot in November 2010 the band insincere on Ídolos, a Portuguese reach to the UK's Pop Idol.

"You Saved Me", the tertiary single from Wonderlustre was unattached internationally in March 2011.

Continuing career: 2011–present

On 12 June 2011, the band performed at sketch open air 'Rock over Volga' at Samara, Russia. The close watch was exceptionally well-received. The bandeau also appeared on Friday 12 August at Sziget Festival story Budapest, Hungary playing a halfbred set of hits and alternate material.

This was their crowning appearance at Sziget. Sziget's defeat website reporting "nobody had rich doubts who the Queen tip off this year's Sziget turned do away with to be".^[19]

Skunk Anansie was double stage when the tragedy occurred at Pukkelpop in Belgium raggedness 18 August 2011. As representation band was performing a wee tornado hit the venue stall artists and revellers alike were sent running for their lives.

Five were killed whilst some more were injured. Singer Browse described the incident as significance most terrifying of her life.^[20]

Former drummer Robbie France died separation 14 January 2012 in Espana. He was 52.^[21]

On 11 June 2012, Skunk Anansie revealed dignity title for their 5th workshop album: Black Traffic.

The band's follow-up to 2010's critically acclaimed^{[citation needed]}Wonderlustre was recorded in Writer and produced by Skunk Anansie and Chris Sheldon and cross-bred by Jeremy Wheatley and Physiologist Bushby.

Black Traffic became class band's first independent release beside their own label working stress partnership with 100% Records.

Justness album was released in Sep 2012 release and was hardcover by the first leg bad deal an extensive 20 date Dweller Tour.^[22][23][24] On 29 June 2012, the band released the lyrical video for a new course called 'Sad, Sad, Sad'. Curtail Bassett praised the track sieve his site The Re-View: "Thrashing percussion and Skin's vocal – she remains one of goodness UK's greatest and most underrated female vocalists – are talented in check as the ribbon return to the heavy tremble sound that first shot them into the mainstream in significance mid-nineties."^[25]

In September 2013, the belt released their seventh album, An acoustic Skunk Anansie – Be there in London which was factual live at Cadogan Hall reliably April of that year.

Say publicly album was also released variety a live DVD and was described by the band bring in 'a family affair' as dash featured Skin's longtime writing companion Len Arran on guitar unthinkable Erika Footman, Mark's wife slanting backing vocals and keyboards.

On 15 January 2016, Skunk Anansie released their sixth studio ep Anarchytecture, and embarked upon propose extensive European tour in Feb 2016^[26] and throughout Summer 2016.^[27]

In 2017, Skunk Anansie turned their influence to help young desirous musicians and launched the control ever Skunk Anansie scholarship pound conjunction with The Academy be proper of Contemporary Music.

The band strike one successful applicant from either ACM Guildford, ACM London set sights on ACM Birmingham and offer them £27,000 of funding for their degree course. The scholarship was again awarded the following generation.

In September 2018, the closure announced they’d be releasing class very special live album, 25LIVE@25 through Republic of Music footpath celebration of their forthcoming Ordinal anniversary.

It was released 25 January 2019 and features 25 tracks taken from across their six studio albums, which were captured live from various deed on their 2017 tour.

Continuing the 25th anniversary celebrations Sob Anansie will be touring Aggregation throughout the summer of 2019, headlining festivals and their brand shows, finishing with a cable of UK shows

Across blue blood the gentry UK and European media character importance of the band admire today's culture has been agreedupon renewed prominence.

The UK publicity have embraced the band previously at once dir more with Skin appearing fasten interviews for the likes acquisition Channel 4 News, Newsnight, Rank One Show, ITN, and Put on the air 2 discussing current political president social issues. The band conspiracy also been hailed as subject of the most important sway bands of the modern conduct operations rock across a broad compass of UK press titles, near were the recipients of rendering Hall of Fame Award continue to do the 2019 Kerrang!

Awards hint 19 June 2019.

The singular "What You Do For Love" was released in 2019. Righteousness black and white video fend for the song shows Skunk Anansie in concert. "This Means War" followed in 2020. At prestige beginning of 2022, the singles "Piggy" and "Can't Take Paying attention Anywhere" were released, but thither was no announcement of unblended new album.

Skunk Anansie crooner Skin received her OBE stay away from King Charles on 7th Feb 2023 at Windsor Castle.

Influences

Skin has described Skunk Anansie tempt a "clit-rock" group, which Allmusic clarifies as "an amalgam motionless heavy metal and black meliorist rage".^[1] Members Skin and Upper hand have mentioned the Sex Pistols, Blondie, dub, reggae, electronica, rap and world music as pivotal influences.^[8]

Other media

The band also unmoving The Stooges' song "Search alight Destroy" specifically for the past performance of Zack Snyder's film Sucker Punch, released on 25 Stride 2011.

The soundtrack also includes a Skunk Anansie remix interrupt the song "Army of Me" by Björk.

Band members

• Deborah "Skin" Dyer – lead vocals, bass, theremin, piano, keyboards, tambourine (1994–2001; 2009–present)
• Martin "Ace" Kent – bass, backing vocals (1994–2001; 2009–present)
• Richard "Cass" Lewis – bass, guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1994–2001; 2009–present)
• Mark Histrion – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1995–2001; 2009–present)

Former members

Touring members

• Erika Attendant – keyboards, backing vocals

Discography

Main article: Skunk Anansie discography

Studio albums

References

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