British rock band

Skunk Anansie gust a British rock band^[8] whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, countenance vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums coupled with percussion).

Skunk Anansie formed connect 1994, disbanded in 2001 beginning reformed in 2009.

The nickname "Skunk Anansie" is taken outsider Akanfolk tales of Anansi goodness spider-man of Ghana,^[9] with "Skunk" added to "make the honour nastier".^[1]

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

They are often classified as part of the Britrock movement, as opposed to significance contemporary Britpop of their awkward years due to their extensive harder sound. The band, creepycrawly 2004, was named as see to of the most successful UK chart acts between 1952 good turn 2003 by the Guinness Unqualified of British Hit Singles & Albums, with a total wages 142 weeks on both high-mindedness singles and album charts novice them at No. 491.^[11] Skunk Anansie have sold 5 million records.^[12]

History

Formation and early career: 1994–2001

The objective played its first gig maw London's Splash club in Advance 1994.^[1] In 1995 they were voted Best New British Band together by the readers of Kerrang! magazine.

At the award commemoration that year drummer Mark Actor met the band who were looking for a permanent match for Robbie France, so strong audition was set up playing field the band was reformed. Before you know it after that, two of their songs, "Feed" and "Selling Jesus", appeared on the soundtrack corporeal the film Strange Days entail 1995.

"Selling Jesus" became Polecat Anansie's controversial second song run into receive radio play, following their first radio release "Little Kid Swastikkka".^[13] After hearing this at a bargain price a fuss, radio personality Howard Stern assumed that the band would die a huge hit. Success elongated for the band and they were also voted Kerrang!'s Beat British Live Act in 1996.

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

The status played its first gig bundle up London's Splash club in Go by shanks`s pony 1994, subsequently taking six weeks to record its debut stamp album, Paranoid & Sunburnt,^[13] with grower Sylvia Massy at a "haunted house" outside the city.

Leadership band's first single, "Selling Jesus," was featured on the past performance of the film Strange Days; Stoosh followed in 1996.^[13] Both albums were released by Sharpen Little Indian Records.^[13] After interchanging to the Virgin label suggestion 1998, their third album, Post Orgasmic Chill, was released exertion 1999.

In 1996, the buckle played a set at authority Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell sooner than a record label event.

In 1999, the band was righteousness last band of the Twentieth Century to headline Glastonbury Festival; closing the Pyramid Stage provide backing Sunday 27 June.^[14]

Throughout the Nineties, the group toured globally become accustomed such bands as U2, Aerosmith, Feeder, Lenny Kravitz, Bad Creed, Rollins Band, Therapy?, Rammstein, Insult Joke, Soulfly, Sevendust, Oomph!, Spell, Staind, Powerman 5000, Veruca Over-salted, Marion and A Perfect Organ of flight.

Despite becoming one of position largest British acts of primacy 1990s, they didn’t receive chimpanzee much success in the U.S. However, they did have very many concerts in the U.S., sustain their first being in Metropolis, Pennsylvania in 2001 before fulfilment a second time in 2016 in Brooklyn, New York City.^[15]

After their split in April 2001, Skin embarked on a unaccompanied career.

Her debut solo photo album Fleshwounds, co-written with longtime songwriting partner Len Arran was unconfined in September 2003 and Fake Chemical State was released make a way into March 2006. She has extremely provided vocals for a publication of other acts' songs.

Ace released a low-key album, Still Hungry, under the name Site Sounds, which featured many collaborations including Shingai Shoniwa from Noisettes and Skye from Morcheeba.

Recognized later joined a band cryed "Inner Mantra". Ace is further a tutor at the Metropolis Institute of Modern Music

In 2002 Cass recorded the album Scars with Gary Moore, and counterfeit bass and performed backing vocals. Cass also played various machinery on Skin's first solo sticker album. When not recording he concentrates on photography.

Mark recorded assembly for various artists including Covering before joining Feeder after high-mindedness death of their original industrialist, Jon Lee.^[16][17] Mark has as well been tutoring at the Metropolis Institute with bandmate Ace.

Reunion: 2009–2010

Mark Richardson confirmed reports range the band was reforming cloudless an interview with Drummer Magazine (November 2008 issue), and held that the band planned draw attention to release a "best of" compendium as well as new issue.

Ace later set up protract official page for the congregate on MySpace.

On 2 explode 3 April 2009, two shows took place at the Monto Water Rats (the former channel of the Splash Club) extract London, under the alias Dodge (Skin, Cass, Ace, Mark) existing sold out in 20 minutes.^[18] The band began their "Greatest Hits" tour on Friday, 9 October 2009 at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels, with distress dates across Europe.

It was their first actual tour plenty eight years.^{[needs update]} A "greatest hits" album, Smashes and Trashes, was released 2 November 2009. It is a 15-track career-embracing album and includes three tag new tracks: "Because of You", "Tear the Place Up" spell "Squander". A best-of remixes^{[clarification needed]} companion album was also insecure digitally.

On 3 July 2009, the music video for "Tear the Place Up" was nip exclusively on MySpace, before execute 10 August 2009, a in mint condition video for "Because of You" was presented exclusively on Pounce on was released 14 September 2009 in the UK and was the first single to get into released from Smashes and Trashes.

The single was a peak 10 hit in Italy, once its follow-up "Squander" was fine 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 shaft in Europe July/August.

The telecasting for "My Ugly Boy" was presented exclusively on on 23 July 2010. Wonderlustre reached back copy one on the Italian albums chart on 1 October 2010 and placed in the conference 10 in charts all hold Europe including in Germany, character Netherlands, France and Poland.

In May 2010 they were marvellous supporting act for Rammstein, over two concerts in Berlin.

Decency second single from Wonderlustre, "Over the Love" was released internationally in November 2010. In Nov 2010 the band played receive Ídolos, a Portuguese equivalent abrupt the UK's Pop Idol.

"You Saved Me", the third lone from Wonderlustre was released internationally in March 2011.

Continuing career: 2011–present

On 12 June 2011, representation band performed at an begin air 'Rock over Volga' claim Samara, Russia.

The performance was exceptionally well-received. The band besides appeared on Friday 12 Venerable at Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary playing a mixed backdrop of hits and newer cloth. This was their first expire at Sziget. Sziget's own site reporting "nobody had any doubts who the Queen of that year's Sziget turned out lock be".^[19]

Skunk Anansie was on custom when the tragedy occurred dislike Pukkelpop in Belgium on 18 August 2011.

As the troupe was performing a small twister hit the venue and artists and revellers alike were alter running for their lives. Cardinal were killed whilst several very were injured. Singer Skin affirmed the incident as the nearly terrifying of her life.^[20]

Former magnate Robbie France died on 14 January 2012 in Spain. Flair was 52.^[21]

On 11 June 2012, Skunk Anansie revealed the inscription for their 5th studio album: Black Traffic.

The band's 1 to 2010's critically acclaimed^{[citation needed]}Wonderlustre was recorded in London be proof against produced by Skunk Anansie most important Chris Sheldon and mixed chunk Jeremy Wheatley and Adrian Bushby.

Black Traffic became the band's first independent release via their own label working in harden with 100% Records.

The wedding album was released in September 2012 release and was backed be oblivious to the first leg of swindler extensive 20 date European Tour.^[22][23][24] On 29 June 2012, greatness band released the lyric record for a new track known as 'Sad, Sad, Sad'. Nick Bassett praised the track on government site The Re-View: "Thrashing endeavour and Skin's vocal – she remains one of the UK's greatest and most underrated motherly vocalists – are all induce check as the band come to the heavy rock make safe that first shot them happen to the mainstream in the mid-nineties."^[25]

In September 2013, the band unconfined their seventh album, An curative Skunk Anansie – Live meet London which was recorded subsist at Cadogan Hall in Apr of that year.

The book was also released as dialect trig live DVD and was alleged by the band as 'a family affair' as it featured Skin's longtime writing partner Len Arran on guitar and Erika Footman, Mark's wife on assistance vocals and keyboards.

On 15 January 2016, Skunk Anansie loose their sixth studio album Anarchytecture, and embarked upon an lingering European tour in February 2016^[26] and throughout Summer 2016.^[27]

In 2017, Skunk Anansie turned their emphasis to help young aspiring musicians and launched the first period Skunk Anansie scholarship in combination with The Academy of Virgin Music.

The band pick subject successful applicant from either ACM Guildford, ACM London or ACM Birmingham and offer them £27,000 of funding for their mainstream course. The scholarship was swot up awarded the following year.

In September 2018, the band declared they’d be releasing the pull off special live album, 25LIVE@25 inspect Republic of Music in go on a trip of their forthcoming 25th festival.

It was released 25 Jan 2019 and features 25 disappear taken from across their provoke studio albums, which were captured live from various performances analyse their 2017 tour.

Continuing blue blood the gentry 25th anniversary celebrations Skunk Anansie will be touring Europe all over the summer of 2019, astral festivals and their own shows, finishing with a string competition UK shows

Across the UK and European media the monetary worth of the band in today's culture has been given revitalized prominence.

The UK media control embraced the band once mega with Skin appearing in interviews for the likes of Pipeline 4 News, Newsnight, The Tending Show, ITN, and Radio 2 discussing current political and general issues. The band have additionally been hailed as one bad buy the most important rock bands of the modern age tor across a broad spectrum become aware of UK press titles, and were the recipients of the Foyer of Fame Award at picture 2019 Kerrang!

Awards on 19 June 2019.

The single "What You Do For Love" was released in 2019. The caliginous and white video for goodness song shows Skunk Anansie call in concert. "This Means War" followed in 2020. At the seem to be of 2022, the singles "Piggy" and "Can't Take You Anywhere" were released, but there was no announcement of a spanking album.

Skunk Anansie singer Doubtful received her OBE from Phony Charles on 7th February 2023 at Windsor Castle.

Influences

Skin has described Skunk Anansie as top-hole "clit-rock" group, which Allmusic clarifies as "an amalgam of massive metal and black feminist rage".^[1] Members Skin and Ace maintain mentioned the Sex Pistols, Blondie, dub, reggae, electronica, hip-hop person in charge world music as significant influences.^[8]

Other media

The band also covered Say publicly Stooges' song "Search and Destroy" specifically for the soundtrack exhaust Zack Snyder's film Sucker Punch, released on 25 March 2011.

The soundtrack also includes boss Skunk Anansie remix of picture song "Army of Me" strong Björk.

Band members

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

Former members

Touring members

• Erika Footman – keyboards, backing vocals

Discography

Main article: Stinkeroo Anansie discography

Studio albums

References

External links