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Skunk Anansie are a
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band whose members include
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(lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion). Skunk Anansie formed in 1994, disbanded in 2001 and reformed in 2009. The name "Skunk Anansie" is taken from
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folk tales of
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the spider-man of Ghana, with "
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" added to "make the name nastier". They have released six studio albums: ''
Paranoid & Sunburnt ''Paranoid & Sunburnt'' is the debut studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1995 via One Little Indian Records. It was re-released in 2005 with a DVD featuring the videos to the singles. This album was recorded with ...
'' (1995), ''
Stoosh ''Stoosh'' is the second studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, released on 7 October 1996. Critical reception AllMusic's Tom Demalon stated: "Skunk Anansie's full-frontal charge can be wearing at times, but for a good dose of aggr ...
'' (1996), ''
Post Orgasmic Chill ''Post Orgasmic Chill'' is the third studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1999. Two album covers exist: the European version with the band lounging in an oceanside apartment, and the American version with the ban ...
'' (1999), ''
Wonderlustre ''Wonderlustre'' is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Skunk Anansie. It was the band's first full studio album since '' Post Orgasmic Chill'' in 1999. It was released on 13 September 2010 in Europe on V2 Records, earMUSIC and C ...
'' (2010), ''
Black Traffic ''Black Traffic'' is a fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Skunk Anansie. It was released on 17 September 2012 through 100% Records, earMUSIC and Carosello Records. The first single from the album is "I Believed in You" which i ...
'' (2012) and ''
Anarchytecture ''Anarchytecture'' is the sixth studio album by English band Skunk Anansie. It was produced by Tom Dalgety and released in January 2016 through earMUSIC and Carosello Records. Critical reception ''Anarchytecture'' received mixed professional rev ...
'' (2016); one compilation album, ''
Smashes and Trashes ''Smashes and Trashes'' is a greatest hits album by the British rock band Skunk Anansie. It is a 15-track career-embracing album and includes three previously unreleased tracks; "Tear the Place Up", "Because of You" and "Squander". The bonus tr ...
'' (2009); and several hit singles, including "
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Selling Jesus "Selling Jesus" is a song by Skunk Anansie, released as their debut single. Although Skunk Anansie previously released "Little Baby Swastikkka" as a limited release, it was not regarded as an actual single. "Selling Jesus" is a song in protest ...
" and " Weak". They are often grouped as part of the
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movement, as opposed to the contemporary
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of their early years due to their overall harder sound. The band, in 2004, was named as one of the most successful UK chart acts between 1952 and 2003 by the ''
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'', with a total of 142 weeks on both the singles and album charts ranking them at No. 491.


History


Formation and early career: 1994–2001

The group played its first gig at London's Splash club in March 1994. In 1995 they were voted Best New British Band by the readers of ''
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'' magazine. At the award ceremony that year drummer Mark Richardson met the band who were looking for a permanent replacement for Robbie France, so an audition was set up and the band was reformed. Soon after that, two of their songs, "Feed" and "Selling Jesus", appeared on the soundtrack of the film '' Strange Days'' in 1995. "Selling Jesus" became Skunk Anansie's controversial second song to receive radio play, following their first radio release "Little Baby Swastikkka". After hearing this song, radio personality
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claimed that the band would become a huge hit. Success continued for the band and they were also voted ''Kerrang!'''s Best British Live Act in 1996. In 1997 they were nominated for Best Live Act and Best Group at the
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. The group played its first gig at London's Splash club in March 1994, subsequently taking six weeks to record its debut album, ''
Paranoid & Sunburnt ''Paranoid & Sunburnt'' is the debut studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1995 via One Little Indian Records. It was re-released in 2005 with a DVD featuring the videos to the singles. This album was recorded with ...
'', with producer Sylvia Massy at a "haunted house" outside the city. The band's first single, "Selling Jesus," was featured on the soundtrack of the film '' Strange Days''; ''
Stoosh ''Stoosh'' is the second studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, released on 7 October 1996. Critical reception AllMusic's Tom Demalon stated: "Skunk Anansie's full-frontal charge can be wearing at times, but for a good dose of aggr ...
'' followed in 1996. Both albums were released by
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. After switching to the
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label in 1998, their third album, ''
Post Orgasmic Chill ''Post Orgasmic Chill'' is the third studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1999. Two album covers exist: the European version with the band lounging in an oceanside apartment, and the American version with the ban ...
'', was released in 1999. In 1996, the band played a set at the Coppid Beech Hotel, Bracknell during a record label event. In 1999, the band were the last band of the 20th Century to headline
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; closing the Pyramid Stage on Sunday 27 June. Throughout the 1990s, the group toured globally with such bands as U2,
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, Feeder,
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.


Side projects: 2002–2008

After their split in April 2001, Skin embarked on a solo career. Her debut solo album ''
Fleshwounds ''Fleshwounds'' is the debut solo album from Skunk Anansie lead singer Skin. Not entirely satisfied with its initial release, Skin re-released it with new album artwork and a slightly different track listing. "As Long as That's True" was replac ...
'', co-written with longtime songwriting partner
Len Arran Len Arran (born Leonard Arran, 7 June 1961, Thornaby-on-Tees, England) is an English composer of film scores, and songwriter for Skunk Anansie and solo artist Deborah Dyer (Skin). He began his career as a guitarist in London in the late 1980 ...
was released in September 2003 and ''
Fake Chemical State ''Fake Chemical State'' is the second solo album by Skunk Anansie lead vocalist Skin. Released on 20 March 2006, the album was produced by Gordon Raphael and Skin herself, except for the first single "Alone in My Room" which Skin produced with f ...
'' was released in March 2006. She has also provided vocals for a number of other acts' songs. Ace released a low-key album, '' Still Hungry'', under the name Ace Sounds, which featured many collaborations including Shingai Shoniwa from
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and Skye from
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. He later joined a band called "Inner Mantra". Ace is also a tutor at the
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In 2002 Cass recorded the album ''
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'' with
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, and played bass and performed backing vocals. Cass also played various instruments on Skin's first solo album. When not recording he concentrates on photography. Mark recorded sessions for various artists including Skin before joining Feeder after the death of their original drummer, Jon Lee. Mark has also been tutoring at the Brighton Institute with bandmate Ace.


Reunion: 2009–2010

Mark Richardson confirmed reports that the band was reforming in an interview with ''Drummer Magazine'' (November 2008 issue), and said that the band planned to release a "best of" compilation as well as new material. Ace later set up an official page for the band on MySpace. On 2 and 3 April 2009, two shows took place at the Monto Water Rats (the former venue of the Splash Club) in London, under the alias SCAM (Skin, Cass, Ace, Mark) and sold out in 20 minutes. The band began their "Greatest Hits" tour on Friday, 9 October 2009 at the Ancienne Belgique in
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, with other dates across Europe. It was their first actual tour in eight years. A "greatest hits" album, ''
Smashes and Trashes ''Smashes and Trashes'' is a greatest hits album by the British rock band Skunk Anansie. It is a 15-track career-embracing album and includes three previously unreleased tracks; "Tear the Place Up", "Because of You" and "Squander". The bonus tr ...
'', was released 2 November 2009. It is a 15-track career-embracing album and includes three brand new tracks: "Because of You", "Tear the Place Up" and "Squander". A best-of remixes companion album was also released digitally. On 3 July 2009, the music video for "Tear the Place Up" was presented exclusively on MySpace, before on 10 August 2009, a new video for "Because of You" was presented exclusively on Kerrang.com. It was released 14 September 2009 in the UK and was the first single to be released from ''Smashes and Trashes''. The single was a top 10 hit in Italy, before its follow-up "Squander" was a top 75 success in Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. Their fifth album ''
Wonderlustre ''Wonderlustre'' is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Skunk Anansie. It was the band's first full studio album since '' Post Orgasmic Chill'' in 1999. It was released on 13 September 2010 in Europe on V2 Records, earMUSIC and C ...
'' was released internationally on 13 September 2010, preceded by the first single "My Ugly Boy", which was released in the UK on 16 August 2010 and in Europe July/August. The video for "My Ugly Boy" was presented exclusively on Kerrang.com on 23 July 2010. ''Wonderlustre'' reached number one on the Italian albums chart on 1 October 2010 and placed in the top 10 in charts all over Europe including in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Poland. In May 2010 they were a supporting act for
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, during two concerts in Berlin. The second single from ''Wonderlustre'', "Over the Love" was released internationally in November 2010. In November 2010 the band played on '' Ídolos'', a Portuguese equivalent to the UK's ''
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''. "You Saved Me", the third single from ''
Wonderlustre ''Wonderlustre'' is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Skunk Anansie. It was the band's first full studio album since '' Post Orgasmic Chill'' in 1999. It was released on 13 September 2010 in Europe on V2 Records, earMUSIC and C ...
'' was released internationally in March 2011.


Continuing career: 2011–present

On 12 June 2011, the band performed at an open air 'Rock over Volga' at Samara, Russia. The performance was exceptionally well-received. The band also appeared on Friday 12 August at
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in Budapest, Hungary playing a mixed set of hits and newer material. This was their first appearance at Sziget. Sziget's own website reporting "nobody had any doubts who the Queen of this year's Sziget turned out to be". Skunk Anansie was on stage when the tragedy occurred at
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in Belgium on 18 August 2011. As the band was performing a small tornado hit the venue and artists and revellers alike were sent running for their lives. Five were killed whilst several more were injured. Singer Skin described the incident as the most terrifying of her life. Former drummer
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died on 14 January 2012 in Spain. He was 52. On 11 June 2012, Skunk Anansie revealed the title for their 5th studio album: ''Black Traffic''. The band's follow-up to 2010's critically acclaimed ''Wonderlustre'' was recorded in London and produced by Skunk Anansie and
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and mixed by Jeremy Wheatley and Adrian Bushby. ''Black Traffic'' became the band's first independent release via their own label working in partnership with 100% Records. The album was released in September 2012 release and was backed by the first leg of an extensive 20 date European Tour. On 29 June 2012, the band released the lyric video for a new track called 'Sad, Sad, Sad'. Nick Bassett praised the track on his site The Re-View: "Thrashing percussion and Skin's vocal – she remains one of the UK's greatest and most underrated female vocalists – are all in check as the band return to the heavy rock sound that first shot them into the mainstream in the mid-nineties." In September 2013, the band released their seventh album, ''An acoustic Skunk Anansie – Live in London'' which was recorded live at
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in April of that year. The album was also released as a live DVD and was described by the band as 'a family affair' as it featured Skin's longtime writing partner
Len Arran Len Arran (born Leonard Arran, 7 June 1961, Thornaby-on-Tees, England) is an English composer of film scores, and songwriter for Skunk Anansie and solo artist Deborah Dyer (Skin). He began his career as a guitarist in London in the late 1980 ...
on guitar and Erika Footman, Mark's wife on backing vocals and keyboards. On 15 January 2016, Skunk Anansie released their sixth studio album ''
Anarchytecture ''Anarchytecture'' is the sixth studio album by English band Skunk Anansie. It was produced by Tom Dalgety and released in January 2016 through earMUSIC and Carosello Records. Critical reception ''Anarchytecture'' received mixed professional rev ...
'', and embarked upon an extensive European tour in February 2016 and throughout Summer 2016. In 2017, Skunk Anansie turned their influence to help young aspiring musicians and launched the first ever Skunk Anansie scholarship in conjunction with The Academy of Contemporary Music. The band pick one successful applicant from either ACM Guildford, ACM London or ACM Birmingham and offer them £27,000 of funding for their degree course. The scholarship was again awarded the following year. In September 2018, the band announced they’d be releasing the very special live album, 25LIVE@25 through Republic of Music in celebration of their forthcoming 25th anniversary. It was released 25 January 2019 and features 25 tracks taken from across their six studio albums, which were captured live from various performances on their 2017 tour. Continuing the 25th anniversary celebrations Skunk Anansie will be touring Europe throughout the summer of 2019, headlining festivals and their own shows, finishing with a string of UK shows Across the UK and European media the importance of the band in today's culture has been given renewed prominence. The UK media have embraced the band once more with Skin appearing in interviews for the likes of
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, ITN, and Radio 2 discussing current political and social issues. The band have also been hailed as one of the most important rock bands of the modern age rock across a broad spectrum of UK press titles, and were the recipients of the Hall of Fame Award at the 2019
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on 19 June 2019. The single "What You Do For Love" was released in 2019. The black and white video for the song shows Skunk Anansie in concert. "This Means War" followed in 2020. At the beginning of 2022, the singles "Piggy" and "Can't Take You Anywhere" were released, but there was no announcement of a new album.


Influences

Skin has described Skunk Anansie as a "
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-rock" group, which
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clarifies as "an amalgam of heavy metal and black
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rage". Members Skin and Ace have mentioned the
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, Blondie, dub,
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,
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, hip-hop and world music as significant influences.


Other media

The band also covered
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' song "
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" specifically for the soundtrack of
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's film ''
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'', released on 25 March 2011. The soundtrack also includes a Skunk Anansie remix of the song " Army of Me" by
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.


Band members

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


Former members

*
Robbie France Robbie France (5 December 1959 – 14 January 2012) was an English drummer, record producer, arranger, journalist, music educator, and broadcaster. Early life France was born in Sheffield, and emigrated to Australia in March 1972. He studied ...
– drums, percussion (1994–1995; died 2012)


Touring members

* Erika Footman – keyboards, backing vocals


Discography

Studio albums *''
Paranoid & Sunburnt ''Paranoid & Sunburnt'' is the debut studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1995 via One Little Indian Records. It was re-released in 2005 with a DVD featuring the videos to the singles. This album was recorded with ...
'' (1995) *''
Stoosh ''Stoosh'' is the second studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, released on 7 October 1996. Critical reception AllMusic's Tom Demalon stated: "Skunk Anansie's full-frontal charge can be wearing at times, but for a good dose of aggr ...
'' (1996) *''
Post Orgasmic Chill ''Post Orgasmic Chill'' is the third studio album by British rock band Skunk Anansie, first released in 1999. Two album covers exist: the European version with the band lounging in an oceanside apartment, and the American version with the ban ...
'' (1999) *''
Wonderlustre ''Wonderlustre'' is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Skunk Anansie. It was the band's first full studio album since '' Post Orgasmic Chill'' in 1999. It was released on 13 September 2010 in Europe on V2 Records, earMUSIC and C ...
'' (2010) *''
Black Traffic ''Black Traffic'' is a fifth studio album by English alternative rock band Skunk Anansie. It was released on 17 September 2012 through 100% Records, earMUSIC and Carosello Records. The first single from the album is "I Believed in You" which i ...
'' (2012) *''
Anarchytecture ''Anarchytecture'' is the sixth studio album by English band Skunk Anansie. It was produced by Tom Dalgety and released in January 2016 through earMUSIC and Carosello Records. Critical reception ''Anarchytecture'' received mixed professional rev ...
'' (2016)


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Review of 'Squander' on the Daily Music GuideOfficial WebsiteReview of 'Because Of You' on the Daily Music GuideSkinmusic.net – Lead singer's official site containing Skunk Anansie contentLisbon concert review
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