Skimmer are an English
pop punk
Pop punk (or punk pop) is a rock music genre that combines elements of punk rock with power pop or pop. It is defined for its emphasis on classic pop songcraft, as well as adolescent and anti-suburbia themes, and is distinguished from other pu ...
band from
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, who formed in 1993. They were originally signed to the
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
-based Crackle! Records. Once described as being able to "harmonise like hamsters", they supported have many American pop punk bands in the UK:
The Mr. T Experience
The Mr. T Experience (sometimes abbreviated MTX) is an American punk rock band formed in 1985 in Berkeley, California, United States. They have released eleven full-length albums along with numerous EPs and singles and have toured international ...
,
NOFX
NOFX () is an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. Vocalist/bassist Fat Mike, guitarist Eric Melvin and drummer Erik Sandin are original founding and longest-serving members of the band, who have appeared on every ...
,
Bracket
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,
All
All or ALL may refer to:
Language
* All, an indefinite pronoun in English
* All, one of the English determiners
* Allar language (ISO 639-3 code)
* Allative case (abbreviated ALL)
Music
* All (band), an American punk rock band
* ''All'' (All al ...
etc. They were also the
last band to record a Peel Session on 21 October 2004, shortly after their first drummer's death.
In late 2005, Warren Beater joined the Skimmer camp to take over the drum sticks. Linking up with
Nigel Clark
Nigel Richard Clark (born 18 September 1966 in Redditch, Worcestershire, England) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer and bassist of Dodgy.
Life and career
Clark returned to performing in 2005 as a solo artist. Th ...
as producer, (front man with Britpop chart-toppers
Dodgy
Dodgy is an English rock band formed in Hounslow in 1990. The band rose to prominence during the Britpop era of the 1990s. They are best known for their hits "Staying Out for the Summer", "If You're Thinking of Me", and " Good Enough". Good ...
), they then released two new albums ''I'll Tell You What'' (2007) and ''Self Harmony'' (2009). Headline tours of Japan, Ireland and the UK followed, along with various support slots around the UK. In 2008 a retrospective double CD ''Smitten'', was released by Crackle! containing all the songs from their out-of-print first 2 albums plus some extra songs.
Recent activity
Having returned from a tour of Japan to promote ''Self Harmony'', Skimmer released the album in the summer of 2011. They are currently signed to the Waterslide Records label in Japan and Heroic Failure in the UK. A single, "Injury Prone", was released on the Heroic Failure label in May 2011.
In September 2022, the band released the album "All Fired Up".
They continue to record and gig.
External links
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English pop punk groups
Musical groups from Birmingham, West Midlands