Stiltskin are a Scottish
rock
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band, who first achieved widespread popularity in the mid-1990s. Stiltskin are led by frontman
Ray Wilson, the only constant member throughout the band's history. They are best known for their 1994 UK
chart-topper
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, "
Inside
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".
Career
The band was put together in 1994 by multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Peter Lawlor to front the record he had made of the music he had written for the British
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, "Creek". The resulting single, "
Inside
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" topped the
UK Singles Chart
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in 1994,
but the band failed to produce further matching chart success with the follow-up single "Footsteps" reaching No. 34. The
Ambrosian Singers performed Lawlor's choir-like intro vocals to "Inside". All instruments on the band's hit "Inside" were played by Peter Lawlor; this was also the case on the album track "An Illusion". The original line-up released only one album, ''
The Mind's Eye'',
which achieved a
silver record in the
UK, and sold in decent quantities throughout Europe. The band made significant critical inroads in the
US music scene, but little was to follow in the way of sales, though "Inside" reached No. 37 on the
Billboard
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Mainstream Rock chart.
The original Stiltskin disbanded in 1996, during the recording of their uncompleted second album, for which James Finnigan had been replaced on bass by
Aubrey Nunn, who later worked with
Faithless
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.
Lawlor continued to run Water Music, writing and producing many high-profile themes: he wrote all of the music for the ''
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'' and also the theme for the
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coverage, and the theme for
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and
FA Cup
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football matches shown on TV. Simultaneously, he worked as a city economist and academic economics lecturer, becoming Principal Economic Advisor at the German Stock Exchange "Deutsche Boerse'.
McFarlane went on to work with
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and achieved another number one in the UK Singles Chart. He went on to join the band
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in 2009, leaving in early 2019.
Wilson joined
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and recorded ''
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'' with the band (released in 1997) and toured Europe the following year. In 1999 he formed
Cut_. In 2002 he launched a solo career.
In 2005, Wilson put a new band together under the name Stiltskin. Wilson himself and touring keyboardist
Irvin Duguid
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(who later left the line-up) were the only members from the original line-up.
The new incarnation of Stiltskin released the album ''
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'' in 2006. They toured Europe during 2006 and 2007, and a live album entitled ''Stiltskin Live'', recorded on 25 October 2006, with material from this tour, was released in April 2007. In 2008, Stiltskin toured across Europe. A new Stiltskin album called ''
Unfulfillment''
was released in 2011. In 2015 it was reported in the Edinburgh Evening News that drummer Ashley Macmillan had left Stiltskin to become a Chef, citing the rigours of touring as a reason for the change.
Personnel
Members
;Current members
*
Ray Wilson - lead vocals
(1994–1996, 2005–present), guitars
(2005–present)
* Ali Ferguson - guitars, backing vocals
(2006–present)
*
*
Lawrie MacMillan
Lawrie MacMillan is a Scottish freelance bass guitarist and bass teacher from Rosyth in Fife, Scotland.
Lawrie MacMillan is best known for his work with the chart-topping group Stiltskin, fronted by the vocalist Ray Wilson, who in the late 199 ...
- bass guitars, backing vocals
(2006–present)
* Filip Walcerz - keyboards
(2010–present)
* Steve Wilson - guitars, backing vocals
(2010–present)
;Former members
* James Finnigan - bass guitars, keyboards
(1994–1995)
* Peter Lawlor - guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, drums, backing vocals
(1994–1996)
* Ross McFarlane - drums, percussion
(1994–1996)
*
Aubrey Nunn - bass guitars
(1995–1996)
*
Irvin Duguid
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He studied piano and violin at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow before going on to become keyboard player in t ...
- keyboards
(2005–2006; touring musician - 1994-1995)
* Uwe Metzler - guitars
(2005–2011)
* Alvin Mills - bass guitars
(2005–2006)
* Henrik Muller - drums, percussion
(2005–2006)
* Scott Spence - guitars
(2005–2006)
*
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- drums, percussion
(2005–2006)
* Ashley MacMillan - drums, percussion
(2006–2015)
Lineups
Timeline
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Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
Singles
References
External links
Uwe Metzler MyspaceAli Ferguson MyspaceAshley Macmillan Myspace*
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