Stiltskin are a Scottish

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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, " Inside".

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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television advertisement, "Creek". The resulting single, " Inside" topped the UK Singles Chart in 1994, but the band failed to produce further matching chart success with the follow-up single "Footsteps" reaching No. 34. The

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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

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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

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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

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, who later worked with

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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 '' BBC One 'Rhythm & Movement' idents'' and also the theme for the

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coverage, and the theme for Premier League and FA Cup 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 The Proclaimers and achieved another number one in the UK Singles Chart. He went on to join the band Texas in 2009, leaving in early 2019. Wilson joined

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and recorded '' Calling All Stations'' with the band (released in 1997) and toured Europe the following year. In 1999 he formed

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. In 2002 he launched a solo career. In 2005, Wilson put a new band together under the name Stiltskin. Wilson himself and touring keyboardist

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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 ''

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'' 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) * *

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- 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) *

- bass guitars (1995–1996) *

- 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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