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Deborah Anne Dyer (aka "Skin") (born 3 August 1967, Brixton, London, England) was the lead vocalist of britrock band Skunk Anansie. Now a solo artist, she released her debut album, "Fleshwounds" in 2003.

Skunk Anansie

See main article Skunk Anansie

Skin's career in music began in Skunk Anansie who were a multi-racial band often grouped as part of the britrock movement in the UK. They were often noted as having Skin, a black, skinhead, female as their lead singer. Joining Skin in the line up for the band were Ace on guitar, Cass on bass guitar, and Mark on drums.

After forming in 1994, the band released three albums. "Paranoid & Sunburnt", "Stoosh" and "Post Orgasmic Chill" sold over 4 million copies worldwide. They are best known for their single "Weak", but have had a series of other hits including "Charity", "Hedonism" and "Charlie Big Potato".

In 2001 the band decided to split. Ace released a solo album entitled "Still Hungry", Mark became a replacement drummer for the band Feeder and Skin went on to pursue a solo career.

Solo career

After Skunk Anansie split, Skin released her debut solo album "Fleshwounds". The album was toned down from her Skunk Anansie days and seemingly Skunk Anansie fans never took to it. The album wasn't a massive success in the UK but three singles were released from it; "Trashed", "Faithfulness" and "Lost" (a double A-Side with "Getting Away With It"). Elsewhere in Europe, the album's success was greater. For example, in Italy it peaked at #6 in the album chart. In Germany, it peaked at #18.

After releasing "Fleshwounds", Skin went on to perform various solo gigs around Europe. She was also support for the European leg of Robbie Williams' and Placebo's world tours. After touring, she began to record her second album, "Fake Chemical State" which will be released in March of 2006, preceded by a new single 'Just Let The Sun' on March 6th 2006. The first single from this album was "Alone In My Room", a download only track released on November 7th, 2005. "Alone in My Room" was also the name given to Skin's first UK solo tour in 2 years, which kicked off in Berlin on 4th November, 2005.

Skin's next solo tour was a small promotional "Fake Chemical State" tour. It kicked off in Glasgow on March 17th, 2006. Her album Fake Chemical State was released on March 20th, 2006.

Discography

For Skin's full discography, including tracklistings, see Skin Discography. For Skunk Anansie's full discography see Skunk Anansie Discography.

Albums

With Skunk Anansie

Skunk Anansie's Albums

As A Solo Artist

Skin's Solo Albums

Singles

With Skunk Anansie
  • Little Baby Swastikkka (1995) (Limited to 2000 copies released)
  • Selling Jesus (March 1995) - UK Chart #46
  • I Can Dream (July 1995) - UK Chart #41
  • Charity (September 1995) - UK Chart #40
  • Weak (January 1996) - UK Chart #20
  • Charity re-release (April 1996) - UK Chart #20
  • All I Want (September 1996) - UK Chart #14
  • Twisted (November 1996) - UK Chart #26
  • Hedonism (February 1997) - UK Chart #14
  • Brazen (June 1997) - UK Chart #11
  • Charlie Big Potato (March 1999) - UK Chart #17
  • Secretly (May 1999) - UK Chart #16
  • Lately (August 1999) - UK Chart #33
  • You'll Follow Me Down

As a solo artist
  • Trashed (June 2003) - UK Chart #30
  • Faithfulness (September 2003) - UK Chart #64
  • Lost & Getting Away With It - Double A-Side (2003)
  • Alone In My Room (November 2005 - Download only)
  • Just Let The Sun (March 2006) UK Indie Chart #27
  • Purple (Released across Europe soon)

Skin's Solo Singles

Appearances

  • Vocals on "Carmen Queasy" from Maxim's (of The Prodigy) 2000 solo album, "Hell's Kitchen" - UK Chart #33
  • Vocals on "Licking Cream" from Sevendust's second album, "Home"
  • Vocals on "Good Times", by Ed Case.
  • Contributes vocals to "Still Standing" from "Unity – The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album"
  • Performs on "Kill Everything" from L'Empire des Loups OST.
  • Contributes vocals to "La Canzone Che Scrivo Per Te" on the album Che Cosa Vedi by Marlene Kuntz.
  • Contributes vocals on "Stagioni D'Amore" (Seasons of Love) from the sound track to the Italian film "Rent".
  • Vocals on "Meat" from Tony Iommi's album "Iommi".
  • Vocals on "Comfort of Strangers" on the OST to Time Code
  • Contributes to charity single "It's Only Rock and Roll"

External links

1967 births | Living people | English musicians

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