Formed in the winter of 1999, SkinInc. quickly hit the Perth music scene with a bang! Their fourth gig was played from the middle of a speedway to 5,000 racing fans, and their biggest performance was at Australia’s Big Day Out festival in the year 2000 with 35,000 people – not bad for the band’s twelfth gig.
They recorded their EP “Love Me Tomorrow” just a week after their debut gig and the Limited Collectors’ Edition of the CD even came with a piece of the bands’ own skin ink leftovers for a personalised touch – yes, their tattoo scabs, in other words. They then released their album “Rose Coloured Glasses” in the middle of 2001. Included on the disc’s multimedia goodies was the video to opening track “Diatribe,” as seen on music television across Australia. However, the release became the band’s swan song.
The band has been on a 20-year hiatus…until now, with SkinInc. readying to unleash a string of singles commencing with “Life’s a Bitch” which is being released worldwide on Friday January 21st, with the promise of much more to come in the next stage of the SkinInc. rock ‘n’ roll journey. The Rockpit have the pleasure of exclusively premiering the video clip to ‘Lifes a Bitch’ this Thursday, 20th January.
Recently The Rockpit’s Sean Bennett and Rossco Hunter from Hunter Brother Media sat down with Paul Miles (vocals) & Corey Hodgetts (guitar) for an in-depth chat about SkinInc., why its taken so long to get back together and what the band have instore for the future.
Check out Part One of Live and Loose: SkinInc.
