Year : 2007 (Hassle Hindsight Edition 2021)
Style : Alternative Rock, Reggae Rock
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 147 mb
Bio:
Skindred is a Welsh rock band formed in Newport, South Wales in 1998. Skindred's musical style mixes heavy metal, alternative rock and reggae. The band also integrate elements of hardcore punk, dancehall, jungle, ska, hip hop, drum and bass, dubstep and various other influences into their music. Skindred are well known for their energetic and involving live performances, and have won several awards including "Best Live Band" at the 2011 UK Metal Hammer 'Golden Gods' awards and the "Devotion Award" at the 2011 Kerrang! Awards.Dub War was formed in Newport in 1993, and eventually signed with Earache Records. According to vocalist Benji Webbe, "They would not let us record and just wouldn't give us money to live on, this made us fight internally till we had no option other than to go our separate ways or kill someone or each other."Dub War disbanded in 1998, and Webbe formed Skindred with bassist Daniel Pugsley, guitarist Mikeydemus, and drummer Arya Goggin after Webbe was unable to put together a new project featuring other members of Dub War.In 2002, Skindred released its debut album, Babylon. After being reissued in 2003 by RCA Records, the album was re-released by Lava Records on 14 August 2004. Allmusic writer Johnny Loftus wrote that "Skindred doesn't seem to consciously want the reinvention tag; it has simply tapped into the same lack of pretension that fueled Korn and Living Colour's Vivid – records that were made visionary by an unadulterated honesty in both delivery and craft. [...] highly recommended for fans of literate genre jumpers like Soulfly and System of a Down, or any heshers looking for some heavy-hitting firepower that hasn't fallen victim to the anvil of corporate assimilation."In the United States, Babylon charted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Reggae Albums chart, No. 5 on the Top Heatseekers chart and at No. 189 on the Billboard 200, and the single "Nobody" peaked at No. 14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and at No. 23 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2004.In 2005, the single "Pressure" peaked at No. 30 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.In 2006, Babylon once again charted at No. 1 on the Top Reggae Albums chart.On 23 October 2007, Skindred released its second album, Roots Rock Riot on Bieler Bros. Records. In the United States, the album peaked at No. 6 on the Top Heatseekers chart and at No. 22 on the Top Independent Albums chart.The album Shark Bites and Dog Fights was released in September 2009.In 2011, Dan Sturgess was added to Skindred's live lineup (it's still unconfirmed whether or not he will be a full-time member although he has appeared in almost all of Skindred's publicity shots since his addition). The band's fourth studio album, Union Black, was released 25 April 2011 exclusively to the UK & Europe. On 1 July, it was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The band promoted this with a UK tour, supported by American post-hardcore group Chiodos and Blackpool band Me Vs Hero. The London show was filmed for Scuzz TV in the UK. Skindred also played at several major European festivals including Download Festival on the Acoustic Stage (Friday) and Main Stage (Saturday), Boardmasters Festival, Wacken Open Air, Przystanek Woodstock, and Sonisphere Festival in Spain and Switzerland,the Swiss leg of Sonisphere being notable for the first live performance of Warning with Jacoby Shaddix, whose band Papa Roach was also performing at Sonisphere in Switzerland.In March 2013 the band posted a studio walkthrough of The Chairworks Studio in Cas Vegas, announcing their work on their 5th album.In April 2013, the band officially announced the title for their new album to be 'Kill The Power'
Album:
Hassle Hindsight if a new sub label of Hassle Records, the UK indie that celebrates its 15th year in existence this year. Created to facilitate the occasional one off re-issues of releases and records from the past that the people at the label have loved and still love. Having already reissued Reef's debut 'Replenish', along with Kerbdog's self titled and the critically acclaimed 'On The Turn', this time it's Skindred's turn, with their much loved 2007 album 'Roots Rock Riot'.This re-issue via Hassle Hindsight marks the album's first ever release on vinyl, and as an additional bonus, all copies of the initial vinyl pressing come with a 7" featuring two exclusive tracks. First of all there is finally the addition of the track 'It's a Crime', only ever available on the original Japanese version of the album, and the previously unheard track 'Struggle', taken from the original album recording sessions but never released until now.Roots Rock Riot is the second album from Welsh rock band Skindred. It was released on 23 October 2007 in the United States.The album was produced by Matt Squire and mixed by Rick Will (who also mixed Skindred's debut album Babylon). The album sold 3,200 copies the first week of its release in the US.
Line-Up:
Clive "Benji" Webbe – Vocals
Michael John "Mikeydemus" Fry – Guitar
Daniel Pugsley – Bass, Electronic
Arya "Dirty Arya" Goggin – Drums
Production:
Produced by Matt Squire
Engineered by Jordan Schmidt & Matt LaPlant
Mixed by Rick «Soldier» Will
Mastered by Michael Fuller, at Fuller Sound, Miami, Florida
Trumpet by Ryan Muir
Trombone by Andrew Borstein
Violin by Emilia Mettenbrink
Viola by Chris Fischer
Cello by Naomi Gray
A&R by Jason & Aaron Bieler
Art conception by Michael Fry
Art direction & design by Tim Fox
Photo by Jason Reposar
Tracklist:
01. Roots Rock Riot
02. Trouble
03. Ratrace
04. State Of Emergency
05. Alright
06. Destroy The Dancefloor
07. Rude Boy For Life
08. Killing Me
09. Spit Out The Poison
10. Cause Ah Riot
11. Ease Up
12. Choices and Decisions
13. It's A Crime (Bonus Track)
14. Struggle (Bonus Track)
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