Skinny were an English electronica
band
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Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
* Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, MureÈ™, a commune in Romania
* Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, ...
which released two
album
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s over the course of four years. Their most successful
song
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, "Failure", was included on both albums.
History
In 1996, drummer and
programmer
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Mathew Benbrook and
guitarist
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/
singer
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Paul Herman first met in India, where they discovered they shared similar interests. After another coincidental encounter in London and finding out that both of them were
musician
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s, they decided to form a band together.
They were signed to
Rollo Armstrong's label
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,
Cheeky Records, in 1998. In 2001, the remix of the title ''Morning Light'' was featured on the music sampler of the
Café del Mar
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.
The band split up in 2001, leaving the name with Benbrook who continues to make music under it.
[''"I'm slowly making a new Skinny record"'' â€]
Matty Benbrook on MySpace
/ref> Benbrook also worked as songwriter with other musicians, such as Paolo Nutini
Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter from Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Nutini's debut album, ''These Streets'' (2006), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Its follow-u ...
('' New Shoes'') and Lena Meyer-Landrut
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('' Neon (Lonely People)'').
Discography
Albums
*''The Weekend'' (1998)
*''Taller'' (2001)
Singles
*"Failure" (1998) – UK No. 31
References
External links
Matty Benbrook's MySpace page
Discogs - ''The Weekend''
Discogs - ''Taller''
English electronic music groups
English alternative rock groups
Trip hop groups
Alternative rock groups from London
Electronic music groups from London
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