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SKIN THE PEELER

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General Info

  • Genre: Folk Rock

    Location UK

    Profile Views: 9626

    Last Login: 16/08/2011

    Member Since 07/01/2007

    Record Label SKINDEPENDENT

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .... .. .. .. .. ...... Skin the Peeler were formed in the late Seventies by Terry Barter and Rod Salter in Bristol, England. They were inspired by Irish and contempory folk music. After a few years playing and writing they teamed up with Martin Palfrey, Pat Hunter and Mike Edwards playing the Local Pubs and Clubs. When Mike Pryor joined the Band, and then later Neil Russell on drums, the band really took off on the local scene... Neil began experimenting with electronic drums and Martin Palfrey bought a Prophet 5 keyboard and the band went wild. With Terry's rhythms and Rods' melodies they packed gigs out up and down the country... Then came the decision to record an Album. They went to the Right Track Studio in Bristol where they met Liam 'Willy' Henshaw. He fell in love with the music and joined the band. Neil, due to other committments, had to take a back seat for a while. Tony Heyes stepped into his shoes... Liam had huge offers pending with his recording work which also took Tony away, so Martin Cleverly joined as drummer. We got hold of Chris Whitington to play bass for us, but he didn't stay long. And then in the late Eighties.... Neil Russell came back, Rose Hull joined on Cello, Gerald Davis came in on Guitar and Jason Gaines played Percussion. With this line up SKIN THE PEELER began the most popular phase of their career... After the release of FRIENDS AND LOVERS Richard Ireland joined the band on Bass Guitar and Neil left to be replaced by Myke Vince. The last few gigs saw many changes and the band even took on another Sax Player, Brendan Whitmore. After a whole decade of work, the band could no longer sustain itself because of solo committments within the group, in 1994 the band decided to stop working... They got together in 1996 for a Reunion Gig at the Hope Chapel in Bristol. It was an amazing night which will be remembered by the fans (and the band) for a long long time..... .. .. .. .. .. ..

  • Members

    ..THE FRIENDS AND LOVERS LINE UP.... TERRY BARTER - MANDOCELLO/MANDOLIN.. ROD SALTER - FLUTES /SAXOPHONES.. ROSE HULL - CELLO.. GERALD DAVIS - GUITARS.. NEIL RUSSELL - DRUMS.. JASON GAINES - PERCUSSION

  • Influences

    ..THE MUSIC.... EARTHSONG.. With Terry, Rod, Rose.. Neil, Jason and Gerald... L'AMOUR DE LA VIE.. With Terry, Rod, Rose.. Neil, Jason and Gerald... BIDDY EARLY.. With Terry, Rod, Liam Henshaw,.. Mike Pryor, Tony Heyes and Martin Palfrey... SKIN THE PEELER.. With Terry, Rod, Martin Palfrey.. Mike Pryor, Alan Eden and Pat Hunter.

  • Sounds Like

    nothing else..... ...... ..FREINDS & LOVERS CD.... ...... WORLD DANCE CD..... ...... THE FIRST ALBUM..

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ANGEL

06:10 | 297 plays | 10 Jan 2007

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