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Hard Skin is an English punk group from Gipsy Hill, London who play in the early UK Oi! style.
History
Hard Skin is an oi band founded in 1996 and their first album Hard Nuts and Hard Cunts appeared that year. The band were: bassist "Fat Bob" (Sean Forbes of Wat Tyler), guitarist and lead vocalist "Johnny Takeaway" (Ben Corrigan of Thatcher On Acid) and drummer "Nosher" (Chris Acland of indie/Britpop band Lush). After Acland's death, he was replaced on drums by "Nipper" (Scott Stewart) for second album Same Meat Different Gravy in 2005, which like its predecessor was received positively in punk and Oi! circles despite (or perhaps partly because of) the band's parodic tendencies.
Third album proper On The Balls was released in 2013, alongside companion album Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear featuring alternate versions of its songs voiced by female vocalists, including Joanna Newsom, Manda Rin, Miki Berenyi, Beth Jeans Houghton, Debbie Smith, Alela Diane, Alison Mosshart, Beki Bondage, Marion Herbain, Roxanne Clifford, and Liela Moss. The album also featured an appearance by Gaye Advert.
Selected Discography
= Albums
=Hard Nuts and Hard Cunts, London: Broken Rekids, 1996
Same Meat Different Gravy, Household Name Records, 2005
On the Balls, JT Classics, 2013
Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear, JT Classics, 2013
Do You Like Hospital Food EP, JT Classics, 2014
South East Enders EP, JT Classics, 2020
= Singles/EPs
=You Won't Get Better Than This, 2024
= Compilations and live
=Live & Loud & Skinhead, Damaged Goods Records, 2002
Greatest Hits Vol. 5, 2007
Where the Fuckin Mic - live at the Grosvenor 2005, Fat Punks Records (HSKIN01), 2009
We're the Fucking George, JT Classics, 2011
We're the Fucking Business, JT Classics, 2015
Greatest Hits Vol. 7, 2016
We're the Fucking Mustard, JT Classics, 2018
Gold, JT Classics, 2024
References
External links
Hard Skin discography at Discogs
2013 interview