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Feisty indie band Skunk and Antsy gathered a worldwide following during the 90s with very energetic rock.
had hits such as Weak, Brazen and Hedonism during the 90s and sold more than 5 million albums before going their separate ways in 2001.
it's called Wanderluster.
let's remind ourselves of some of the hits they enjoyed before their absence.
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had hits such as Weak, Brazen and Hedonism during the 90s and sold more than 5 million albums before going their separate ways in 2001.
it's called Wanderluster.
let's remind ourselves of some of the hits they enjoyed before their absence.
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Feisty indie band Skunk and Antsy gathered a worldwide following during the 90s with very energetic rock.
Yes, they had hits such as Weak, Brazen and Hedonism during the 90s and sold more than 5 million albums before going their separate ways in 2001.
But they're back now and hungrier than ever with their first studio album for more than a decade.
And it's called Wanderluster.
We'll speak to Skin, the lead singer, about it in a moment because she's just joined us.
Lovely to see you.
You too.
First let's remind ourselves of some of the hits they enjoyed before their absence.
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[C] I was just thinking, what was I [N] wearing in the 90s?
Really?
We were just saying if they showed pictures of us in the 90s then you'd have something to complain about.
Lovely to see you Skin.
Thank you very much.
We were talking about reforming Skunk and Antsy but actually that was a while ago that you got back together.
You had an absence and then you got back together.
Yeah, we kind of like sneaked together in 2008, you know, on the quiet.
We actually, our first gig was in La Mou off the coast of Ghana.
We did like a friend's wedding for like about 50 people and that was our first gig back.
Because we thought, oh, you know, we'll do a little gig, you know, out of the way of everywhere.
And it was so much fun.
We literally played a bunch of songs and then everybody, including Brydon Green, jumped into the swimming pool at the end.
Did they?
We just all jumped into the swimming pool.
It was really funny.
Oh, the wild times of rock and roll.
_ _ You sort of stepped back to it incrementally because you were nervous about what might happen if you got back together and it didn't work.
Well, I think that we just wanted to, we kind of felt it would work because there was such a huge kind of swathe on the internet and other places for us to get back together.
But I think that, you know, we wanted to prove ourselves in terms of it's all about the future, you know, to slowly get ourselves back into it and not just come out with a big bang and then disappear again.
You know, we want to make sure our chemistry is right, we were writing great songs and, you know, we just wanted to take our time, you know.
It's interesting that you mention the internet because while you were away, what was that, eight years, there's of course the growth in the internet and it changed the way people bought music and heard about music and so it was a very different environment when you got back into it.
Oh, completely different.
I mean, I did a couple of solo albums in the absence but, yeah, I mean, you know, we've come back into a completely different world, you know, a world where everyone sees their music through video games and through the internet and stuff like that, you know.
Record shops have effectively disappeared but, you know, we roll with the punches.
I don't think there's anything to be afraid of.
I think you just got to go with what's going on in the future and not be kind of like, oh, internet.
Well, because music's still music.
Yeah, you know, things change, you know.
Twenty years ago, the way people accessed music was completely different to now.
Let's hear a little bit from the album Wanderlust and this is your latest single and [Cm] it's called You Saved Me.
Here it is.
[D] Thinking deeper in the [G] sand, _ _ [Em] you let me [A] down, _ _ [Em] right onto [A] solid ground.
But you came [G] and saved me, [Em] you saved me [D] from [A] myself.
You came [G] and saved me, [Em] you saved me.
[D] So, You Saved Me, we've got a bit of an [G] equestrian theme actually this morning.
We're talking to [E] Jamie Vellis now about horses.
You [D] came on and you said you rode a horse where just [Gm] now?
I did.
I actually have just [Eb] been in Venice.
We finished the European [E] tour on [G] Friday and I won an award for services to Italian culture.
[C] Services to Italian culture?
Italian culture, yeah.
It's called the Calvacino Award and Grace Jones and Pierre Gardin won it too.
They had me ride into the La Fenice, which is the famous opera house in Venice, on a white stallion with blue [N] eyes.
It's a carnivale, it's a masquerade ball.
So, everybody was completely crazy, crazy dressed up.
How did they get the horse?
I mean, it's right in the middle of Venice.
Did they put it in a gondola or what?
I don't know.
I don't know how it got on there.
Apparently, somebody's having a wedding there and they're going to try and get elephants in Venice.
I don't know how they're going to do that.
But, yeah, I mean, the horse was lovely.
He did little dance and little twists and then I rode up onto the stage on this white horse.
It's kind of one of the most ridiculously crazy things I've ever done.
Great honour though and in great company.
Yeah, yeah.
Were they giving that for your solo work?
Because, as you said, you did a solo album for the Ascots.
Yeah, well, the band are massive, massive in Italy and around Europe.
We just played to 16,000 in the Forum in Milan and we're just kind of very big there.
Do they have a different way of pronouncing the name of the band in Italy?
Scanganazzi.
Scanganazzi.
Ski, the Scanganazzi.
Ski.
I like that.
Excellent.
Thank you very much, Lynn.
Good to see you.
Pleasure.
And the band's new single, You Save Me, out on Monday.
The album Wanderluster is out now.
Yes, they had hits such as Weak, Brazen and Hedonism during the 90s and sold more than 5 million albums before going their separate ways in 2001.
But they're back now and hungrier than ever with their first studio album for more than a decade.
And it's called Wanderluster.
We'll speak to Skin, the lead singer, about it in a moment because she's just joined us.
Lovely to see you.
You too.
First let's remind ourselves of some of the hits they enjoyed before their absence.
[C] _ _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ You are _ [C] _ so [Bm] cool.
[C] I was just thinking, what was I [N] wearing in the 90s?
Really?
We were just saying if they showed pictures of us in the 90s then you'd have something to complain about.
Lovely to see you Skin.
Thank you very much.
We were talking about reforming Skunk and Antsy but actually that was a while ago that you got back together.
You had an absence and then you got back together.
Yeah, we kind of like sneaked together in 2008, you know, on the quiet.
We actually, our first gig was in La Mou off the coast of Ghana.
We did like a friend's wedding for like about 50 people and that was our first gig back.
Because we thought, oh, you know, we'll do a little gig, you know, out of the way of everywhere.
And it was so much fun.
We literally played a bunch of songs and then everybody, including Brydon Green, jumped into the swimming pool at the end.
Did they?
We just all jumped into the swimming pool.
It was really funny.
Oh, the wild times of rock and roll.
_ _ You sort of stepped back to it incrementally because you were nervous about what might happen if you got back together and it didn't work.
Well, I think that we just wanted to, we kind of felt it would work because there was such a huge kind of swathe on the internet and other places for us to get back together.
But I think that, you know, we wanted to prove ourselves in terms of it's all about the future, you know, to slowly get ourselves back into it and not just come out with a big bang and then disappear again.
You know, we want to make sure our chemistry is right, we were writing great songs and, you know, we just wanted to take our time, you know.
It's interesting that you mention the internet because while you were away, what was that, eight years, there's of course the growth in the internet and it changed the way people bought music and heard about music and so it was a very different environment when you got back into it.
Oh, completely different.
I mean, I did a couple of solo albums in the absence but, yeah, I mean, you know, we've come back into a completely different world, you know, a world where everyone sees their music through video games and through the internet and stuff like that, you know.
Record shops have effectively disappeared but, you know, we roll with the punches.
I don't think there's anything to be afraid of.
I think you just got to go with what's going on in the future and not be kind of like, oh, internet.
Well, because music's still music.
Yeah, you know, things change, you know.
Twenty years ago, the way people accessed music was completely different to now.
Let's hear a little bit from the album Wanderlust and this is your latest single and [Cm] it's called You Saved Me.
Here it is.
[D] Thinking deeper in the [G] sand, _ _ [Em] you let me [A] down, _ _ [Em] right onto [A] solid ground.
But you came [G] and saved me, [Em] you saved me [D] from [A] myself.
You came [G] and saved me, [Em] you saved me.
[D] So, You Saved Me, we've got a bit of an [G] equestrian theme actually this morning.
We're talking to [E] Jamie Vellis now about horses.
You [D] came on and you said you rode a horse where just [Gm] now?
I did.
I actually have just [Eb] been in Venice.
We finished the European [E] tour on [G] Friday and I won an award for services to Italian culture.
[C] Services to Italian culture?
Italian culture, yeah.
It's called the Calvacino Award and Grace Jones and Pierre Gardin won it too.
They had me ride into the La Fenice, which is the famous opera house in Venice, on a white stallion with blue [N] eyes.
It's a carnivale, it's a masquerade ball.
So, everybody was completely crazy, crazy dressed up.
How did they get the horse?
I mean, it's right in the middle of Venice.
Did they put it in a gondola or what?
I don't know.
I don't know how it got on there.
Apparently, somebody's having a wedding there and they're going to try and get elephants in Venice.
I don't know how they're going to do that.
But, yeah, I mean, the horse was lovely.
He did little dance and little twists and then I rode up onto the stage on this white horse.
It's kind of one of the most ridiculously crazy things I've ever done.
Great honour though and in great company.
Yeah, yeah.
Were they giving that for your solo work?
Because, as you said, you did a solo album for the Ascots.
Yeah, well, the band are massive, massive in Italy and around Europe.
We just played to 16,000 in the Forum in Milan and we're just kind of very big there.
Do they have a different way of pronouncing the name of the band in Italy?
Scanganazzi.
Scanganazzi.
Ski, the Scanganazzi.
Ski.
I like that.
Excellent.
Thank you very much, Lynn.
Good to see you.
Pleasure.
And the band's new single, You Save Me, out on Monday.
The album Wanderluster is out now.