What exactly is it about Skindred that makes them so unique, so unto themselves both musically and spiritually? Is it their origins on the mean streets of Newport Wales, is it the combination of black meets white rock influence? Is it their dancehall roots? Is it their punk DIY ethic? Drum and Bass combined with metallic riffing. Anyone who has experienced this band can go on for days trying to encapsulate what exactly it is about Skindred…but it is quite simply the music created by these 4 unlikely bandmates, a clash of cultures and ideas blended into a fusion of such musical grandeur, such magnificence that all bow or break in its wake.
Benji Webbe is not only one of the most fierce frontmen in all of rock, not only does he have the pipes that rock dreams are made of but is also a guy who has his roots firmly in hand. You don't find him sitting behind the velvet rope at posh after parties, you’ll more likely find him speaking to a homeless person in an alley beside the venue, not preaching but connecting and treating them like a human. Yes, he has taken in homeless to live with him, in his house with his family, not for a reality show, not for a news article but because it is who he is and what he is about. This spills over into everything he does, others pretend, others position themselves, Benji is the real deal. Part Shaman part toastmaster, part devil part angel.
Great things come from combustion and from galactic collisions, Skindred’s sound is such a thing. They are truly an original voice in a cluttered crowd of also rans. Who can tour with Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, Korn And Disturbed and destroy both worlds just as easily? SKINDRED
If Radiohead is important, if Muse and Pendulum are celebrated then Skindred are divine! I defy you journalist and press folk to see them live and come to any other conclusion. We don't need to spend two paragraphs telling you how wonderful the new CD is, because it is Skindred and they are brilliant and you do yourself a disservice not as a journalist but as a music fan to not devote the time needed to become acquainted with the music of this band. The band has done their job, created what they create it falls to us to let the world know…Skindred sound has come to take over!
Shark Bites And Dog Fights…get so you can claim this band as your own before the world does and leaves you behind.
No longer Britain’s best kept secret!
Band Members
Benji Webbe-VocalsDan-Bass/Programingmikeydemus-GuitarArya G.-Drums
Website
www.skindred.com
