Name | Skin Yard |
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Caption | Publicity photo 1988, ft. Jack Endino, Ben McMillan, and Daniel House |
Background | group_or_band |
Origin | Seattle, Washington,United States |
Genre | Alternative rock, grunge, funk metal, heavy metal |
Years active | 1985–1993 |
Label | Cruz RecordsToxic Shock RecordsC/Z RecordsSub Pop |
Associated acts | SoundgardenGruntruckJack EndinoScreaming TreesMad SeasonR.E.M.Pearl Jam |
Website | www.Skin-Yard.com |
Past members | Ben McMillanJack EndinoDaniel HouseMatt CameronJason FinnGreg GilmoreScott McCullumBarrett Martin |
Skin Yard was a grunge band from Seattle, Washington, who were active from 1985 to 1992. The group never gained a mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries – most notably Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, The Melvins, and Green River – alongside whom they are considered the early pioneers of the sound that would later be called grunge.
Shortly after these releases, drummer Matt Cameron left the band to join Soundgarden, after which the band went through a series of drummers. He was initially replaced by Steve Wied, followed by Greg Gilmore; however both drummers lasted only two shows. In the fall, Jason Finn joined, but left after eight months for personal reasons. Scott McCullum filled the vacancy in May 1987 and he remained for two years, during which time the band recorded and released their second album, Hallowed Ground (1988). However, McCullum left and the band took a fourteen month hiatus after a U.S. tour quoted as being "the tour from hell".
Pat Pedersen and Barrett Martin worked with Jack Endino on his solo album Endino's Earthworm. Endino also released two other solo albums, Angle of Attack and Permanent Fatal Error. Endino has largely switched from working as a performer to working as a music producer. He produced several albums by the grunge bands Soundgarden (a band including original Skin Yard drummer Matt Cameron) and Mudhoney; more recently he has produced albums by artists such as Hot Hot Heat and ZEKE.
Daniel House, as owner and president of C/Z Records, continued to release records until 2001 when he released the Skin Yard rarities album, Start at the Top.
Barrett Martin joined Screaming Trees and drummed on their albums Sweet Oblivion and Dust. Screaming Trees went on hiatus and finally broke up in 2000. Martin has also toured with R.E.M.. During the late 1990s, Martin formed the grunge supergroup Mad Season with Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley, Pearl Jam lead guitarist Mike McCready, and bassist John Baker Saunders. Mad Season released one album before breaking up in 1999.
Jason Finn, who was replaced by McCullum in Skin Yard, went on to drum for psychedelic rock band Love Battery until 1995 and the post-grunge band The Presidents of the United States of America until their breakup in 1998. The Presidents of the United States of America has since reunited, with Finn still drumming on their new album in 2008.
Title | Year | Label |
1987 | C/Z Records | |
1988 | Toxic Shock Records | |
Fist Sized Chunks | 1990 | Cruz Records |
1000 Smiling Knuckles | 1991 | Cruz Records |
Inside the Eye | 1993 | Cruz Records |
Start at the Top | 2001 | C/Z Records |
Year | Title | Album | Label |
1987 | "Bleed" | Skin Yard | C/Z Records |
1987 | "Stranger" | Hallowed Ground | Toxic Shock Records |
1989 | "Start at the Top" | Start at the Top | Sub Pop |
1991 | "1,000 Smiling Knuckles" | 1,000 Smiling Knuckles | Cruz Records |
1991 | "Psychoriflepowerhypnotized" | 1,000 Smiling Knuckles | Rave Records |
1993 | "Undertow" | Inside the Eye | Cruz Records |
Category:Alternative rock groups from Washington (state) Category:Grunge musical groups Category:Musical groups from Seattle, Washington Category:C/Z Records artists Category:Musical groups established in 1985
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