Whatever happened to Skunk Anansie

Their upcoming gig here sold out in about a week. Not that I wanted to go -christ no!- just noticed when I was perusing the listings.

I liked how the weeklies turned viciously turned on them after they didn't become MeShelle N'degewhatever, and I liked it even better that it didn't matter because by then nobody was reading the weeklies anymore, they'd all switched to Kerrang!!! Ha ha ha! Death to clever limey indie-pop shit!!!
― dave q, Monday, May 13, 2002 12:00 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark

^ luv this

i know a lot of people who don't take the awfulness of Official Awful Band Skunk Anansie as given, quite like them, had bought and listened to and enjoyed records without being aware they were an Officially Awful Band

n.b. i have never heard a skunk anansie record

Caught em a few time live before their debut came out, and they always tore the place up.

Yeah, I saw them early on in 1994-ish too, cos they supported Come at the Camden Underworld. Not mad keen, I'm afraid.

I was surpsied to see they were still around and a part of two songs on this forthcoming soundtrack:

"SUCKER PUNCH" SOUNDTRACK SET FOR MARCH 22nd RELEASE FEATURING ARTISTS ALISON MOSSHART, QUEEN, EMILIANA TORRINI, AND BJÖRK

SOUNDTRACK COMPRISED OF WILDLY REIMAGINED VERSIONS
OF CLASSIC SONGS

WaterTower Music is thrilled to announce the release of "Sucker Punch: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" on March 22, 2011. The audio companion to the film director Zack Snyder describes as "Alice In Wonderland with machine guns" has taken over two years to create, and will delight filmgoers and music fans of all generations.

TRACK LISTING:

1. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" - Emily Browning
2. "Army Of Me (Sucker Punch Remix)" - Björk featuring Skunk Anansie
3. "White Rabbit" - Emiliana Torrini
4. "I Want It All"/"We Will Rock You" Mash-Up - Queen w/ Armageddon Aka Geddy
5. "Search And Destroy" - Skunk Anansie
6. "Tomorrow Never Knows" - Alison Mosshart and Carla Azar
7. "Where Is My Mind?" - Yoav featuring Emily Browning
8. "Asleep" - Emily Browning
9. "Love Is The Drug" - Carla Gugino and Oscar Isaac

"Search And Destroy" - Skunk Anansie

There has got to be an ilm-based joke somewhere in this

howard stern pronounces them the next big thing back in the day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU-ExhHPJ0I

"it's gonna be as big as Green Day!"

YES, IT'S FUCKING POLITICAL!
EVERYTHING'S POL-I-TI-CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!