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| Background information | |
| Origin | New York City, United States |
| Genre(s) | Post-punk/Electronic/Indie |
| Years active | 1997–2001 |
| Label(s) | Gold Standard Laboratories |
| Members | |
| Nick Forte Ross Totino Mitchel Rankin Charles Burst |
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Beautiful Skin were an American post-punk band extant from 1997 until their 2001 split. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an Independent record label which was founded in 1993 in Boulder Colorado by Sonny Kay The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Despite never achieving real mainstream or commercial success, they are regarded among the cognoscenti as a trailblazer for the post-punk revival [1]. The post-punk revival is a movement in Alternative rock of the 2000s where bands draw from of the original sounds and aesthetics of the Post-punk sound of the late
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History
Beautiful Skin consisted of guitarist Nick Forte and Brazilian keyboardist Ross Totino. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld A keyboardist is a Musician who plays Keyboard instruments Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists Totino had played with many bands in Brazil in the 1980s, playing covers of bands like Wire and The Cure at talent shows and parties, while Forte had been a member of seminal U. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Wire are an English rock band formed in London in October 1976 (and intermittently active to the present by Colin Newman (vocals guitar The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 S. hardcore band Rorschach. Hardcore punk (now usually referred to as simply hardcore) is a subgenre of Punk rock that originated in North America in the late 1970s Rorschach were a New Jersey -based band that existed from 1989 to 1993 The two met while working at an electronics factory in New York; Forte was at the time playing in the band Computer Cougar, who released a single and a posthumous LP on the label Gern Blandsten. Gern Blandsten Records is an Independent record label based in River Edge New Jersey.
Soon the pair were experimenting together, combining their respective influences into a sound that harked back to the post-punk of Wire and The Cure as well as the experimental electronic of Suicide and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and the krautrock of Can and Kraftwerk. Wire are an English rock band formed in London in October 1976 (and intermittently active to the present by Colin Newman (vocals guitar The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 Suicide is an American Rock music group intermittently active since 1971 and composed of Alan Vega ( Vocals) and Martin Rev ( Synthesizers Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (often abbreviated to OMD) are a Synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula Krautrock is a generic name for the Experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s especially in Britain Can was a musical group formed in West Germany in 1968 One of the most important Krautrock groups Can had a style grounded in the Experimental rock of Kraftwerk (ˈkʁaftvɛɐk German for " power plant " or " Power station " is an influential Electronic music band from Their debut single, Sex is a Triangle for the Perfect Square was followed up by the critically-acclaimed Revolve, their debut LP released on Gold Standard Laboratories. Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an Independent record label which was founded in 1993 in Boulder Colorado by Sonny Kay With the addition of Mitch Rackin on bass and Charles Burst on drums, Beautiful Skin toured the west coast in the winter of 2000/2001, supporting labelmates such as The Locust, Le Shok, and DeFacto. The Locust is a musical group from San Diego California, United States known for theirunique mix of Grindcore speed and aggression Mathcore De Facto was a dub reggae band which included Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodríguez-López, Isaiah "Ikey" Owens and Jeremy Michael The band split soon after. Various unreleased recordings from the four and two person eras were issued as Everything, All This and More on GSL in 2005. Gold Standard Laboratories or GSL was an Independent record label which was founded in 1993 in Boulder Colorado by Sonny Kay Events January 1 - In most of Europe copyright expired on a number of classic pop and rock-and-roll songs recorded in 1954 and earlier including Totino currently lives in Los Angeles, now recording under the name Fans of Collision. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Forte also continues to write and record, and produces remixes under various names. Rackin has since played with Dirty Rainbow and Heavy Hands. Burst is a member of The Occasion and also performs with Mike Wexler.
Line up
- Nick Forte - Vocals/Guitar (1997-2001)
- Ross Totino - Keyboards (1997-2001)
- Charles Burst - Drums (2000-2001)
- Mitch Rackin - Bass (2000-2001)
Discography
Singles
- Sex is a Triangle for the Perfect Square/Work Will Set You Free - 2000