Skin Yard (album)
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Skin Yard was the first album released by the band Skin Yard
in January, 1987. 1400 vinyl copies were released on translucent skin-tone vinyl.
Skin Yard
Skin Yard was an American rock 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...
in January, 1987. 1400 vinyl copies were released on translucent skin-tone vinyl.
Track listing
- "Skins in my Closet" (Endino / McMillan)
- "Reptile" (Cameron / McMillan)
- "Epitaph for Yesterday" (Endino / House / McMillan)
- "The Blind Leading the Blind" (Endino / House / McMillan)
- "Scratch" (Endino)
- "Burning the Candle" (House / McMillan) (only on original vinyl issue)
- "Dear Deceased" (Endino / House / McMillan)
- "Stuck in a Plan" (Endino / House / McMillan)
- "Jabberwocky" (Cameron / Endino / House / McMillan)
- "Gelatin Babies" (Endino / House / McMillan) (CD and reissue vinyl only)
- "Bleed" (House / McMillan) (CD and reissue vinyl only)
- "Out of the Attic" (Endino / House / McMillan) (CD only)
- "Skinstruction" (Cameron / Endino) (CD only)
- "Red Tension" (Cameron / Endino / House) (CD only)
- "The Birds" (Endino / House / McMillan) (CD only)
- "She Shook Me Cold" (David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
) (Recorded Live - CD only)
Personnel
- Ben McMillan — lead vocals / sax
- Jack EndinoJack EndinoJack Endino is a producer and musician based in Seattle. Long associated with Seattle label Sub Pop and the grunge movement, Endino worked on seminal albums from bands such as Mudhoney, Soundgarden, and Nirvana...
— guitar / bass - Daniel HouseDaniel HouseDaniel House is a business owner/entrepreneur and musician best known for his contribution to the Seattle “grunge” music movement of the 1980s and ‘90s...
— bass / piano - Matt CameronMatt CameronMatthew David "Matt" Cameron is an American musician who serves as the drummer for the American rock bands Pearl Jam and Soundgarden...
— drums / percussion - Jason Finn — drums on "Bleed" and "Out of the Attic"