Skin Games


Skin Games were a British pop/rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Critically acclaimed as artists, they never gained commercial success, and broke up after just one album release, The Blood Rush, released in 1989. The soaring vocal style of lead singer Wendy Page has been compared with both Kate Bush and The Cocteau Twins but the music is otherwise hard to categorise. The band released a number of singles from the album, but only "Brilliant Shining" managed to gain any significant airplay. Other notable tracks include the Steve Hillage-produced "Cowboy Joe", "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Tirade".
Skin Games were:
Despite sinking with relatively little trace, Wendy Page and Jim Marr went on to pen some hits for Martine McCutcheon and Billie Piper and also wrote and produced "Dangerous To Know" on Hilary Duff's second album. In 1999, Page collaborated with production duo Tin Tin Out, on the album Eleven To Fly, co-writing and providing lead vocals on the majority of the tracks. She also continues to have a solo career.