# Skin Games

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{{Short description|British pop/rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}

'''Skin Games''' were a British [pop](/source/pop_music)/[rock](/source/Rock_music) band of the late 1980s and early 1990s that were signed to [Epic Records](/source/Epic_Records).<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 October 1988 |title=Rockers to step back in time for concert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/808204770/ |work=Birmingham Evening Mail |pages=17}}</ref> Their name was inspired by a [Dylan Thomas](/source/Dylan_Thomas) short story.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 January 1989 |title=Faces to watch in 1989 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/936026708/ |work=Manchester Evening News |pages=28}}</ref> Critically acclaimed as artists,{{According to whom|date=February 2024}} they never gained commercial success, and broke up after just one album, ''The Blood Rush'', released in 1989. The soaring vocal style of lead singer Wendy Page has been compared{{By whom|date=August 2022}} with both [Kate Bush](/source/Kate_Bush) and [the Cocteau Twins](/source/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. Their first single, "Cowboy Joe", was produced by [Steve Hillage](/source/Steve_Hillage).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holt |first=Peter |date=4 September 1987 |title=Ad Lib |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/722389988/ |work=Evening Standard|location=London |pages=27}}</ref>

Skin Games were:
* Wendy Page (vocals)
* Jim Marr (bass guitar)
* Jonny Willett (lead guitar)
* Dave Innes (drums)
* Adam Lee (keyboards)

Despite sinking with relatively little trace, Wendy Page and Jim Marr went on to pen two UK number one hits for other artists  ("[Because We Want To](/source/Because_We_Want_To)" and "[Perfect Moment](/source/Perfect_Moment)"). They also wrote and produced "Dangerous to Know" on [Hilary Duff](/source/Hilary_Duff)'s [third album](/source/Hilary_Duff_(album)). In 1999, Page collaborated with production duo [Tin Tin Out](/source/Tin_Tin_Out) on the album ''[Eleven to Fly](/source/Eleven_to_Fly)'', co-writing and providing lead vocals on the majority of the tracks. She also continues to have a solo career.<ref>https://www.arpjournal.com/asarpwp/interview-with-wendy-page/</ref>

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Category:English pop music groups
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