Stiltskin

Malice

I was clearing out some old boxes of junk over the weekend and I came across a few of my CDs that I hadn't seen (or listened to) in a long time. The most notable being The Mind's Eye by Stiltskin. Having listened to the album quite a bit over the last couple of days I am amazed that these guys didn't make it big.
For anyone who doesn't know who I'm on about, this is their hit single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuTVKO0RScI

This is the Levis ad that it was used in:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skWFyop_pxU

Anyone else remember them or the album?

Gordon

Brings back memories, I saw them in King Tuts in Glasgow when they were becoming famous and the drummer showed his willy to the crowd. Maybe that's part of the reason..

iseethelight

They fell apart when the vocalist left to join genesis, only to be booted out after 1 album, think he's a solo artist now.

Malice

Gordon wrote: »

Brings back memories, I saw them in King Tuts in Glasgow when they were becoming famous and the drummer showed his willy to the crowd. Maybe that's part of the reason..

Ha ha, he sounds like a classy guy .

iseethelight wrote: »

They fell apart when the vocalist left to join genesis, only to be booted out after 1 album, think he's a solo artist now.

According to their Wikipedia page they are actually still a band. The only original member is the singer but they released another album in 2006 and a live album in 2007.

Karl Hungus

Jesus, completely forgot about these guys. Brings me back to the years of drinking cheap cans of cider.

stateofflux

i can see why billy corgan went on top of the pops and said "hi, we're stiltskin"

ShawnRaven

malice_ wrote: »

According to their Wikipedia page they are actually still a band. The only original member is the singer but they released another album in 2006 and a live album in 2007.

They're "Ray Wilson & Stiltskin", which is basically Wilson speak for Wilson playing non acoustic. To be honest, the later albums aren't as bad as people say. Nothing earth shattering, but pretty decent.

Minds Eye was a damn good album though. Was kinda poetic justice that Wilson shafted the rest of the band to leave for Genesis, when he was subsequently shafted by Genesis. That said, Rutherford and Banks really f*cked him over badly.

I've a lot of time for Ray Wilson as a musician though.

Malice

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Jesus, completely forgot about these guys. Brings me back to the years of drinking cheap cans of cider.

You mean you don't still do that? I was drinking cheap cider only last week!

ShawnRaven wrote:

I've a lot of time for Ray Wilson as a musician though.

What's his solo stuff like?

Karl Hungus

malice_ wrote: »

You mean you don't still do that? I was drinking cheap cider only last week!

Nope, only expensive cider.

Malice

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Nope, only expensive cider.

Does the price paid have any influence on the quality of the beverage?

Karl Hungus

malice_ wrote: »

Does the price paid have any influence on the quality of the beverage?

Absolutely. Try some Aspall, it's freakin' gorgeous stuff.