Hard Skin

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Hard Skin
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OriginGipsy Hill, London
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Members
  • Fat Bob (Sean Forbes)
  • Johnny Takeaway (Ben Corrigan)
  • Nipper (Scott Stewart)
Past membersNosher (Chris Acland)

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Hard Skin is an English punk group from Gipsy Hill, London who play in the early UK Oi! style.[1]

History

Hard Skin is an oi band founded in 1996 and their first album Hard Nuts and Hard Cunts appeared that year. The band were: bassist "Fat Bob" (Sean Forbes of Wat Tyler), guitarist and lead vocalist "Johnny Takeaway" (Ben Corrigan of Thatcher on Acid) and drummer "Nosher" (Chris Acland of indie/Britpop band Lush).[2] After Acland's death, he was replaced on drums by "Nipper" (Scott Stewart) for second album Same Meat Different Gravy in 2005,[3] which like its predecessor was received positively in punk and Oi! circles despite (or perhaps partly because of) the band's parodic tendencies.[4]

Third album proper On The Balls was released in 2013, alongside companion album Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear featuring alternate versions of its songs voiced by female vocalists, including Joanna Newsom, Manda Rin, Miki Berenyi, Beth Jeans Houghton, Debbie Smith, Alela Diane, Alison Mosshart, Beki Bondage, Marion Herbain, Roxanne Clifford, and Liela Moss.[5] The album also featured an appearance by Gaye Advert.[6]

In 2025 they announced their final gigs would take place in December of that year.[7]

Selected Discography

Albums

  • Hard Nuts and Hard Cunts, Helen of Oi!, 1996
  • Same Meat Different Gravy, Household Name Records, 2005
  • On the Balls, JT Classics, 2013
  • Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear, JT Classics, 2013
  • Do You Like Hospital Food EP, JT Classics, 2014
  • South East Enders EP, JT Classics, 2020

Singles/EPs

  • You Won't Get Better Than This, 2024

Compilations and live

  • Live & Loud & Skinhead, Damaged Goods Records, 2002
  • Greatest Hits Vol. 5, 2007
  • Where the Fuckin Mic – live at the Grosvenor 2005, Fat Punks Records (HSKIN01), 2009
  • We're the Fucking George, JT Classics, 2011
  • We're the Fucking Business, JT Classics, 2015
  • Greatest Hits Vol. 7, 2016
  • We're the Fucking Mustard, JT Classics, 2018
  • Gold, JT Classics, 2024

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."HARD SKIN – Damaged Goods". Damagedgoods.com.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hard Skin: A Sly Eulogy to Oi!". Consequence.net. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Scanner Zine". Scannerzine.com.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hard Skin – Same Meat Different Gravy". Punknews.org.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hard Skin – On The Balls/Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear". Thelineofbestfit.com.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hard Skin: Oi! meets girl..." Louderthanwar.com. 24 January 2013.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Hard Skin + Officer Sh*t Rat C*nt, Interrobang‽". The Lexington. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

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