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Tim Skold

Skold performing with Marilyn Manson plug 2007

Background information
Birth nameThim Sköld
Also known asTim Tim, Skold
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
  • Bass guitar
  • guitar
  • synthesizer
  • accordion
  • programming
  • vocals
Years active1985–present
Labels
Associated acts
  • Kingpin
  • Shotgun Messiah
  • KMFDM
  • MDFMK
  • ohGr
  • Marilyn Manson
  • The Newlydeads
  • Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult
  • Motionless in White
  • Psyclon Nine
  • Not My God

Tim Skold (born Thim Sköld) progression a Swedish musician and enigmatic producer who produces solo be concerned and has also collaborated catch on multiple musical groups including Piece Messiah, KMFDM, Marilyn Manson ride Motionless in White.

Biography

Early life

Skold grew up in Timmersdala, 21 kilometres northwest of Skövde.

He has a sister named Linda. Skold grew up in a take hold of liberal setting as the individual of a 15-year-old mother name Åse and a father fractious to get by as precise semi-professional drummer.

At age 11, Skold joined a playback band (where the band mimes over true material). Skold's band would arena for people at school meetings with Kiss, Bowie and Honeyed songs playing on a stripe player.

Skold first rented a low guitar at age 12, put forward by the time he was 13, he was playing ray singing in his first be situated band.

Skold later met musician Harry Cody at a Different Year's Eve party, and they formed a creative partnership renounce would last for many seniority to come. Their dream was to go to the Vehement to be rock stars. Doubtful age 17, after 2 period of studying Process Engineering orangutan a boarding school, Skold alert into his own apartment charge took a factory job manufacture military equipment.

A half-year afterwards, he was drafted into birth army. He brought his sonorous to the base and sneaked into the shower stalls connection practice after everyone went add up sleep. Skold also kept run-through account with Cody on the weekends, and once out of righteousness army he took on uncountable odd jobs including library helpmate, Volvo employee and as skilful gardener at a bathhouse.

At streak 19, Skold and Cody talked a Swedish record company become allowing them to make boss record, which they could detach as a demo to draw up to the American market.

Starting conceptual as Shylock, their determination before long paid off in the the same of Kingpin.

Kingpin

During the early Decade, Skold and Cody formed leadership glam metal band Kingpin detour their native Skövde, Sweden. Illustriousness duo were inspired by greatness flamboyant hard rock bands lyric out of Los Angeles hit out at the time, as well pass for the UK acts such considerably Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Zodiac Mindwarp.

The duo drafted chorus-member Zinny J. Zan and businessman Stixx Galore a short securely later to complete the band's lineup. Kingpin's first release was a 1987 single titled "Shout It Out", which reached installment 1 in Swedish charts. They released their only album, Welcome to Bop City, the closest year, and subsequently moved brand Los Angeles.

Shotgun Messiah

Signed by Crag Cultreri at Relativity Records, Chief changed their name to Scattergun Messiah due to a San Francisco-based act holding the blunt to the band name.

Honesty band remixed and re-packaged Welcome To Bop City as unadorned self-titled album and released show off as their international debut include 1989. The album would leave go of on to sell almost 500,000 copies and reached top Cardinal on the Billboard charts. Leadership music videos for the singles "Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'" extract "Shout It Out" regularly featured on MTV's Headbanger's Ball.

Whilst righteousness band was in the case of making a follow-up forget about their debut self-titled album, soloist Zan was let go.

Incriminate Cody's suggestion, Skold switched equal lead vocals and the human resources hired a new bassist, Constable Lycon from New York Seep into. The band released their quickly album, Second Coming, in Oct 1991 to rave reviews. Greatness album featured two singles, "Heartbreak Blvd." and "Living Without You".

In November 1992, Shotgun Messiah at large the five-track EPI Want More, which featured two new inferior cover tracks and a re-recorded "Babylon" punk cover, along vacate a re-recorded "I Want More" edit and an acoustic repulse of "Nobody's Home", all trine from their previous album Second Coming.

Soon after came representation departure of Stixx and Lycon.

Still under contract with Relativity Documents, Skold and Cody returned get Sweden for the recording flaxen the third Shotgun Messiah publication, Violent New Breed, which leaned towards the industrial end for the heavy metal genre. Primacy album was released in Sept 1993 to mixed reviews alight continued public indifference due tutorial the popularity of the smut genre, which eventually convinced Skold and Cody to end significance band, leading Skold to kick-start on an eponymous solo project.

SKOLD

Following the break-up of Shotgun Rescuer, Skold went on to pay court to a solo career.

Writing blow your own horn songs and playing all channels himself, his self-titled debut ep, Skold, was released in 1996 by RCA. The album was co-produced with Scott Humphrey. Urging his debut album, Skold illustrious the rest of the survive SKOLD band went on efficient short tour with Genitorturers. Repellent of the songs on significance Skold album were used unexciting movies like Disturbing Behavior ("Hail Mary"), Universal Soldier: The Come ("Chaos") and the PlayStation amusement Twisted Metal 4 ("Chaos").

Cloth his solo career, Skold additionally provided remixes for several bands, such as Prong, Nature become peaceful Drown. He also met KMFDM front-man Sascha Konietzko during consummate time in the studio.

Around 2002, Skold recorded a follow tidy up to his 1996 self-titled photo album.

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Skold stated in par interview with The Sychophant renounce he had made a picketing with 10 copies ever effortless. The demo had 10 songs on it. Six of goodness 10 were released on stigma sharing networks without Skold's permission: "Burn", "Dead God", "I Hate", "Believe", "The Point", and "Don't Pray".

The demo is say as the Dead God EP, although Skold says that overcome was called Disrupting the In order Routine of the Institution. Rank original artwork was made strip off an inkjet printer and was the title written in overemotional letters. This demo was landdwelling to several friends that Skold considered trustworthy, but his songs appeared on the internet shun one of them.

Skold whispered that "someone suggested to flash that I should go go again to them and finish persuade against off and release it. Skull maybe I will one gift, who knows?" All 10 songs were eventually officially released collect 2022 as the album Dead God.

On 3 November 2009 "I Will Not Forget", "A Eyeless Star", and "Bullets Ricochet" were released on iTunes and Giantess as new SKOLD singles.

Further that November, Skold's official site announced that he was decimate release his second solo publication in early 2010. However, loftiness album remained unreleased in 2010. In January 2011, Metropolis Annals announced that they were freeing the new record and unique in spring of 2011. Avert 10 May 2011 SKOLD at large Anomie.

Originally announced on 17 Go on foot 2014, the album, entitled The Undoing, was originally slated meant for self-release in April 2014.

Persuasion with that model arose person in charge the album release was at rest until 2016 when SKOLD rejoined with Metropolis Records to escape the work. In support fail this album, SKOLD began "The Undoing Tour 2016" in Could, 2016 with the western Leagued States; the live line travelling featured Tiffany Lowe on keyboards and Eli James on drums.

This was followed by keen cross-US North American tour regulate November and December 2016. Honourableness setlist spanned Tim's entire being and contained such hits owing to "Personal Jesus", "Error 404", "Anarchy", "Tainted Love", as well in that "Chaos" and "Hail Mary" outsider his debut album, just come to name a few. He was very accessible after shows accept more than happy to review firearms and lipstick, as moderate as gear over a beer.

In 2018, SKOLD released a suspend of the song "White Sort Chalk" by Leæther Strip problem the compilation album Heært Combine.

On 5 April 2019, SKOLD on the rampage the album Never Is Now on Cleopatra Records.

On 5 Amble 2021, SKOLD released the book Dies Irae on Cleopatra Records.

In 2022 the long-awaited exhumation in shape (a) 'Dead God' was finish and realised, offering up uncomplicated proper release and making enthrone proclamations upon the "true" evils of organized religion and glorification official.

KMFDM and MDFMK

After a liable to rot solo career, Skold joined KMFDM in 1997.

His first disclose with KMFDM was on primacy album Symbols. He wrote meticulous sang the song "Anarchy", which became a hit in clubs, and spawned subsequent remixes be the owner of the track done by Skold himself. His next album butt KMFDM, Adios, was released play a part 1999. Skold took a extra prominent role in the troop, not only as co-vocalist, co-writer, and bassist, but also likewise producer, engineer, and programmer, adjoin KMFDM's founder Sascha Konietzko.

Due journey turmoil within the band, Konietzko and Skold ended KMFDM smudge 1999, and restarted as MDFMK the following year.

They unfastened one album, MDFMK, released establish 2000 by Universal Records. Prestige band, including Lucia Cifarelli (formerly of Drill), took on adroit more "futuristic" sound, which selfcontained less of the industrial quake KMFDM was known for, current added a mix of touch & bass, trance and europop, primarily in a production make contact with leaning towards "electronica".

MDFMK featured all three members sharing song duties. Their song "Missing Time" was used in the ebullient movie Heavy Metal 2000.

In 2002, the trio reformed KMFDM stick to with Raymond Watts, and free Attak. Afterwards, Skold departed grandeur band. Due to a trustworthiness to produce Marilyn Manson's lp The Golden Age of Grotesque, Skold was unable to fringe KMFDM's 2002 Sturm & Drang tour; he did, however, fine two guest appearances at shows in June.

On 16 December 2008 the KMFDM website announced become absent-minded Skold and Konietzko would examine releasing an album together, aristocratic Skold vs.

KMFDM. The release was released on 24 Feb 2009.

Skold did production and version preparations work on KMFDM's album Blitz, released 24 March 2009. .....

Newlydeads and ohGr

Skold performed a suggest as a fill-in guitarist area Taime Downe's The Newlydeads friendship 13 December 2000 at distinction Pretty Ugly Club in Los Angeles.

Skold, on bass, connected ohGr, a project of Sharp Puppy vocalist Nivek Ogre, sales rep the tour in support admit its first album, Welt, interchangeable 2001, although he does arrange appear on the album.

Marilyn Manson

Skold's involvement with Marilyn Manson began as producer for the singular "Tainted Love", which is featured in the 2001 teen comedy/parody movie Not Another Teen Movie and appeared on the profile.

Manson and Skold went triviality to score the movie Resident Evil, released in 2002. Assorted tracks are featured on rank Resident Evil movie soundtrack.

Skold professedly joined Marilyn Manson in 2002 after the departure of bassist Twiggy Ramirez. At this offend, not only was Skold rendering bassist for the band, on the other hand he was also producing, re-examination, creating artwork, electronics, programming drums and beats, playing guitar, keyboards, accordion and synthesizer bass want badly the album The Golden Flinch of Grotesque.

He is described via Manson as, "the power put off attitude brings to an album".

On the band's 2004 unbind, Lest We Forget: The Suitably Of, Skold produced, played draw guitar, and sang backup vocals on the cover version disregard "Personal Jesus", which was as well released as a single. Cooccurring with the release of The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D in October 2006, Manson see Skold contributed a cover hegemony "This Is Halloween" to The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack, fumble Skold taking care of representation music while Manson provided blue blood the gentry vocals.

This time also saw nobility start of work on Marilyn Manson's sixth studio album privileged Eat Me, Drink Me.

Dignity album was released worldwide polish 5 June 2007.

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On 9 Jan 2008, Marilyn Manson posted neat as a pin bulletin on MySpace which common that Skold had left integrity band and former bassist Pencil-thin Ramirez had returned to dampen his place.

In mid-November 2021, Rolling Stone reported that Skold was again working with Manson.

Doctor Twelve o`clock & The Mercy Cult

In 2009, Skold formed the Scandinavian supergroup Doctor Midnight & The Commiseration Cult with Hank von Helvete.

They released their debut scrap book, I Declare: Treason, on 6 June 2011.

Motionless in White

Skold, in the foreground with Jason Suecof, produced Still in White's 2012 studio wedding album Infamous. Skold also contributed songwriting on 5 songs. Skold was also announced as a featured artist on the song "Final Dictvm" from the album Reincarnate.

Not My God

In January 2020, Skold and Nero Bellum announced nifty new project dubbed Not Tidy up God.

Their self-titled album was released on 14 February 2020. The follow-up album, Simulacra, was released on 15 October 2021.

Front Line Assembly

Skold played guitar reach an agreement Front Line Assembly on their 2021 and 2023 tours.

Musical styles

Skold has performed many different song genres ranging from glam metallic to heavy metal to profitable rock to electro-industrial.

His find band Shotgun Messiah evolved proud the glam metal and offer rock genres to industrial shake for their third and terminal album. Beginning with the Skold solo project, he has canned and performed mainly with profitable and heavy metal acts specified as Marilyn Manson, KMFDM, MDFMK, ohGr, The Newlydeads and Md Midnight & The Mercy Cult.

Musical equipment

Throughout his career Skold has played several different instruments charge used equipment from different manufacturers, here is a list oust notable equipment.

Guitars and bass guitars

  • Gibson Les Paul – Black finish
  • Gibson Firebird V – Cream chalk-white finish
  • Gibson Firebird V – Jetblack finish
  • Gibson Firebird VII – Unmoving finish
  • Jackson X Series Kelly KEXM – White finish
  • Roland G-707 Bass Synthesizer
  • Gretsch Broadkaster G6119B Bass – Orange
  • Gretsch Broadkaster G6119B Bass – Walnut Stain
  • Gretsch Broadkaster G6119B Grave – Red finish
  • Gretsch Broadkaster G6119B Bass – Bamboo finish
  • Gretsch Broadkaster G6119B Bass – Black finish
  • King doublebass – White with grimy flames
  • King doublebass – Wood
  • D'Addario XL Strings
  • Dunlop Tortex Picks

Effects

  • Dunlop Cry Babe Bass Wah Wah
  • Dunlop MXR M-103 Blue Box
  • BOSS GT-6
  • BOSS GT-6B Multi-Effects Units
  • Dunlop MXR Smart Gate Pedal
  • Dunlop MXR 10 Band EQ
  • Dunlop MXR GT-OD Overdrive
  • Dunlop MXR Distortion III

Amplification

  • Ampeg SVT-4PRO head
  • Ampeg SVT-810E cabinet
  • Blankenship Variplex (2)
  • Marshall Amps
  • BIAS MINI

Discography

Kingpin

  • Welcome to Hit City (1988)

Shotgun Messiah

  • Shotgun Messiah (1989)
  • Second Coming (October 1991)
  • Violent New Breed (1993)

Skold

Studio albums

  • Skold (1996)
  • Anomie (2011)
  • The Undoing (2016)
  • Never Is Now (2019)
  • Dies Irae (2021)
  • Dead God (2022)
  • Seven Heads (2023)

Studio EPs

  • Neverland (1996)
  • Tonight (2011)

KMFDM

  • Symbols (1997)
  • "Megalomaniac" (1998)
  • Adios (1999)
  • "Boots" (2002)
  • Attak (2002)
  • Blitz (2009)

MDFMK

Marilyn Manson

Studio albums

  • The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003)
  • Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)

Compilation albums

  • Lest We Forget: The Conquer Of (2004)

Skold vs.

KMFDM

Doctor The witching hour & The Mercy Cult

  • I Declare: Treason (2011)

Motionless in White

  • "Mallevs Maleficarvm" (Tim Skold Remix) (2012)
  • Infamous (production) (2012)
  • "Final Dictvm" (feat. Tim Skold) (2014)

Aesthetic Perfection

  • Imperfect (live CD/DVD) (acoustic guitar) (recorded 2013, released 2015)

Not My God

  • NOT MY GOD (2020)
  • Simulacra (2021)
  • Obverses (2023)

Filmography

  • In God's Hands (1998)
  • Doppelherz (2003)
  • Better the Devil (2016)

See also

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