Five years after the break-up of Skunk Anansie their former lead singer, Skin, is still hard at work pursuing her solo career. She talks to GLAMOUR about her new album, Fake Chemical State.
A huge difference! When you're in a band you can coast. Now that I'm solo I'm the dictator and contrl freak, but I also hav to make sure everything happens the way it's supposed to
Freshness, life nd ease. It's the first time I had fun making an album. We recorded it quickly (in 37 days) and it was easy to do
We live in a very money-driven society and we're not allowed to lose any time through sickness. We're all taking something for something: we're all living in a fake chemical state
It changes, but at the moment it's a track called Purple – a quirky, beautiful piece of music. It's an almost '80strack... but in a good way
Interpol and Bloc Party. And look out for The Noisettes; I'm interested in them and a band called Antony and the Johnsons
If they don't pay, we can't afford to make music in the first place. And if a musician can't make a living off her music, she's just gonna starve
We knew a lot of performers were sketchy about going to SA because it had been off the radar for such a long time. We knew that if we went to SA a lot of bands would follow. And that's exactly what happened
Definitely, yes! It's just a matter of doing the promotion I need to do in Europe and then South Africa will be next on my list
I would have to say a young bunch of kids from Soweto or something – people who wouldn't get to see me perform normally. I think South Africa is one of my favourite places in the world!
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