Spent my high school years blasting Shotgun Messiah in my Camaro! To this day I have a Shotgun Messiah poster on my wall. SKOLD's first solo album, to me, is the closest he came to capturing the epic greatness of "Violent New Breed", one of the coolest albums EVER. But everything he does is awesome and I'll forever buy and support everything he does. Amazing and rare talent. Harry Cody too, amazing!
Thanks for the recommendation lee!! I recognized him from his time in marilyn manson. I loved the sound of his music definitely gonna go give him a listen!
Excellent retrospective of one of my favorite musicians of all-time! Discovered him as a kid when "Chaos" was included in the soundtrack to a video game I played and much later discovered everything from Shotgun Messiah to KMFDM and all of it is life-changing. Your signed copy of Second Coming is truly a worthy prized possession! "Don't Care About Nothin'" from the self-titled Shotgun Messiah influenced me to drop out of high school, decades after the 80's
Don't forget about "not my god" with Tim Skold and Nero Bellum (vocalist and programmer from Psyclon Nine). They make an excellent dark industrial duo. In fact, Nero Bellum's solo music is really cool. It's like ambient industrial mood music, lol. It's very satisfying.
I still listen to second coming , got the CD in 91. Red hot and Nobody's Home are the gems of that album. Skolds first album is also great as well as the KMFDM stuff. Thanks for keeping SM alive!
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve said for years Shotgun Messiah was the most underrated band of all time. Second Coming was the most underrated CD of all time. And Harry Cody was the most underrated guitarist of all time. I saw them at Sundance on Long Island on the Second Coming tour and saw them on the Violent New Bread tour at Spit in Levittown. Ironically enough that was the night Spit burnt down and closed down forever I believe. They didn’t disappoint both times. They were called Kingpin and something else I believe before Shotgun Messiah. I’m glad they decided on Shotgun. What a bad ass name. Thanks for sharing. Loved it
@@DrumdumsOfficial His licks and technique were so melodic, so tasty, and flawless. Along with his sound and song writing. To this day, when someone asks me who was one of the greatest guitarists I’ve ever heard. I’m so sick of explaining who this guy is and saying,” Harry Cody.” “Let me guess, you’ve never heard of him?” Ha
THANK YOU for making this video, I still have the original cassette tape of the debut album BUT I lost the stencil of the band name logo that came with it. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
music and band members are so intriguing to me. They sometimes go through so many fazes and may move on from one band to the next or even in multiple bands at the same time or solo at the same time..and sounds change and personalities,appearances,etc..Like you said,sometimes its hard to keep up with them..I also give PROPS to those who stay together for their whole careers.
@@DrumdumsOfficial Dude, I thought you were just into movies. I've been subbed for 3+ years to your channel. I had NO idea you were a fan of S.M. How awesome is that. This video just popped up on my feed. Second Coming is my most cherished cd. Not one bad song on it. We need to talk 😆👍.
Great video. I'm from the same small-town as Kingpin aka. Shotgun Messiah. A small town called Skövde in Sweden. Used to see the guys acting like total rock stars before they got a record deal in the mid 80´s. One of the founders is actually a close friend of mine, but he was kicked from the band just days before recording their first album.
There's a legend told in my hometown that young Harry once applied to MIT in LA as a student, but he was declined and instead offered a position as a guitar teacher.
Huge ultra mad props👌 for giving Tim skold and shotgun Messiah some love🙏 but I'm honestly surprised you didn't mention his very first solo album self-titled skold album in 1996 plus his kmfdm years as well as their mdfmk solo album which I actually got to see them on tour in Frisco for their last show it was awesome! Seeing skold there they played every mdfmk track plus a couple from "audios" and as an encore they played "anarchy" it's a show I'll never forget!
I got all three of their albums as they came out. Violent New Breed is by far my favorite. I don’t think I’ve listened to the first two albums in thirty years, but I still regularly listen to VNB. I saw them live supporting that album. Main thing I remember is the drummer played electronic drums. Just had minimal drum pads, which was so different from what you’d usually see live.
Been a fan since they first came out, but once they broke up, I heard about Manson, so just forgot about it. Thanks for the update. I got some awesome catching up to do. Very cool.
Stellar glam metal band. Skold has a great voice. Certainly, the dude is versatile. I also like Skold's KMFDM and Not My God stuff. In concert, Phil Collins went from the drum kit to lead singer of Genesis. Collins played drums on album.
Super underrated. Harry is a monster. I found him on Instagram a few weeks ago. Would love to hear them do something. He and Tim are still in touch. Keep your fingers crossed.
You failed to mention it but Shotgun Messiahs 5 song EP I Want More is awesome too. Has a really raw sound and shows off the "punk side" of them, very raw and acoustic.
Before Manson Skold did a lot of stuff with KMFDM. In fact, one of my favorite KMFDM songs is Anarchy, which Skold sings on. Then there’s the KMFDM vs Skold album!
@Drumdums Skold had a solo record out ( 96 ) after SM ended right before his few years ( 97-02 ) with KMFDM , MDFMK back to KMFDM and way before he joined Manson . His 1st song with KMFDM : Anarchy was a hit in the “ industrial “ clubs from the album “ symbols “ He became 1/2 the band and did their then “ far well “ record Adios before he and Captain Sacha K reformed with a 3rd singer ( Lucia ) under the MDFMK name ...this one is worth finding it literally has moments of uniqueness to it . Anyway I’ll stop ranting hope you enjoy .
@@DrumdumsOfficial yeah I misheard you when you said 4 or 5 Skold Records . Thought you said 4 . Anyway yeah he got a lot of notoriety from his MM days however he has a lot more work with KMFDM . I highly recommend people check out his work with them ..they had a good chemistry that IMHO they lack without him . Stand outs are the MDFMK record from 99/00 and the Skold Vs. KMFDM record from 09 songs like This is Now , Rabble rouser , Antigeist , All or Nothing where all so ahead of there time I’m hearing more main stream artists touching on it in 20/21 .
I got a SGM story. I lived in the middle of Nebraska and I heard SGM on MTV. I went to our local store and they had the album, but I needed to ask my mom first, so I hid the album (out of order) and when I came back...someone had bought it! Like what the hell! They must of been watching me. Either way they eventually got more stock and I got it. Also Violent New Bread is one of my all time favorite albums.
I was a Shotgun Messiah fan from their first record, and had no complaints when Skold switched to lead vocals. Very unusual for me to like a band that made such drastic changes from one record to the next, but I loved all of their stuff
@@DrumdumsOfficial Oh man, such a good album dude! I was lucky he was selling it early! He's such a chill dude for a guy who worked with huge bands. I'm really happy that he has 7 solo albums now. I remember always wanting him in my top 5 but he only had 1 solo album forever. So it's nice!
Dude he’s one of my favorite all-time artist. Been listening since 89 with shotgun Messiah. Check out his solo albums over the past 25 years. I think he’s put out two or three more since this video. I have them all.
I've been a huge Shotgun Messiah fan since Second Coming. I've got all their CDs (along with a couple live ones that got taped) and a couple Skold albums. Saw them live and they were amazing, I actually met Bobby Lycon the bassist before the show. I even saw Tim with Marilyn Manson. What a great musician. I still wish the band would reunite for a Third Coming.
They were ordinally called Kingpin when they were in Sweden they formed Shotgun Messiah when they came to the states. The original singer was Zinny Zan, when he left he formed Zan Clan, and then another band just called Shotgun. Shotgun Messiah has 4 albums one is a EP called I want more .Shotgun Messiah broke up after second coming, violent new breed was just Tim Skold and Harry Cody, Harry is a beast on guitar. Tim and MM had a huge fall out and had a fight right on stage. He also was in KMFDM for a stint also. I love his solo stuff.
I got the Second Coming CD back in high school and loved it. Then it faded into the background and I kinda forgot about it over the years. Then, I got bored one day about two years ago and played it on my streaming service. Holy shit, I was blown away by how great it actually still is. The mix is better than most albums, even by today's standards. I certainly wish they had continued further with this heavy metal thing, kinda like Pantera did. I love those guitar solos.
I just wish Skold stayed with KMFDM. The chemistry between him and the lead singer, Sascha Konietzko, was always one of my favorite aspects of that band.
You forgot to mention the ep, “I Want More.” That was an amazing, raw, rock your face off ep! Yeah from that first album to Second Coming you can hear the transition to Violent New Breed.
Hold on hold on. Now you've got this goth girl out here with her crop and editing pen... Before Skold was in Manson, he released a self-titled solo album which is EXCELLENT. To support that album, he did a short tour with the Genitorturers, and along the way met Sascha (KMFDM). Shortly thereafter, he joined KMFDM and was on the albums Symbols (which had the track Anarchy and is one of my favorite songs ever) and Adios. KMFDM then reversed shit and became MDFMK for one album. Members were Sascha, Skold, and Lucia (Drill). KMFDM came back and recorded Attak. Skold left the band at that time and joined Manson on Golden Age of Grotesque. Skold and Sascha later collaborated on Skold vs KMFDM in 2009. The entire album was recorded without them ever even being in the same country together. They just FTPed files back and forth with a couple of stipulations - no guitars, and no real drums. It actually turned out to be a pretty fun album!
Yes you are correct Mary. In this video I was just doing a quick run down his career, but I knew that he was in KMFDM and his first solo outing is kickass. I will forever remember meeting him (and SM) back in 92 at Virgin Records.
Tim SKOLD used to be TIM TIM on the first album I met them when they first came to America when they had their original singer Zinny j Zahn they played at our local metal club nobody heard of them Tim actually came in the record store I was working at I have several pics of him and all the band and actually my friend took their drummer stixx galore skiing he fell and hurt his hand and actually told the story in Hit Parader magazine they still did the show that night but only a few songs because of stixx hand I’m still loving their first Album the best ❤
Yes I remember this! I think he changed it to Skold to be taken more seriously as a front man. Thank you for the great story! I met all the band members for their Second Coming release at a Virgin Records signing in Denver CO.
Hey, ever wonder where they got the name "Shotgun Messiah' you see back in the early to mid 70,s there was a band called "Streetwalkers" made up of memebers of a earlier band "Family with lead man Roger Chapman" and they put out a classic album in 75 called "Redcard" and on this album was a song called "Shotgun Messiah" a great rockin masterpiece that when hear Chapmans voice it is reminescent of a AC/DC vocalisation but more talented give it a listen see what you think you won,t be disappointed
Pretty hate machine came out in 1989. Skold has cited that and early lmfdm records as his inspiration to take shotgun messiah to the industrial genre. Check out his stuff with kmfdm/mdfmk.
how come everbody on here believes Skold only put out 1 solo album??? he had the ST in 96, then he has Anomie, The Undoing, Never Is Now, Dies Irae, Dead God, and his brand new release last month called Seven Heads which is outstanding, he has a big catalog of solo albums as you can see, not to mention Skold Vs KMFDM and the EP Neverland
@@DrumdumsOfficial Not you bro, just a lot of people in the comments kept mentioning that he had a solo album in 96 and they say it like it was a one off deal, I saw it enough times that I started thinking these guys must not know how many albums he has out, it wasnt you at all.
Tim skold was easily one of the coolest guitarists to 14 year old me. Made me want a firebird. Also, Funny story, I think the bassist from taking back sunday became the lead singer.
Yes!!, Violent New Breed, very industrial sound , Jihad Best song on album. Loved them the first time I heard of them, while serving in the Marines, in Cali. Got the first three albums...., Every song on Second coming should've been a No. # 1 Hit...
Marilyn Manson is my favourite band ever, love every album to bits. So I have heard some of Tim's talent! But honestly I haven't really ever paid much attention to who does what on each album or song, but I'm pretty sure he was there during the Golden Age of Grotesque and Eat Me Drink Me album cycles wasn't he? Either way it's interesting to hear about your passion for these artists and what they've done in their careers.
"Second Coming" and "Violent New Breed" are outstanding. IMO, both are top shelf albums. "Second Coming" is great start to finish with every song having the potential to be a hit. Always thought "Free" was an awesome ballad that sounds like it could have been a song used in a big Hollywood release like Top Gun or something similar. All of the rockers sound "huge" and with excellent production. "Violent New Breed" is the perfect blend of melodic hard rock and industrial. Like "Second Coming", this album sounds "huge" and hits like a freight train with the industrial crunch fused into the songs. Again - very little, if any, filler - solid release start to finish. It's part of my holy grail of 90's hard rock/metal albums that got buried in the changing scene. Damn shame this band never found a bigger audience. Their albums are heads and tails better than what many of their peers were doing.
Violent New Breed is that rare album that is amazing, yet it hurt the band because of it's change in approach and the time it was released. Record company didn't know what to do with it. I remember being in Denver when it came out an hearing the title track on the radio.
Great band i have all their cds.btw another band that replaced a singer with a member of their current line up is Genesis Phil Collins (drums) became the singer when Peter Gabriel left.
sadly ..i had a talk in person with Tim skold who told me they had to send there record out to djs etc with no band name because no one would play it and sadly to me thats one of the best industrial rock albums before its time for sur e..
The first 2 albums are decent but Violent new Breed is fucking brilliant...and Skolds solo catalog is solid as hell. I know a lot of straight metal guys hated their change of direction after Second Coming but it was the smartest move Skold and Harry Cody could have made because they have both had successful careers mainly due to VNB being a huge departure and jumping off point for them. They didn't get lumped into the bargain bin with all the other 80s 'Hair' bands (hate that term). I saw the second comig tour and the VNB tour and the VNB tour was far and away the better show. Been lucky to meet Tim a few times and just saw him again in 2019 and his live show kicks ass. Im sure the straight metal guys will disagree with me...but to each their own and Tim was very clear that he really sees VNB as his first REAL album that laid the ground work for his career. Harry Cody had done tones of work for TV and Film and is still active on social media etc. Great guys who deserve to be much bigger in the overall music pantheon
Lmao! I prefer long haired Tim Skold. The first SM album was fine for me. I had a ton of other bands just like them to listen to so yeah. Those were the days. I even have a magazine cut out of Tim Skold on my artist board that I had back then(still have today). I thought he had fallen off the face of the earth and thought I was the only girl that thought he was attractive in that band HA! Have you heard of the band Pretty Boy Floyd? They were a bit of the same too. Thanks for the memories x
Humm, interesting, I think I'll have to buy that Violent New Breed album, that struck me nice. Don't think I could choose just 5, being a music nut as well as a cinema nut (I'm a lyricist after all). But if I had to try to h9onesty pick 5 "Define my life" bands it would be Chevelle, Judas Priest, Godsmack, LOVEBITES and Sum 41. (with Iron Maiden, 10 Years, Stevie Nicks and Doro Pesch having to be mentioned , see I knew I couldn't do it, And a whole bunch more..lol)
Industrial has been around a LOT longer than the early 90's. KMFDM goes back to the 80's and Throbbing Gristle was in the 70's. I missed the Shotgun Messiah era, but started following Tim Skold at the time of his first solo album. I avoided him during the Manson years and he was a highlight of the 2022 FLA tour.
I remember the first Shotgun Messiah album had a stencil of the band logo in the sleeve. BTW, Shout It Out was on that album, not Second Coming. When Second Coming came out I was painting an old lady's house for some cash, while playing Second Coming on my boom box. With everyone having different tastes, Violent New Breed was a disappointment. It just wasn't for me. It was interesting to discover Tim Skold once played with Marilyn Manson. Another band that wasn't for me, but I still think it's cool though, that he was with that band.
I stated that Shout it Out was on the first album. Sorry if it didn't come across that way. Believe me, I know SM front to back. At least the songs/albums. I even had the EP after Second Coming.
They were bad ass and sadly they gave up. They should have stuck with their sound and they would have pulled through. Not sure if the story behind but I’m sure it money. This band should have made it huge. I liked all 3 albums and it was quality work with an incredible sound
@@DrumdumsOfficial Yep and they were a real band that would have made it. I think they had a lot more to offer. Sadly Skold started to hustle to just try and find a way to make some big money by changing his style and rule #1 is stick to what you like and he went out of bounds. Not bad stuff just not at the level of Shotgun
You skipped a ton of his career. After Shotgun Messiah split he did a solo album, he's played with KMFDM for a few albums, MDFMK for their one and only album, he had a second (unfinished) solo album get leaked online that still hasn't had an official release, and he has a second band along side his current solo stuff called Not My God. And his solo stuff is 100% him. All the instruments, the singing, the mixing ECT is him by himself. In my opinion he's the single most talented musician alive today.
Everybody was saying how they "chased what was trendy" or something like that... I never understood that. I like bands that evolve and change (Queens of the Stone Age is one that comes to mind...) I mean how interesting are bands like motley crue, poison and ratt nowadays really? still sings about the same things they did when they were in their 20s... I applaud Tim & Harry for not doing that reunion that Zinny San Bosse wanted to happen. ZinnyBosse and the drummer did it anyway under the name Shotgun. Search for it if you like reunions with an obese 55yearold singing about how he doesnt care about nothin' and how school are for fools... Don't get me wrong I love the first album too, but it belongs in that time... would like a reunion album with Tim and Harry though... Cody is a special guitarplayer that should be heard on vinyl (preferably) again. Someone commented that Violent new Breed was a bad NiNcopy... well he kind of missed the inventive solos on that album...
Spent my high school years blasting Shotgun Messiah in my Camaro! To this day I have a Shotgun Messiah poster on my wall. SKOLD's first solo album, to me, is the closest he came to capturing the epic greatness of "Violent New Breed", one of the coolest albums EVER. But everything he does is awesome and I'll forever buy and support everything he does. Amazing and rare talent. Harry Cody too, amazing!
Fuck yes! I knew there was someone else like me out there.
P.A.M.F. great song
dont forget his time with KMFDM, and he is on tour now playing guitar in Front Line Assembly
Yes I completely forgot to mention KMFDM. I'll look up FLA. Thanks for letting me know!
I own both those cd's. Very, very underrated band.
Awesome!
They have a third album
Skold has been in 4-5 other bands not listed. His work with Kmfdm was incredible.
Yes I know. I just scratched the surface here.
And Ohgr, FLA,MDFMK...
LOVE Second Coming! Still listen to it today. So many good memories.
Agreed!
Shotgun Messiah kicks ass, very underrated band \m/
Thanks for the recommendation lee!! I recognized him from his time in marilyn manson. I loved the sound of his music definitely gonna go give him a listen!
My 5. Tool. Marilyn Manson. Ween. Counting crows. A perfect circle. Are my 5 favorites off the top of my head (there’s many more it could be)
Excellent retrospective of one of my favorite musicians of all-time! Discovered him as a kid when "Chaos" was included in the soundtrack to a video game I played and much later discovered everything from Shotgun Messiah to KMFDM and all of it is life-changing. Your signed copy of Second Coming is truly a worthy prized possession! "Don't Care About Nothin'" from the self-titled Shotgun Messiah influenced me to drop out of high school, decades after the 80's
Skold should be massive, but not enough people know about him.
Great take..Tim Skold is an artist that you need to look at!
Hell yeah brother, Shotgun ROCKS. Changed my life!!!!
Fuck yeah me too man.
Don't forget about "not my god" with Tim Skold and Nero Bellum (vocalist and programmer from Psyclon Nine). They make an excellent dark industrial duo. In fact, Nero Bellum's solo music is really cool. It's like ambient industrial mood music, lol. It's very satisfying.
Yes great example actually. Love the video for that song.
I own the first 3 albums. When Tim took over as vocalist it changed everything. But all 3 are excellent!!
Agreed. Much better vocalist than the first singer.
I still listen to second coming , got the CD in 91. Red hot and Nobody's Home are the gems of that album. Skolds first album is also great as well as the KMFDM stuff. Thanks for keeping SM alive!
It's such a great album. Straight up hard rock. Love his latest album too.
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve said for years Shotgun Messiah was the most underrated band of all time. Second Coming was the most underrated CD of all time. And Harry Cody was the most underrated guitarist of all time. I saw them at Sundance on Long Island on the Second Coming tour and saw them on the Violent New Bread tour at Spit in Levittown. Ironically enough that was the night Spit burnt down and closed down forever I believe. They didn’t disappoint both times. They were called Kingpin and something else I believe before Shotgun Messiah. I’m glad they decided on Shotgun. What a bad ass name. Thanks for sharing. Loved it
Dude yes, especially to Harry Cody. He was HIGHLY underrated among guitarists.
@@DrumdumsOfficial His licks and technique were so melodic, so tasty, and flawless. Along with his sound and song writing. To this day, when someone asks me who was one of the greatest guitarists I’ve ever heard. I’m so sick of explaining who this guy is and saying,” Harry Cody.” “Let me guess, you’ve never heard of him?” Ha
One of my all time favs for sure! I wore this tape out in my 1980 Cutlass!
THANK YOU for making this video, I still have the original cassette tape of the debut album BUT I lost the stencil of the band name logo that came with it. 🤘🤘🤘🤘
You're welcome!
Met them at Amarillo TX mall on same dates on meet-n-greet tour
music and band members are so intriguing to me. They sometimes go through so many fazes and may move on from one band to the next or even in multiple bands at the same time or solo at the same time..and sounds change and personalities,appearances,etc..Like you said,sometimes its hard to keep up with them..I also give PROPS to those who stay together for their whole careers.
Tim Skold is a legend.
Indeed.
@@DrumdumsOfficial Dude, I thought you were just into movies. I've been subbed for 3+ years to your channel. I had NO idea you were a fan of S.M. How awesome is that. This video just popped up on my feed. Second Coming is my most cherished cd. Not one bad song on it.
We need to talk 😆👍.
Wow! Never heard of this band, but sounds great. Gonna check out some more.
Definitely do. They’re awesome.
Great video. I'm from the same small-town as Kingpin aka. Shotgun Messiah. A small town called Skövde in Sweden. Used to see the guys acting like total rock stars before they got a record deal in the mid 80´s. One of the founders is actually a close friend of mine, but he was kicked from the band just days before recording their first album.
That's so cool! i wish Harry Cody would come out of hiding.
There's a legend told in my hometown that young Harry once applied to MIT in LA as a student, but he was declined and instead offered a position as a guitar teacher.
Huge ultra mad props👌 for giving Tim skold and shotgun Messiah some love🙏 but I'm honestly surprised you didn't mention his very first solo album self-titled skold album in 1996 plus his kmfdm years as well as their mdfmk solo album which I actually got to see them on tour in Frisco for their last show it was awesome! Seeing skold there they played every mdfmk track plus a couple from "audios" and as an encore they played "anarchy" it's a show I'll never forget!
Yeah this was just a quick overview. There's a few of his projects that I didn't cover. Maybe another vid down the line.
I got all three of their albums as they came out. Violent New Breed is by far my favorite. I don’t think I’ve listened to the first two albums in thirty years, but I still regularly listen to VNB. I saw them live supporting that album. Main thing I remember is the drummer played electronic drums. Just had minimal drum pads, which was so different from what you’d usually see live.
I listen to all of them still. Constantly.
Been a fan since they first came out, but once they broke up, I heard about Manson, so just forgot about it. Thanks for the update. I got some awesome catching up to do. Very cool.
Dude jump back on. Skold has some amazing solo content.
Stellar glam metal band. Skold has a great voice. Certainly, the dude is versatile. I also like Skold's KMFDM and Not My God stuff.
In concert, Phil Collins went from the drum kit to lead singer of Genesis. Collins played drums on album.
Skold has nothing to do with KMFDM, he had MDFMK together with Sascha from KMFDM, two different bands.
@@ExteronMegalak he's on the Adios, Attak and obviously Skold vs KMFDM albums
Zinny Zan original singer for Shotgun Messiah was in a band with Europe guitarist Kee Marcello
I’ve listened to them forever didn’t know he made skold band so ty
You’re welcome! Skold has quite a few albums out too!
Super underrated. Harry is a monster. I found him on Instagram a few weeks ago. Would love to hear them do something. He and Tim are still in touch. Keep your fingers crossed.
Oh I need to look him up. Easily one of the most underrated guitarists ever.
You failed to mention it but Shotgun Messiahs 5 song EP I Want More is awesome too. Has a really raw sound and shows off the "punk side" of them, very raw and acoustic.
Yes and I actually bought the EP when it came out. I prefer that version of "I Want More".
@@DrumdumsOfficial That version is the best!
They recently released a remastered version of Second Coming, and its awesome. I have 2 copies of this CD, and I love it. It kicks ass!
Really?!! I have to look for this now! Thank you.
a lot of his solo music is legit really good. Better the Devil, Pray for me, Another life, This is the End - so many underrated gems
Yep. Rat King, It’s a Small World, and especially Dirty Horizon.
I LOVE Heartbreak Blvd!!!!
Before Manson Skold did a lot of stuff with KMFDM. In fact, one of my favorite KMFDM songs is Anarchy, which Skold sings on. Then there’s the KMFDM vs Skold album!
Yes I know he did a lot with KMFDM. Forgot to mention it.
@Drumdums Skold had a solo record out ( 96 ) after SM ended right before his few years ( 97-02 ) with KMFDM , MDFMK back to KMFDM and way before he joined Manson .
His 1st song with KMFDM : Anarchy was a hit in the “ industrial “ clubs from the album “ symbols “
He became 1/2 the band and did their then “ far well “ record Adios before he and Captain Sacha K reformed with a 3rd singer ( Lucia ) under the MDFMK name ...this one is worth finding it literally has moments of uniqueness to it .
Anyway I’ll stop ranting hope you enjoy .
Yes I’m well aware of his first solo record. I just scratched the surface in this video.
@@DrumdumsOfficial yeah I misheard you when you said 4 or 5 Skold Records . Thought you said 4 . Anyway yeah he got a lot of notoriety from his MM days however he has a lot more work with KMFDM . I highly recommend people check out his work with them ..they had a good chemistry that IMHO they lack without him . Stand outs are the MDFMK record from 99/00 and the Skold Vs. KMFDM record from 09 songs like This is Now , Rabble rouser , Antigeist , All or Nothing where all so ahead of there time I’m hearing more main stream artists touching on it in 20/21 .
Great post
Thanks for watching!
Huge Skold fan.
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I got a SGM story. I lived in the middle of Nebraska and I heard SGM on MTV. I went to our local store and they had the album, but I needed to ask my mom first, so I hid the album (out of order) and when I came back...someone had bought it! Like what the hell! They must of been watching me. Either way they eventually got more stock and I got it. Also Violent New Bread is one of my all time favorite albums.
Hell yeah man. I used to hide albums in the store haha.
@@DrumdumsOfficial also thank you. Been listening to Tim’s newer music at the moment. His KMFDM stuff is dope!
@@danielblodgett1 You're welcome!
I was a Shotgun Messiah fan from their first record, and had no complaints when Skold switched to lead vocals. Very unusual for me to like a band that made such drastic changes from one record to the next, but I loved all of their stuff
Agreed! They're one of the few bands that had a founding member step forward in front of the mic when the singer left.
Oh man, I saw him for a 3rd time last week and he was selling his new album out on Friday, as a fan since 2001ish it might be one of his best yet!
I need to pick up his new album! Skold never disappoints. He's a true artist.
@@DrumdumsOfficial Oh man, such a good album dude! I was lucky he was selling it early! He's such a chill dude for a guy who worked with huge bands. I'm really happy that he has 7 solo albums now. I remember always wanting him in my top 5 but he only had 1 solo album forever. So it's nice!
Knew him from KMFDM & Manson. No idea about his earlier work. Currently falling down musical rabbit hole.
Dude he’s one of my favorite all-time artist. Been listening since 89 with shotgun Messiah. Check out his solo albums over the past 25 years. I think he’s put out two or three more since this video. I have them all.
I've been a huge Shotgun Messiah fan since Second Coming. I've got all their CDs (along with a couple live ones that got taped) and a couple Skold albums. Saw them live and they were amazing, I actually met Bobby Lycon the bassist before the show. I even saw Tim with Marilyn Manson. What a great musician. I still wish the band would reunite for a Third Coming.
Yeah unfortunately I don't ever see that happening. Skold is not one who looks to the past.
Second Coming is an awesome album and full of great riffs. It is a shame we did not get more of their Music from that era.
Definitely!
They were ordinally called Kingpin when they were in Sweden they formed Shotgun Messiah when they came to the states. The original singer was Zinny Zan, when he left he formed Zan Clan, and then another band just called Shotgun. Shotgun Messiah has 4 albums one is a EP called I want more .Shotgun Messiah broke up after second coming, violent new breed was just Tim Skold and Harry Cody, Harry is a beast on guitar. Tim and MM had a huge fall out and had a fight right on stage. He also was in KMFDM for a stint also. I love his solo stuff.
Yep. I knew everything you just said. Thanks for watching!
I got the Second Coming CD back in high school and loved it. Then it faded into the background and I kinda forgot about it over the years. Then, I got bored one day about two years ago and played it on my streaming service. Holy shit, I was blown away by how great it actually still is. The mix is better than most albums, even by today's standards. I certainly wish they had continued further with this heavy metal thing, kinda like Pantera did. I love those guitar solos.
Yeah it's a great rock album through and through. I love all 3 SM albums.
God, I fucking loved these records!! Thanks for this. 🤘🏻
Thanks for watching!
Dude! I’m a Shotgun fanatic!!!
Me too!
Shotgun is amazing! Especially love how they killed it at 3 different styles of rock
Yes sir. I still listen to them and Tim Skold on a weekly basis.
never able to capture the magic of that first lp !!!!
I loved Violent New Breed honestly. But all 3 albums have a very different feel, which is nice.
I just wish Skold stayed with KMFDM. The chemistry between him and the lead singer, Sascha Konietzko, was always one of my favorite aspects of that band.
I agree. I like the chemistry too.
Didn't he do some stuff with KMFDM even after he left the band?
@@antimonosYep! Sköld and KMFDM did a collab album in 2009, and Tim played bass on a KMFDM song around that time as a guest
I have always been a fan of SM.
Harry K. Cody is one of my fave guitar players.
Second coming is a great CD.
Tim Skold is a talented guy for sure.
Yes to all of this.
Still have that CD too ;)
Nice!
You forgot to mention the ep, “I Want More.” That was an amazing, raw, rock your face off ep!
Yeah from that first album to Second Coming you can hear the transition to Violent New Breed.
Yeah this was just an overview. I had that EP. Loved that version of "I Want More" much more.
@@DrumdumsOfficial You still did an awesome job with the video and covering so much ground! 🤘🤘
SHOTGUN MESSIAH AND TIM SKOLD ROCK. GOT ALL THE SHOTGUN MESSIAH ALBUMS PLUS LOOKING INTO SKOLDS WORK TOO.
Yeah definitely check out all of Skolds latest albums. He's been on fire!
My first time hearing tim skold was from a video game twisted metal 4
Awesome Lee awesome✨✨✨✨✨
Hold on hold on. Now you've got this goth girl out here with her crop and editing pen...
Before Skold was in Manson, he released a self-titled solo album which is EXCELLENT. To support that album, he did a short tour with the Genitorturers, and along the way met Sascha (KMFDM). Shortly thereafter, he joined KMFDM and was on the albums Symbols (which had the track Anarchy and is one of my favorite songs ever) and Adios. KMFDM then reversed shit and became MDFMK for one album. Members were Sascha, Skold, and Lucia (Drill). KMFDM came back and recorded Attak. Skold left the band at that time and joined Manson on Golden Age of Grotesque. Skold and Sascha later collaborated on Skold vs KMFDM in 2009. The entire album was recorded without them ever even being in the same country together. They just FTPed files back and forth with a couple of stipulations - no guitars, and no real drums. It actually turned out to be a pretty fun album!
Yes you are correct Mary. In this video I was just doing a quick run down his career, but I knew that he was in KMFDM and his first solo outing is kickass. I will forever remember meeting him (and SM) back in 92 at Virgin Records.
He sucked live as Skold
Tim SKOLD used to be TIM TIM on the first album I met them when they first came to America when they had their original singer Zinny j Zahn they played at our local metal club nobody heard of them Tim actually came in the record store I was working at I have several pics of him and all the band and actually my friend took their drummer stixx galore skiing he fell and hurt his hand and actually told the story in Hit Parader magazine they still did the show that night but only a few songs because of stixx hand I’m still loving their first Album the best ❤
Yes I remember this! I think he changed it to Skold to be taken more seriously as a front man. Thank you for the great story! I met all the band members for their Second Coming release at a Virgin Records signing in Denver CO.
Shotgun Messiah and Wrathchild American were my favorites back then.
Hell yeah!
Love this band!
Hell yeah!
Hey, ever wonder where they got the name "Shotgun Messiah' you see back in the early
to mid 70,s there was a band called "Streetwalkers" made up of memebers of a earlier band "Family
with lead man Roger Chapman" and they put out a classic album in 75 called "Redcard" and on this album was
a song called "Shotgun Messiah" a great rockin masterpiece that when hear Chapmans voice it is
reminescent of a AC/DC vocalisation but more talented give it a listen see what you think you
won,t be disappointed
Interesting. Thank you for sharing!
It was Harry Cody that fixed all these albums together. Great player, he needs more credit!
Yes Harry is easily the most underrated guitarist ever.
I got that album "Second Coming" it very underated.
Yes very underrated album.
Southgang was a 4 piece who jettisoned the lead singer when the guitarist Butch Walker learned to sing, and renamed the band Marvelous 3.
Interesting. There have been a few cases.
One Shotgun Messiah self-titled debut album Harry K Cody such a unrated lead guitarist he was shredding the guitar solo's on that album.
Yes! Harry Cody might be the most underrated shredder ever.
Pretty hate machine came out in 1989. Skold has cited that and early lmfdm records as his inspiration to take shotgun messiah to the industrial genre. Check out his stuff with kmfdm/mdfmk.
Such a completely different sound both albums are great in their own way.
Actually all 3 albums are great.
how come everbody on here believes Skold only put out 1 solo album??? he had the ST in 96, then he has Anomie, The Undoing, Never Is Now, Dies Irae, Dead God, and his brand new release last month called Seven Heads which is outstanding, he has a big catalog of solo albums as you can see, not to mention Skold Vs KMFDM and the EP Neverland
I never said he put out one solo album. Quite the contrary.
@@DrumdumsOfficial Not you bro, just a lot of people in the comments kept mentioning that he had a solo album in 96 and they say it like it was a one off deal, I saw it enough times that I started thinking these guys must not know how many albums he has out, it wasnt you at all.
I know it's Cody and not Tim but the solo in Living Without You is amazing, dare I even say Gilmore-Eske
Yes!
Tim is on tour now and he's been playing Living Without You and it was so awesome to finally see him do a Shotgun song
Tim skold was easily one of the coolest guitarists to 14 year old me. Made me want a firebird. Also, Funny story, I think the bassist from taking back sunday became the lead singer.
Hell yeah! I’ve been following his career for so long now. And he keeps pumping out amazing content. Been listening to his new album. Loving it.
Yes!!, Violent New Breed, very industrial sound , Jihad Best song on album. Loved them the first time I heard of them, while serving in the Marines, in Cali. Got the first three albums...., Every song on Second coming should've been a No. # 1 Hit...
Hell yeah brother! Huge SM fan. I was in the Air Force.
So did Manson take Skold’s vibe as his own or did Skold just copy and paste Manson’s?
I think they both love this style of music. No copying.
Marilyn Manson is my favourite band ever, love every album to bits. So I have heard some of Tim's talent! But honestly I haven't really ever paid much attention to who does what on each album or song, but I'm pretty sure he was there during the Golden Age of Grotesque and Eat Me Drink Me album cycles wasn't he?
Either way it's interesting to hear about your passion for these artists and what they've done in their careers.
Antichrist Superstar is his masterpiece.
@@DrumdumsOfficial Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals, Golden Age of Grotesque and his newest We Are Chaos are my favourites.
he put out the first skold record before manson
Yes he did. He's awesome.
"Second Coming" and "Violent New Breed" are outstanding. IMO, both are top shelf albums. "Second Coming" is great start to finish with every song having the potential to be a hit. Always thought "Free" was an awesome ballad that sounds like it could have been a song used in a big Hollywood release like Top Gun or something similar. All of the rockers sound "huge" and with excellent production.
"Violent New Breed" is the perfect blend of melodic hard rock and industrial. Like "Second Coming", this album sounds "huge" and hits like a freight train with the industrial crunch fused into the songs. Again - very little, if any, filler - solid release start to finish. It's part of my holy grail of 90's hard rock/metal albums that got buried in the changing scene.
Damn shame this band never found a bigger audience. Their albums are heads and tails better than what many of their peers were doing.
Violent New Breed is that rare album that is amazing, yet it hurt the band because of it's change in approach and the time it was released. Record company didn't know what to do with it. I remember being in Denver when it came out an hearing the title track on the radio.
Skold is a pure genius
Hell yeah!
You forget to mention his work with KMFDM 👌
I did, but not in the edited version. If you watch the full stream I mention KMFDM.
Great band i have all their cds.btw another band that replaced a singer with a member of their current line up is Genesis Phil Collins (drums) became the singer when Peter Gabriel left.
sadly ..i had a talk in person with Tim skold who told me they had to send there record out to djs etc with no band name because no one would play it and sadly to me thats one of the best industrial rock albums before its time for sur e..
Yeah his road has been a tough one, but he loves music that much. He's the real deal.
The first 2 albums are decent but Violent new Breed is fucking brilliant...and Skolds solo catalog is solid as hell. I know a lot of straight metal guys hated their change of direction after Second Coming but it was the smartest move Skold and Harry Cody could have made because they have both had successful careers mainly due to VNB being a huge departure and jumping off point for them. They didn't get lumped into the bargain bin with all the other 80s 'Hair' bands (hate that term). I saw the second comig tour and the VNB tour and the VNB tour was far and away the better show. Been lucky to meet Tim a few times and just saw him again in 2019 and his live show kicks ass. Im sure the straight metal guys will disagree with me...but to each their own and Tim was very clear that he really sees VNB as his first REAL album that laid the ground work for his career. Harry Cody had done tones of work for TV and Film and is still active on social media etc. Great guys who deserve to be much bigger in the overall music pantheon
Yes! Violent New Breed is soooo underrated. Thanks for watching man!
You forgot KMFDM
I know.
@@DrumdumsOfficial sorry bout that, I saw all the other comments and should have looked before🤦🏼♂️👍🏼🍻🇺🇸
@@2AChef-n-BBQ No problem at all. Thanks for watching!
Great Band
Hell yeah. Still listen to them constantly.
@@DrumdumsOfficial SKOLD came out with a New Album this year
Lmao! I prefer long haired Tim Skold. The first SM album was fine for me. I had a ton of other bands just like them to listen to so yeah. Those were the days. I even have a magazine cut out of Tim Skold on my artist board that I had back then(still have today). I thought he had fallen off the face of the earth and thought I was the only girl that thought he was attractive in that band HA! Have you heard of the band Pretty Boy Floyd? They were a bit of the same too. Thanks for the memories x
He’s missing Harry Cody’s guitar!!! It’s like Steve Perry’s voice without Neal Schon’s guitar! Yeah…I’m old.❤
Harry Cody was a legend!
Tim is a REAL ARTIST and besides being an incredible writer and musician, he’s one of the hottest looking rockstars ever.
Humm, interesting, I think I'll have to buy that Violent New Breed album, that struck me nice. Don't think I could choose just 5, being a music nut as well as a cinema nut (I'm a lyricist after all). But if I had to try to h9onesty pick 5 "Define my life" bands it would be Chevelle, Judas Priest, Godsmack, LOVEBITES and Sum 41. (with Iron Maiden, 10 Years, Stevie Nicks and Doro Pesch having to be mentioned , see I knew I couldn't do it, And a whole bunch more..lol)
Harry Cody Believe it or not was one of the best shredders of all time i mean he is Swedish,no wonder😅
Damn right he was.
You forgott to say that he sang a "ballad"
"Ride The Storm"
Industrial has been around a LOT longer than the early 90's. KMFDM goes back to the 80's and Throbbing Gristle was in the 70's. I missed the Shotgun Messiah era, but started following Tim Skold at the time of his first solo album. I avoided him during the Manson years and he was a highlight of the 2022 FLA tour.
Yeah that is true. I guess Violent New Breed was the earliest that I remembered it.
Harry Cody a beast n the shotgun of the band
Oh definitely.
So funny i thought that was him with Manson
Yep. I did a double take too when I first found out.
What if I was dead the whole time tho?
Blackie from WASP changed instruments
I remember the first Shotgun Messiah album had a stencil of the band logo in the sleeve. BTW, Shout It Out was on that album, not Second Coming. When Second Coming came out I was painting an old lady's house for some cash, while playing Second Coming on my boom box. With everyone having different tastes, Violent New Breed was a disappointment. It just wasn't for me. It was interesting to discover Tim Skold once played with Marilyn Manson. Another band that wasn't for me, but I still think it's cool though, that he was with that band.
I stated that Shout it Out was on the first album. Sorry if it didn't come across that way. Believe me, I know SM front to back. At least the songs/albums. I even had the EP after Second Coming.
@@DrumdumsOfficial OH, BTW. Why not review some of my stuff?
My Top 3 bands
1. The CULT
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Shotgun Messiah
🏆🎶 " Monkey Needs"
Jihad baby!
They were bad ass and sadly they gave up. They should have stuck with their sound and they would have pulled through. Not sure if the story behind but I’m sure it money. This band should have made it huge. I liked all 3 albums and it was quality work with an incredible sound
The record company just didn't have any faith in them. Didn't market them at all.
@@DrumdumsOfficial Yep and they were a real band that would have made it. I think they had a lot more to offer. Sadly Skold started to hustle to just try and find a way to make some big money by changing his style and rule #1 is stick to what you like and he went out of bounds. Not bad stuff just not at the level of Shotgun
You skipped a ton of his career. After Shotgun Messiah split he did a solo album, he's played with KMFDM for a few albums, MDFMK for their one and only album, he had a second (unfinished) solo album get leaked online that still hasn't had an official release, and he has a second band along side his current solo stuff called Not My God.
And his solo stuff is 100% him. All the instruments, the singing, the mixing ECT is him by himself.
In my opinion he's the single most talented musician alive today.
That's why I stated "a brief history". I could have spent a good hour at least on his career. I'm well aware of KMFDM and Not My God.
But I did..but I fuckin did!!
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Violent New Breed is a great album
Yes! I was just listening to it the other day. So good.
@DrumdumsMovieReviews I popped it in yesterday myself after coming across this video
Everybody was saying how they "chased what was trendy" or something like that... I never understood that. I like bands that evolve and change (Queens of the Stone Age is one that comes to mind...)
I mean how interesting are bands like motley crue, poison and ratt nowadays really?
still sings about the same things they did when they were in their 20s...
I applaud Tim & Harry for not doing that reunion that Zinny San Bosse wanted to happen. ZinnyBosse and the drummer did it anyway under the name Shotgun. Search for it if you like reunions with an obese 55yearold singing about how he doesnt care about nothin' and how school are for fools... Don't get me wrong I love the first album too, but it belongs in that time...
would like a reunion album with Tim and Harry though... Cody is a special guitarplayer that should be heard on vinyl (preferably) again. Someone commented that Violent new Breed was a bad NiNcopy... well he kind of missed the inventive solos on that album...
Yes Tim was so far ahead of Zinny that a reunion wouldn’t have made sense.
I was going to say John 5 when you wanted to know MM.