Ray Wilson (musician)
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Ray Wilson is a Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 musician, best known as vocalist in the post-grunge
Post-grunge
Post-grunge is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as a derivative of grunge, using the sounds and aesthetic of grunge, but with a more commercially acceptable tone...

 band Stiltskin
Stiltskin
Stiltskin is a Scottish post-grunge/rock band, who first achieved widespread popularity in the mid 1990s. Currently, Stiltskin's only original member is vocalist Ray Wilson...

, and in Genesis
Genesis (band)
Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...

 between 1996 and 1998.

Wilson started off in a band called Guaranteed Pure in the early 1990s. They released an album called Swing Your Bag, the title track of which was included on a compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 on the label of Fish
Fish (singer)
Derek William Dick, better known as Fish, is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor, best known as the former lead singer of Marillion.-Biography:...

 entitled The Funny Farm Project : Outpatients '93. He then joined Stiltskin; they released one album and had a number one hit in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 with the single "Inside".

Wilson is probably best known as the lead singer of Genesis from 1996 to 1998, after Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....

 officially departed in March 1996. Founding Genesis members Tony Banks
Tony Banks (musician)
This article is about the musician. For other people named Tony Banks, see Tony BanksAnthony George "Tony" Banks is a British composer, and multi-instrumentalist, who performs as a keyboardist and a guitarist...

 and Mike Rutherford
Mike Rutherford
Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford is an English musician. He is a founding member of Genesis, initially as a bassist and backup vocalist. In later incarnations of Genesis, he assumed the role of lead guitarist. He is one of only two constant members in Genesis . He also fronts Mike + The...

 were handed a CD of the Stiltskin album The Mind's Eye
The Mind's Eye (album)
The Mind's Eye is the first studio album by the band Stiltskin. The album was driven by the success of the single "Inside", which reached #1 in the UK. The follow-up single "Footsteps" reached #34 in the UK charts...

from Virgin Records executives. They were very impressed with Wilson's vocal abilities and had their manager, Tony Smith, call him for an audition. Wilson was officially announced as the new lead singer of Genesis in early June 1997. Their only album with Wilson, ...Calling All Stations...
Calling All Stations
Calling All Stations, is the 15th studio album by rock band Genesis. It was recorded following Phil Collins's departure from the band in 1996, and was released in 1997...

, was released that September and became a top 10 hit worldwide, except for the U.S. where it reached #54 on the Billboard 200 album charts; it would soon become the first Genesis album to be deleted in North America, but was re-issued in 2007. Genesis toured Europe in the winter and spring of 1998, but the American leg was cancelled due to low ticket sales. After the commercial failure of the album, the band announced they would go on an extended hiatus, and Wilson left the band.

Wilson went on to release the album Millionairhead
Millionairhead
Millionairhead is the only album by Cut_, a project led by Ray Wilson. It was Wilson's first release on which he took on the majority of the songwriting duties....

with a solo project called Cut_. It was re-released in 2007 (remastered) including three additional songs.

In 2003 he released a solo album under his own name titled Change. The next year he released another studio album entitled The Next Best Thing, which included a cover of "Inside". In 2006 he released another Stiltskin
Stiltskin
Stiltskin is a Scottish post-grunge/rock band, who first achieved widespread popularity in the mid 1990s. Currently, Stiltskin's only original member is vocalist Ray Wilson...

 album called She and in 2007 a Stiltskin live CD featuring below others 8 out of 12 songs from She. This live CD was recorded 25 October 2006, at Harmonie, Bonn, Germany.

DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

 and trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 Armin van Buuren has produced remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....

es of the songs "Another Day" (retitled "Yet Another Day") and "Gypsy" from Millionairhead. Both remixes have been released on van Buuren's own albums, and "Yet Another Day" was also released as a single.

Wilson is the cousin of Ian Wilson, better known as Ian Catskilkin, of the UK indie band, Art Brut
Art Brut (band)
Art Brut are a Berlin-based English and German indie rock band. Their debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, was released on 30 May 2005, with its follow up, It's a Bit Complicated, released on 25 June 2007...

.

Solo albums

  • 2001 Unplugged (renamed Live and Acoustic)
    Live and Acoustic (Ray Wilson album)
    Live and Acoustic is the first live CD release from Ray Wilson. It was originally released as Unplugged in late 2001 via his website, but was reissued in 2002 as Live and Acoustic by InsideOut Music...

  • 2003 Change
    Change (Ray Wilson album)
    Change is the first studio outing by Ray Wilson in 5 years. He started to gain success after a series of sold-out gigs during the 2001 Edinburgh Festival. The album achieved a new form of success and did a series of tour dates throughout Europe.- Theme :...

    (album) - #88 Germany
    • "Change" (single)
    • "Goodbye Baby Blue" (single)
  • 2004 The Next Best Thing
    The Next Best Thing (Ray Wilson album)
    The Next Best Thing is the second studio album by Ray Wilson. The album gained small commercial success both in Europe and in the United States, following on from his success with Change and the recent tour dates in Europe.- Theme :...

    • "These Are The Changes" (single)
  • 2005 Ray Wilson Live
  • 2006 An Audience and Ray Wilson
    An Audience and Ray Wilson
    An Audience and Ray Wilson is a live acoustic album by Ray Wilson released in 2006 prior to his reforming of Stiltskin. The recording comes from a live performance given by Ray Wilson on the 18th of May 2003 in the Agnieszka Osiecka studio of Polish Radio in Warsaw...

    (limited edition CD and download)
  • 2008 Propaganda Man
    Propaganda Man
    -Track listing:# "Bless Me" - 6:23 # "Lately" - 3:33 # "The Brakes Are Gone" - 4:08 # "Razorlite" - 3:11 # "Propaganda Man" - 3:56 # "Frequency" - 5:23...

  • 2009 Genesis Klassik: Ray Wilson and the Berlin Symphony Ensemble live in Berlin
  • 2011 Genesis Klassik: Ray Wilson and the Berlin Symphony Ensemble live in Poznan


The only studio
Recording studio
A recording studio is a facility for sound recording and mixing. Ideally both the recording and monitoring spaces are specially designed by an acoustician to achieve optimum acoustic properties...

 album cover version
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

s Wilson has done are "Space Oddity" by David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

 on the Cut
Millionairhead
Millionairhead is the only album by Cut_, a project led by Ray Wilson. It was Wilson's first release on which he took on the majority of the songwriting duties....

 album, Millionairhead
Millionairhead
Millionairhead is the only album by Cut_, a project led by Ray Wilson. It was Wilson's first release on which he took on the majority of the songwriting duties....

and "Inside" from Stiltskin
Stiltskin
Stiltskin is a Scottish post-grunge/rock band, who first achieved widespread popularity in the mid 1990s. Currently, Stiltskin's only original member is vocalist Ray Wilson...

 on his 2004 solo effort, The Next Best Thing.

Stiltskin

  • 1994 The Mind's Eye
    The Mind's Eye (album)
    The Mind's Eye is the first studio album by the band Stiltskin. The album was driven by the success of the single "Inside", which reached #1 in the UK. The follow-up single "Footsteps" reached #34 in the UK charts...

    - #12 UK, #11 Germany, #10 Austria, #76 Netherlands, #13 Sweden, #13 Switzerland,
    • "Inside" (single) - #1 UK, #5 Germany, #2 Austria, #9 France, #7 Netherlands, #5 Norway, #4 Sweden, #5 Switzerland, #40 Australia, #20 New Zealand
    • "Footsteps" (single) - #34 UK, #34 Switzerland, #36 New Zealand
    • "Rest In Peace" (single) - #47UK
  • 2006 She (album)
    • "She" (single)
    • "Lemon Yellow Sun" (single)
  • 2007 Stiltskin Live
  • 2011 Unfulfillment (album)

Cut_

  • 1999 Millionairhead
    Millionairhead
    Millionairhead is the only album by Cut_, a project led by Ray Wilson. It was Wilson's first release on which he took on the majority of the songwriting duties....

    • "Another Day" (Germany only single)
    • "Millionairhead" / "Sarah" (radio promo)
  • 2007 Millionairhead (UK edition)

Other collaborations

  • 2000 "Big City Nights" (with Scorpions
    Scorpions (band)
    Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...

    ) (Moment of Glory)
  • 2002 "Love Supreme" Turntablerocker (Smile)
  • 2003 "Good Time Love" (with Amanda Lyon) (A tribute to Frank Miller: various artists album)
  • 2003 "Yet Another Day" (with Armin Van Buuren) (76) - #70 UK, #34 Netherlands
  • 2005 "Gypsy" (with Armin Van Buuren) (Shivers)
  • 2005 "Roses" (with RPWL
    RPWL
    RPWL is a German progressive rock band. Their music is distributed by Inside Out Music.The band was formed in 1997 in Freising, Germany as a Pink Floyd cover band...

    ) (World Through My Eyes)
  • 2005 "Roses (live)" & "Not about us (live)"(with RPWL
    RPWL
    RPWL is a German progressive rock band. Their music is distributed by Inside Out Music.The band was formed in 1997 in Freising, Germany as a Pink Floyd cover band...

    ) (Start The Fire: RPWL Live)
  • 2010 "Should I Wait" with Twentyeight) (In The Beginning)

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