Tim Skold
Encyclopedia
Tim Sköld is a multi-instrumentalist who, in addition to producing solo work, has also collaborated with multiple musical groups including Shotgun Messiah
, KMFDM
and Marilyn Manson
.
, a small city in Västergötland
, Sweden
. He grew up in Timmersdala
, 21 kilometres north-west of Skövde.
He has a sister named Linda. Sköld grew up in a very liberal setting as the son of a 15-year-old mother named Åse and a father trying to get by as a semi-professional drummer.
At age 11, Sköld joined a playback band (where the band mimes over recorded material). Sköld's band would play for people at school meetings with Kiss
, Bowie
and Sweet
songs playing on a cassette player.
Sköld first rented a bass guitar
at age 12, and by the time he was 13, he was playing and singing in his first real band. Sköld later met guitarist Harry Cody at a New Year's Eve party, and they formed a creative partnership which would last for many years to come. Their dream was to go to the U.S.A. to be rock stars. At age 17, after 2 years of studying Process Engineering at a boarding school, Sköld moved into his own apartment and took a factory job making military equipment. A half-year later, he was drafted into the army. He brought his bass to the base and sneaked into the shower stalls to practice after everyone went to sleep. Sköld also kept rehearsing with Cody on the weekends, and once out of the army he took on many odd jobs including library assistant, Volvo employee and as a gardener at a bathhouse.
At age 19, Sköld and Cody talked a Swedish record company into allowing them to make a record, which they could use as a demo to reach the American market. Starting off as Shylock, their determination soon paid off in the form of Kingpin.
band Kingpin in their native Skövde, Sweden. They were inspired by the flamboyant hard rock bands flowing out of Los Angeles
at the time, as well as UK acts such as Sigue Sigue Sputnik
and Zodiac Mindwarp
.
The band kicked off their career with a 7" single titled "Shout It Out" (which hit #1 in Sweden) in 1987. They then drafted vocalist Zinny J. Zan
and drummer Stixx Galore a short time later. Kingpin released their only Swedish album, Welcome to Bop City
, the following year, and then moved to Los Angeles
.
, Kingpin changed their name to Shotgun Messiah
(due to a San Francisco-based band holding the rights to the name Kingpin), remixed and re-packaged Welcome To Bop City as a self-titled album, and released it as their international debut in 1989.
After having MTV smash hits such as "Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'" and "Shout It Out", whilst the band was in progress of making a follow up to their debut self-titled album, Zan was let go. They hired a new bassist, Bobby Lycon, from New York
, and on Cody's suggestion Tim Tim switched to lead vocals. At this time, Tim Tim, whose role was now frontman, went by the name Tim Skold. They released Second Coming
in 1991, which was enthusiastically received by the media, and was their most successful album to date. Two singles were released from that album, "Heartbreak Blvd." and "Living Without You".
Shortly after, the band followed up with an E.P. entitled I Want More, which contained some punk covers along with re-recorded songs from their previous album I Want More, "Babylon" and an acoustic version of "Nobody's Home". Soon after this release, Shotgun Messiah were down to two original members, Sköld and Cody, seeing the departure of Stixx and Lycon.
Still under contract with Relativity Records, Sköld and Cody decided to go back to Sweden for the recording of the third Shotgun Messiah album, Violent New Breed
, which leaned towards the industrial end of heavy metal. The album was released in 1993 and is now considered a cult classic due to the "before its time" incorporation of industrial
influences. However, at the time of release it received mixed reviews and continued public indifference, which eventually convinced the two to end the band, leading Sköld to embark on his solo project, Skold.
, was released in 1996 by RCA. The album was co-produced with Scott Humphrey
.
Promoting his debut album, Sköld and the rest of the live Skold band went on a short tour with Genitorturers
. Some of the songs on the Skold album were used in movies like Disturbing Behavior
("Hail Mary"), Universal Soldier: The Return
("Chaos") and the PlayStation
game Twisted Metal 4
("Chaos"). During his solo career, Sköld also provided remixes for several bands, such as Prong, Nature and Drown. He also met KMFDM
front-man Sascha Konietzko
during his time in the studio.
Around 2002, Sköld recorded a follow up to his 1996 self-titled album. These songs have never been officially released. Sköld stated in an interview with The Sychophant that he had made a demo with 10 copies ever made. The demo had 10 songs on it. Six of the 10 were released on file sharing networks without Sköld's permission: "Burn", "Dead God", "I Hate", "Believe", "The Point", and "Don't Pray". The demo is known as the Dead God EP, although Sköld says that it was called Disrupting the Orderly Routine of the Institution. The original artwork was made with an inkjet printer and was the title written in drippy letters. This demo was given to several friends that Sköld considered trustworthy, but his songs appeared on the internet from one of them. Sköld said that "someone suggested to me that I should go back to them and finish it off and release it. And maybe I will one day, who knows?"
On November 3, 2009, "I Will Not Forget", "A Dark Star", and "Bullets Ricochet" were released on iTunes and Amazon as new Skold singles. Also that November, Sköld's official website announced that he was to release his second solo album in early 2010. However, the album remained unreleased in 2010. In January 2011, Metropolis Records announced that they were releasing the new record and single in spring of 2011.
"Anomie" will be made available on May 10 as a 12-track CD or digital download as well as a digital deluxe version with two bonus tracks.
in 1997. His first involvement with KMFDM was on the album Symbols
. He wrote and sang the song "Anarchy", which became a hit in clubs, and spawned subsequent remixes of the track done by Sköld himself. His next album with KMFDM, Adios, was released in 1999. Sköld took a more prominent role in the band, not only as co-vocalist, co-writer, and bassist, but also as producer, engineer, and programmer, alongside KMFDM's founder Sascha Konietzko
.
Due to turmoil within the band, Konietzko and Sköld ended KMFDM in 1999, and restarted as MDFMK
the following year. They released one album, MDFMK
, released in 2000 by Universal Records. The band, including Lucia Cifarelli
(formerly of Drill
), took on a more "futuristic" sound, which contained less of the industrial rock KMFDM was known for, and added a mix of drum & bass, trance and europop, primarily in a production style leaning towards "electronica". MDFMK featured all three members sharing vocal duties. Their song "Missing Time" was used in the animated movie Heavy Metal 2000
.
In 2002, the trio reformed KMFDM along with Raymond Watts, and released Attak
. Afterwards, Sköld departed the band. Due to a commitment to produce Marilyn Manson's album The Golden Age of Grotesque
, Sköld was unable to join KMFDM's 2002 Sturm & Drang tour; he did, however, make two guest appearances at shows in June.
On December 16, 2008, the KMFDM website announced that Sköld and Konietzko would be releasing an album together, titled Skold vs. KMFDM. The album was released on February 24, 2009.
Sköld did production and instrumentation work on KMFDM's album Blitz
, released March 24, 2009. Later that same year he contributed a remix to Left Spine Down
's 2009 remix album entitled Voltage 2.3: Remixed and Revisited
, as well as 16volt's album American Porn Songs
.
's The Newlydeads
on December 13, 2000 at the Pretty Ugly Club in Los Angeles. Sköld, on bass, joined Ohgr
, a project of Skinny Puppy
vocalist Nivek Ogre
, for the tour in support of its first album, Welt
, in 2001.
began as producer for the single "Tainted Love", which is featured in the 2001 teen comedy/parody movie Not Another Teen Movie
and appeared on the soundtrack. Manson and Sköld went on to score the movie Resident Evil
, released in 2002. Several tracks are featured on the Resident Evil movie soundtrack.
Sköld officially joined Marilyn Manson in 2002 after the departure of bassist Twiggy Ramirez. At this time, not only was Sköld the bassist for the band, but he was also producing, editing, creating artwork, electronics, programming drums and beats, playing guitar, keyboards, accordion and synthesizer bass for the album The Golden Age of Grotesque
.
He is described by Manson as, "the power that attitude brings to an album". On the band's 2004 release, Lest We Forget: The Best Of, Sköld produced, played lead guitar, and sang backup vocals on the cover version of "Personal Jesus", which was also released as a single. Coinciding with the release of The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D
in October 2006, Manson and Sköld contributed a cover of "This Is Halloween
" to The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack
, with Sköld taking care of the music while Manson provided the vocals.
This time also saw the start of work on Marilyn Manson’s sixth studio album entitled Eat Me, Drink Me
. The album was released worldwide on June 5, 2007.
Sköld played guitar on the band's 2007 world tour, Rape of the World, with Rob Holliday
(formerly guitarist/bassist for Curve, Gary Numan
, The Mission
and The Prodigy
) taking over bass duties.
On January 9, 2008 Marilyn Manson posted a bulletin on MySpace
which reported that Sköld had left the band and former bassist Twiggy Ramirez had returned to take his place.
alongside Hank von Helvete
.
Shotgun Messiah
Shotgun Messiah were a glam metal band originally from Sweden; they crossed over to industrial rock music during the early 1990s.-First Era, 1985-1991:...
, KMFDM
KMFDM
KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...
and Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson (band)
Marilyn Manson is an American metal band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Formed in 1989 by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky, the group was originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids with their uniquely theatrical performances gathering a local cult following in the early '90s. This attention...
.
Early life
Tim Sköld was born on December 14, 1966 in SkövdeSkövde
Skövde is a locality and the seat of Skövde Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 34 446 inhabitants .Skövde is situated some 150 km northeast of Gothenburg, between Sweden's two largest lakes, Vänern and Vättern. It sits on the eastern slope of a low mountain ridge Billingen ,...
, a small city in Västergötland
Västergötland
', English exonym: West Gothland, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated in the southwest of Sweden. In older English literature one may also encounter the Latinized version Westrogothia....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. He grew up in Timmersdala
Timmersdala
Timmersdala is a locality situated in Skövde Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 915 inhabitants in 2005....
, 21 kilometres north-west of Skövde.
He has a sister named Linda. Sköld grew up in a very liberal setting as the son of a 15-year-old mother named Åse and a father trying to get by as a semi-professional drummer.
At age 11, Sköld joined a playback band (where the band mimes over recorded material). Sköld's band would play for people at school meetings with Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
, 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...
and Sweet
Sweet (band)
Sweet was a British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as one of the most prominent glam rock acts, with the classic line-up of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker.Sweet was formed in 1968 and achieved their first...
songs playing on a cassette player.
Sköld first rented a bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
at age 12, and by the time he was 13, he was playing and singing in his first real band. Sköld later met guitarist Harry Cody at a New Year's Eve party, and they formed a creative partnership which would last for many years to come. Their dream was to go to the U.S.A. to be rock stars. At age 17, after 2 years of studying Process Engineering at a boarding school, Sköld moved into his own apartment and took a factory job making military equipment. A half-year later, he was drafted into the army. He brought his bass to the base and sneaked into the shower stalls to practice after everyone went to sleep. Sköld also kept rehearsing with Cody on the weekends, and once out of the army he took on many odd jobs including library assistant, Volvo employee and as a gardener at a bathhouse.
At age 19, Sköld and Cody talked a Swedish record company into allowing them to make a record, which they could use as a demo to reach the American market. Starting off as Shylock, their determination soon paid off in the form of Kingpin.
Kingpin
During the early 80's, bassist Sköld and guitarist Cody formed the glam metalGlam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...
band Kingpin in their native Skövde, Sweden. They were inspired by the flamboyant hard rock bands flowing out of Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
at the time, as well as UK acts such as Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Sigue Sigue Sputnik were a British new wave band created in 1982 by the former Generation X bassist Tony James. The band had three UK Top 40 hit singles, including the song "Love Missile F1-11".-Early years:...
and Zodiac Mindwarp
Zodiac Mindwarp
-Overview:The band is the brainchild of Mark Manning, a graphic artist and editor of London's Flexipop magazine. Deciding to experience the debauchery of life as a decadent rock star, he assumed the alter ego, Zodiac Mindwarp, and formed the Love Reaction in the mid 1980s together with guitarist...
.
The band kicked off their career with a 7" single titled "Shout It Out" (which hit #1 in Sweden) in 1987. They then drafted vocalist Zinny J. Zan
Zinny J. Zan
Zinny J. Zan is the former lead-singer for Shotgun Messiah and is currently the founder and frontman for Zan Clan and reunited Easy Action.-Biography:...
and drummer Stixx Galore a short time later. Kingpin released their only Swedish album, Welcome to Bop City
Welcome to Bop City
Welcome To Bop City is the first album from Kingpin, released in 1988.-Track listing:#"Bop City"#"Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'"#"Shout It Out"#"Squeezin' Teazin'"#"The Explorer"#"Nowhere Fast"#"Dirt Talk"#"I'm Your Love"#"Nervous"-Personnel:...
, the following year, and then moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
.
Shotgun Messiah
Signed by Cliff Cultreri at Relativity RecordsRelativity Records
Relativity Records, often branded just Relativity, is an American record label founded by Barry Kobrin at the site of his company, Important Record Distribution in metro New York. Early on, as an indie label, Relativity released music in a variety of styles, including dance, jazz, punk, and...
, Kingpin changed their name to Shotgun Messiah
Shotgun Messiah
Shotgun Messiah were a glam metal band originally from Sweden; they crossed over to industrial rock music during the early 1990s.-First Era, 1985-1991:...
(due to a San Francisco-based band holding the rights to the name Kingpin), remixed and re-packaged Welcome To Bop City as a self-titled album, and released it as their international debut in 1989.
After having MTV smash hits such as "Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'" and "Shout It Out", whilst the band was in progress of making a follow up to their debut self-titled album, Zan was let go. They hired a new bassist, Bobby Lycon, from New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, and on Cody's suggestion Tim Tim switched to lead vocals. At this time, Tim Tim, whose role was now frontman, went by the name Tim Skold. They released Second Coming
Second Coming (Shotgun Messiah album)
Second Coming is the second album from hard rock group Shotgun Messiah, released in 1991 on Relativity Records.-Track listing:all songs written by Tim Skold and Harry Cody, except where noted.#"Sex Drugs Rock 'n' Roll" - 3:25#"Red Hot" - 4:23...
in 1991, which was enthusiastically received by the media, and was their most successful album to date. Two singles were released from that album, "Heartbreak Blvd." and "Living Without You".
Shortly after, the band followed up with an E.P. entitled I Want More, which contained some punk covers along with re-recorded songs from their previous album I Want More, "Babylon" and an acoustic version of "Nobody's Home". Soon after this release, Shotgun Messiah were down to two original members, Sköld and Cody, seeing the departure of Stixx and Lycon.
Still under contract with Relativity Records, Sköld and Cody decided to go back to Sweden for the recording of the third Shotgun Messiah album, Violent New Breed
Violent New Breed
Violent New Breed is the third and final album by Shotgun Messiah, released in 1993 on Relativity Records. Breaking from their previous albums, Violent New Breed featured a more industrial rock sound.-Track listing:#"I'm a Gun"#"Come Down"...
, which leaned towards the industrial end of heavy metal. The album was released in 1993 and is now considered a cult classic due to the "before its time" incorporation of industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
influences. However, at the time of release it received mixed reviews and continued public indifference, which eventually convinced the two to end the band, leading Sköld to embark on his solo project, Skold.
Skold
After the break-up of Shotgun Messiah, Sköld went on to pursue a solo career. Writing all songs and playing all instruments himself, his self-titled debut album, SkoldSkold
Skold is the debut solo album released in 1996 by Tim Skold.The song "Chaos" was used in the video game Twisted Metal 4 and the film Universal Soldier: The Return...
, was released in 1996 by RCA. The album was co-produced with Scott Humphrey
Scott Humphrey
Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed all of his records up until 2007's Zombie Live...
.
Promoting his debut album, Sköld and the rest of the live Skold band went on a short tour with Genitorturers
Genitorturers
The Genitorturers are an industrial metal/industrial rock band from the United States, with influences extending into the 1990s hardcore punk and electronic music. They proclaim themselves to be "The World's Sexiest Rock Band".-History:...
. Some of the songs on the Skold album were used in movies like Disturbing Behavior
Disturbing Behavior
Disturbing Behavior is a 1998 thriller science fiction film starring James Marsden, Katie Holmes, and Nick Stahl. The film was released on July 24, 1998. The plot follows a group of high school outcasts who are horrified by their "Blue Ribbon" classmates...
("Hail Mary"), Universal Soldier: The Return
Universal Soldier: The Return
Universal Soldier: The Return is a 1999 American science fiction action film directed by Mic Rodgers and starred Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, professional wrestler Bill Goldberg, Heidi Schanz, Kiana Tom and Xander Berkeley as Doctor Dylan Cotner...
("Chaos") and the PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
game Twisted Metal 4
Twisted Metal 4
Twisted Metal 4 is a vehicular combat video game developed by 989 Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation...
("Chaos"). During his solo career, Sköld also provided remixes for several bands, such as Prong, Nature and Drown. He also met KMFDM
KMFDM
KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...
front-man Sascha Konietzko
Sascha Konietzko
Sascha Konietzko , also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is a German musician and producer. He is the founder, frontman, and "anchor" of industrial rock band KMFDM. Konietzko jokingly purports himself to be the father of industrial rock...
during his time in the studio.
Around 2002, Sköld recorded a follow up to his 1996 self-titled album. These songs have never been officially released. Sköld stated in an interview with The Sychophant that he had made a demo with 10 copies ever made. The demo had 10 songs on it. Six of the 10 were released on file sharing networks without Sköld's permission: "Burn", "Dead God", "I Hate", "Believe", "The Point", and "Don't Pray". The demo is known as the Dead God EP, although Sköld says that it was called Disrupting the Orderly Routine of the Institution. The original artwork was made with an inkjet printer and was the title written in drippy letters. This demo was given to several friends that Sköld considered trustworthy, but his songs appeared on the internet from one of them. Sköld said that "someone suggested to me that I should go back to them and finish it off and release it. And maybe I will one day, who knows?"
On November 3, 2009, "I Will Not Forget", "A Dark Star", and "Bullets Ricochet" were released on iTunes and Amazon as new Skold singles. Also that November, Sköld's official website announced that he was to release his second solo album in early 2010. However, the album remained unreleased in 2010. In January 2011, Metropolis Records announced that they were releasing the new record and single in spring of 2011.
"Anomie" will be made available on May 10 as a 12-track CD or digital download as well as a digital deluxe version with two bonus tracks.
KMFDM & MDFMK
After a short-lived solo career, Sköld joined KMFDMKMFDM
KMFDM is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project...
in 1997. His first involvement with KMFDM was on the album Symbols
Symbols (album)
The tenth KMFDM album is titled with a string of five unpronounceable, non-alphabetic symbols , but usually cataloged as Symbols. Another title used on the KMFDM website, circa 2001 was Anger...
. He wrote and sang the song "Anarchy", which became a hit in clubs, and spawned subsequent remixes of the track done by Sköld himself. His next album with KMFDM, Adios, was released in 1999. Sköld took a more prominent role in the band, not only as co-vocalist, co-writer, and bassist, but also as producer, engineer, and programmer, alongside KMFDM's founder Sascha Konietzko
Sascha Konietzko
Sascha Konietzko , also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is a German musician and producer. He is the founder, frontman, and "anchor" of industrial rock band KMFDM. Konietzko jokingly purports himself to be the father of industrial rock...
.
Due to turmoil within the band, Konietzko and Sköld ended KMFDM in 1999, and restarted as MDFMK
MDFMK
MDFMK was an industrial rock band formed by two members of KMFDM, Sascha Konietzko and Tim Skold. Lucia Cifarelli, formerly of the band Drill, later rounded out the trio.-History:...
the following year. They released one album, MDFMK
MDFMK (album)
MDFMK is an album released by industrial rock band MDFMK on March 28, 2000. It was the only studio album released by the band before it was discontinued and reformed once again as KMFDM.- Track listing :...
, released in 2000 by Universal Records. The band, including Lucia Cifarelli
Lucia Cifarelli
Lucia Cifarelli is currently a vocalist and occasional keyboardist for industrial music group KMFDM...
(formerly of Drill
Drill (band)
Drill was an alternative rock band from New York that formed in 1995. The band is perhaps best known as being headed by vocalist Lucia Cifarelli, with members that included guitarist Dan Harnett, future Black Label Society bassist John DeServio, and drummer Marcus Farny.The band split up shortly...
), took on a more "futuristic" sound, which contained less of the industrial rock KMFDM was known for, and added a mix of drum & bass, trance and europop, primarily in a production style leaning towards "electronica". MDFMK featured all three members sharing vocal duties. Their song "Missing Time" was used in the animated movie Heavy Metal 2000
Heavy Metal 2000
Heavy Metal 2000 is the 2000 follow-up to the 1981 animated cult film Heavy Metal, based on the fantasy magazine of the same name. The story itself is based on the graphic novel, The Melting Pot, written by Kevin Eastman, Simon Bisley and Eric Talbot...
.
In 2002, the trio reformed KMFDM along with Raymond Watts, and released Attak
Attak
Attak, the first KMFDM album following a three-year hiatus, was released in 2002 on Metropolis Records and is the group's twelfth studio album overall. It was recorded in Seattle, Washington...
. Afterwards, Sköld departed the band. Due to a commitment to produce Marilyn Manson's album The Golden Age of Grotesque
The Golden Age of Grotesque
Initial critical response to The Golden Age of Grotesque was mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 60, indicating mixed or average reviews, based on 12 publications...
, Sköld was unable to join KMFDM's 2002 Sturm & Drang tour; he did, however, make two guest appearances at shows in June.
On December 16, 2008, the KMFDM website announced that Sköld and Konietzko would be releasing an album together, titled Skold vs. KMFDM. The album was released on February 24, 2009.
Sköld did production and instrumentation work on KMFDM's album Blitz
Blitz (album)
Blitz is industrial rock group KMFDM's sixteenth studio album. It was released on March 24, 2009, on the band's record label KMFDM Records and Metropolis Records. It also marks the first use of five letter song titles and a five letter album title since WWIII. "Bait and Switch" contains lyrics from...
, released March 24, 2009. Later that same year he contributed a remix to Left Spine Down
Left Spine Down
Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Left Spine Down is a band that plays what they call "cyberpunk," a mixture of electronica, metal, punk, and drum & bass....
's 2009 remix album entitled Voltage 2.3: Remixed and Revisited
Voltage 2.3: Remixed and Revisited
Voltage 2.3: Remixed and Revisited is the second full length album by Canadian Cyberpunk/Industrial metal band Left Spine Down. The album was released on March 3, 2009 via Synthetic Sounds and features 3 newly recorded songs along with remixes and segues...
, as well as 16volt's album American Porn Songs
American Porn Songs
AmericanPornSongs is the sixth studio album by the industrial metal band 16Volt.-Track listing:# Alkali - 4:55# Enjoy The Pain - 3:02# With Fire And Burning - 3:54# American Porn Song - 3:54# Blessed - 3:43# To Hell - 3:43# It All Turns Bad - 4:18...
.
Newlydeads & Ohgr
Sköld performed a show with Taime DowneTaime Downe
Taime Downe is an American musician who first became notable as the lead singer of 1980s sleaze rock band Faster Pussycat.-Biography:Downe grew up in Seattle, Washington, the oldest of four children. He became interested in music at a very early age, and in high school he formed a band named The...
's The Newlydeads
The Newlydeads
The Newlydeads were an industrial rock band founded by Faster Pussycat singer Taime Downe.At one time or another, The Newlydeads also featured Taime Downe's current Faster Pussycat bandmates: guitarist Xristian Simon, bassist Danny Nordahl, and drummer Chad Stewart...
on December 13, 2000 at the Pretty Ugly Club in Los Angeles. Sköld, on bass, joined Ohgr
OhGr
ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. Although the pedigree of the group's members might suggest otherwise, early ohGr releases differed in sound to its related industrial bands, drawing more on hip-hop and electro-pop influences, incorporating more...
, a project of Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....
vocalist Nivek Ogre
Nivek Ogre
Nivek Ogre is a Canadian musician, performance artist and actor best known as a founding member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. Since that band featured another Kevin and was produced by another Ogilvie Nivek Ogre (born Kevin Graham Ogilvie December 5, 1962) is a Canadian musician,...
, for the tour in support of its first album, Welt
Welt (album)
Welt is the first album by the band ohGr, formed by Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk.-Track listing:All songs written by Nivek Ogre and Mark Walk.- Personnel :* Nivek Ogre* Mark Walk...
, in 2001.
Marilyn Manson
Sköld's involvement with Marilyn MansonMarilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...
began as producer for the single "Tainted Love", which is featured in the 2001 teen comedy/parody movie Not Another Teen Movie
Not Another Teen Movie
Not Another Teen Movie is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Joel Gallen, released on December 14, 2001 by Columbia Pictures. It is a parody of teen movies which have accumulated in Hollywood over the last few decades...
and appeared on the soundtrack. Manson and Sköld went on to score the movie Resident Evil
Resident Evil (film)
Resident Evil is a British-German 2002 horror film written and directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The film stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, and James Purefoy...
, released in 2002. Several tracks are featured on the Resident Evil movie soundtrack.
Sköld officially joined Marilyn Manson in 2002 after the departure of bassist Twiggy Ramirez. At this time, not only was Sköld the bassist for the band, but he was also producing, editing, creating artwork, electronics, programming drums and beats, playing guitar, keyboards, accordion and synthesizer bass for the album The Golden Age of Grotesque
The Golden Age of Grotesque
Initial critical response to The Golden Age of Grotesque was mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 60, indicating mixed or average reviews, based on 12 publications...
.
He is described by Manson as, "the power that attitude brings to an album". On the band's 2004 release, Lest We Forget: The Best Of, Sköld produced, played lead guitar, and sang backup vocals on the cover version of "Personal Jesus", which was also released as a single. Coinciding with the release of The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 stop motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from "Halloween Town" who opens a portal to...
in October 2006, Manson and Sköld contributed a cover of "This Is Halloween
This is Halloween
"This Is Halloween" is a song by composer Danny Elfman from the 1993 film The Nightmare Before Christmas, performed by the residents of the fictional "Halloween Town", which is the film's main setting. The song is featured in both HalloWishes at the Magic Kingdom and at Disneyland's Halloween...
" to The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack
The Nightmare Before Christmas (soundtrack)
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the 1993 soundtrack to the film of the same name. Composed by Danny Elfman, the soundtrack was nominated for the 1993 Golden Globe for best original score. The album peaked at #98 on the Billboard 200...
, with Sköld taking care of the music while Manson provided the vocals.
This time also saw the start of work on Marilyn Manson’s sixth studio album entitled Eat Me, Drink Me
Eat Me, Drink Me
Eat Me, Drink Me is the sixth full-length studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on June 5, 2007, debuting at number 8 in the United States with more than 80,000 copies sold in the first week. It was recorded in a rented home-recording studio in Hollywood, California by...
. The album was released worldwide on June 5, 2007.
Sköld played guitar on the band's 2007 world tour, Rape of the World, with Rob Holliday
Rob Holliday
Rob Holliday is a professional musician. He was the live guitarist of industrial metal band Marilyn Manson as well as for Gary Numan, The Prodigy, and Sulpher...
(formerly guitarist/bassist for Curve, Gary Numan
Gary Numan
Gary Numan is an English singer, composer, and musician, most widely known for his chart-topping 1979 hits "Are 'Friends' Electric?" and "Cars". His signature sound consisted of heavy synthesizer hooks fed through guitar effects pedals.Numan is considered a pioneer of commercial electronic music...
, The Mission
The Mission (band)
The Mission are a gothic rock band formed in 1986 from the splinters of the freshly dissolved rock band The Sisters of Mercy.The band was started by frontman Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams , soon adding...
and The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
) taking over bass duties.
On January 9, 2008 Marilyn Manson posted a bulletin on MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
which reported that Sköld had left the band and former bassist Twiggy Ramirez had returned to take his place.
Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult
In 2009, Sköld formed the Scandinavian supergroup Doctor Midnight & The Mercy CultDoctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult
Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult is a supergroup formed in 2009. The band made its live debut in Helsinki, Finland on May 11, 2011 at club DOM followed by shows in Oslo, Stockholm and Örebro...
alongside Hank von Helvete
Hank Von Helvete
Hans Erik Dyvik Husby , also known as Hank von Helvete, Hertugen and Hærtis, most famous for being the former lead vocalist of the Norwegian death-punk band Turbonegro. While not explicitly addressed to date, the name Helvete was adopted due to its meaning "hell" or "a place of suffering" in...
.
Musical equipment
Throughout his career Sköld has played several different instruments and used equipment from different manufacturers, here is a list of notable equipment.Guitars and basses
- Gibson Les PaulGibson Les PaulThe Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
- Black finish - Gibson Firebird VGibson FirebirdThe Gibson Firebird is a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Gibson from 1963 to the present.-History:The Gibson Guitar Corporation released several new styles during the 1950s to compete with Fender's instruments, such as the Telecaster and Stratocaster. After success with the Les Paul in...
- Cream white finish - Gibson Firebird VGibson FirebirdThe Gibson Firebird is a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Gibson from 1963 to the present.-History:The Gibson Guitar Corporation released several new styles during the 1950s to compete with Fender's instruments, such as the Telecaster and Stratocaster. After success with the Les Paul in...
- Black finish - Gibson Firebird VIIGibson FirebirdThe Gibson Firebird is a solid-body electric guitar manufactured by Gibson from 1963 to the present.-History:The Gibson Guitar Corporation released several new styles during the 1950s to compete with Fender's instruments, such as the Telecaster and Stratocaster. After success with the Les Paul in...
- Red finish - RolandRoland Corporationis a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
G-707 Guitar Synthesizer - GretschGretschThe Gretsch Company was founded in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch, a twenty-seven year old German immigrant recently arrived in the US. Friedrich Gretsch manufactured banjos, tambourines, and drums, until his death in 1895. His son, Fred, moved operations to Brooklyn, New York in 1916...
Broadkaster G6119B bass - Black finish - GretschGretschThe Gretsch Company was founded in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch, a twenty-seven year old German immigrant recently arrived in the US. Friedrich Gretsch manufactured banjos, tambourines, and drums, until his death in 1895. His son, Fred, moved operations to Brooklyn, New York in 1916...
Broadkaster G6119B bass - Red finish - GretschGretschThe Gretsch Company was founded in 1883 by Friedrich Gretsch, a twenty-seven year old German immigrant recently arrived in the US. Friedrich Gretsch manufactured banjos, tambourines, and drums, until his death in 1895. His son, Fred, moved operations to Brooklyn, New York in 1916...
Broadkaster G6119B(Custom) bass - Bamboo finish - King doublebass - White with black flames
- King doublebass - Wood
- D'Addario XL Strings
- DunlopDunlop ManufacturingDunlop Manufacturing, Inc., known colloquially as Jim Dunlop, is a manufacturer of musical accessories based in Benicia, California. Originally founded in 1965 by Jim Dunlop, Sr., the company has grown from a small home operation to being a large manufacturer of music gear for over 40 years.- Way...
Tortex Picks
Effects
- Dunlop Cry BabyDunlop Cry BabyThe Dunlop Cry Baby is a popular wah-wah pedal, manufactured by Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc. It is the best selling guitar pedal of all time. The name Cry Baby was from the original pedal from which it was copied, the Thomas Organ/Vox Cry Baby wah-wah. Thomas Organ/Vox failed to register the name as...
Bass Wah Wah - DunlopDunlop ManufacturingDunlop Manufacturing, Inc., known colloquially as Jim Dunlop, is a manufacturer of musical accessories based in Benicia, California. Originally founded in 1965 by Jim Dunlop, Sr., the company has grown from a small home operation to being a large manufacturer of music gear for over 40 years.- Way...
MXR M-103 Blue Box - BOSSBoss CorporationBoss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...
GT-6 - BOSSBoss CorporationBoss is a manufacturer of effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories...
GT-6B Multi-Effects Units - DunlopDunlop ManufacturingDunlop Manufacturing, Inc., known colloquially as Jim Dunlop, is a manufacturer of musical accessories based in Benicia, California. Originally founded in 1965 by Jim Dunlop, Sr., the company has grown from a small home operation to being a large manufacturer of music gear for over 40 years.- Way...
MXR Smart Gate Pedal - DunlopDunlop ManufacturingDunlop Manufacturing, Inc., known colloquially as Jim Dunlop, is a manufacturer of musical accessories based in Benicia, California. Originally founded in 1965 by Jim Dunlop, Sr., the company has grown from a small home operation to being a large manufacturer of music gear for over 40 years.- Way...
MXR 10 Band EQ - DunlopDunlop ManufacturingDunlop Manufacturing, Inc., known colloquially as Jim Dunlop, is a manufacturer of musical accessories based in Benicia, California. Originally founded in 1965 by Jim Dunlop, Sr., the company has grown from a small home operation to being a large manufacturer of music gear for over 40 years.- Way...
MXR GT-OD Overdrive - DunlopDunlop ManufacturingDunlop Manufacturing, Inc., known colloquially as Jim Dunlop, is a manufacturer of musical accessories based in Benicia, California. Originally founded in 1965 by Jim Dunlop, Sr., the company has grown from a small home operation to being a large manufacturer of music gear for over 40 years.- Way...
MXR Distortion III
Amplification
- AmpegAmpegAmpeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
SVT-4PRO head - AmpegAmpegAmpeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
SVT-810E cabinet - BlankenshipBlankenshipBlankenship is a family name that may refer to:* Don Blankenship, president of the Massey Energy coal mining corporation* Lance Blankenship, , retired Major League Baseball utility player* Loyd Blankenship, American computer hacker and writer...
Variplex (2) - MarshallMarshall AmplificationMarshall Amplification is a British company, founded by drummer Jim Marshall, that designs and manufactures music amplifiers, brands personal headphones/earphones , and, after acquiring Natal Drums, drums and bongos. Marshall amplifiers, and specifically their guitar amplifiers, are among the most...
Amps
Kingpin
- "Shout It Out" (1987)
- Welcome to Bop CityWelcome to Bop CityWelcome To Bop City is the first album from Kingpin, released in 1988.-Track listing:#"Bop City"#"Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'"#"Shout It Out"#"Squeezin' Teazin'"#"The Explorer"#"Nowhere Fast"#"Dirt Talk"#"I'm Your Love"#"Nervous"-Personnel:...
(1988)
Shotgun Messiah
- Shotgun MessiahShotgun Messiah (album)Shotgun Messiah is the self-titled first album from hard rock group Shotgun Messiah, released in 1989 on Relativity Records.-Track listing:#"Bop City"#"Don't Care 'bout Nothin'"#"Shout It Out"#"Squeezin' Teazin'"#"The Explorer"#"Nowhere Fast"...
(September 12, 1989) - "Shout It Out" (1989)
- "Don't Care 'Bout Nothin'" (1990)
- Second ComingSecond Coming (Shotgun Messiah album)Second Coming is the second album from hard rock group Shotgun Messiah, released in 1991 on Relativity Records.-Track listing:all songs written by Tim Skold and Harry Cody, except where noted.#"Sex Drugs Rock 'n' Roll" - 3:25#"Red Hot" - 4:23...
(October 22, 1991) - "Heartbreak Blvd." (1991)
- "Red Hot" (1991)
- "Living Without You" (1992)
- I Want MoreI Want More (EP)I Want More is a 5 song EP released by Shotgun Messiah in between their second and third albums in 1992 on Relativity Records. The EP features cover versions of songs by the Ramones, The Stooges and the New York Dolls.-Track listing:#"I Want More"...
(November 17, 1992) - Violent New BreedViolent New BreedViolent New Breed is the third and final album by Shotgun Messiah, released in 1993 on Relativity Records. Breaking from their previous albums, Violent New Breed featured a more industrial rock sound.-Track listing:#"I'm a Gun"#"Come Down"...
(September 28, 1993) - "Enemy in Me" (1993)
- "Violent New Breed" (1993)
Skold
- SkoldSkoldSkold is the debut solo album released in 1996 by Tim Skold.The song "Chaos" was used in the video game Twisted Metal 4 and the film Universal Soldier: The Return...
(July 30, 1996) - NeverlandNeverland (EP)-Track listing:#"Neverland " #"Anything " #"All Dies" #"Neverland " #"Neverland " #"Anything " #"Remember "...
(1996) (EP) - Dead God (2002) (Promo EP)
- I Will Not Forget (2009) (Single)
- A Dark Star (2009) (Single)
- Bullets Ricochet (2009) (Single)
- Suck (2011) (Single)
- Anomie (May 10, 2011)
- Tonight (2011) (Single)
KMFDM
- SymbolsSymbols (album)The tenth KMFDM album is titled with a string of five unpronounceable, non-alphabetic symbols , but usually cataloged as Symbols. Another title used on the KMFDM website, circa 2001 was Anger...
(September 23, 1997) - "Megalomaniac" (January 20, 1998)
- Adios (April 20, 1999)
- "BootsBoots (KMFDM)Boots is a single by KMFDM, featuring a cover of "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". It was the first release by the band after their three year hiatus.-Track listing:...
" (February 5, 2002) - AttakAttakAttak, the first KMFDM album following a three-year hiatus, was released in 2002 on Metropolis Records and is the group's twelfth studio album overall. It was recorded in Seattle, Washington...
(March 19, 2002) - BlitzBlitz (album)Blitz is industrial rock group KMFDM's sixteenth studio album. It was released on March 24, 2009, on the band's record label KMFDM Records and Metropolis Records. It also marks the first use of five letter song titles and a five letter album title since WWIII. "Bait and Switch" contains lyrics from...
(March 24, 2009)
Marilyn Manson
- "Tainted Love" (2001)
- Resident Evil Soundtrack (2002)
- The Golden Age of GrotesqueThe Golden Age of GrotesqueInitial critical response to The Golden Age of Grotesque was mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 60, indicating mixed or average reviews, based on 12 publications...
(May 13, 2003) - Lest We Forget: The Best ofLest We Forget (album)-Notes:*Tracks 1, 4, 8 and 14 are from Holy Wood *Track 2 previously unreleased*Tracks 3, 7 and 18 are from The Golden Age of Grotesque*Track 5 is from the Not Another Teen Movie ...
(September 28, 2004) - Eat Me, Drink MeEat Me, Drink MeEat Me, Drink Me is the sixth full-length studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on June 5, 2007, debuting at number 8 in the United States with more than 80,000 copies sold in the first week. It was recorded in a rented home-recording studio in Hollywood, California by...
(June 4, 2007)
Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult
- "(Don't) Waste It" (May 9, 2011)
- I Declare: Treason (June 6, 2011)