Skinner played in a number of Tamworth bands including The Fretz,[1] DHSS[2] (named after the Department of Health and Social Security) and Freight train.
[4] Skinner was subsequently invited to join Cope's band and to play on a Kid Jensen radio session.
For the Peggy Suicide and Jehovahkill albums Skinner switched to bass and keys (whilst Cope played lead guitar) and he is also credited as co-producer.
[5] Skinner returned to play on two further tours with Cope, first with the pair backed by a drum machine in 2000[6] and in a full band line up in 2004.
Since then he has been a member of a number of bands including Prolapse and Kiosk[8][9][10] and received production credits working with Salad, Tiger, DC Fontana,[11] Strangelove and Cud.