Matt Sorum had left The Cult to join Guns and Roses after their drummer, Stephen Adler, had allegedly been kicked out due to his growing drug habit.

Despite touring extensively in Europe, stadium supports slots with Bryan Adams, Van Halen and Bon Jovi, adding to their already large fan base in the UK, the band split in the summer of 1994.

was soon out on the road, playing alongside the likes of Thunder, and famously held a competition to stay at fans' houses because they couldn't afford hotels.

issued demo tapes to fan club subscribers & released their first mini-album through mail order in music magazine Kerrang!

His first job with the band was to record some movie soundtrack music for the film Strange Days followed by the video for Charity.

Richardson re-joined Skunk Anansie, after playing two gigs in April at the Water Rats venue in Kings Cross, London.

Black Traffic followed in 2012 and Skunk hit the road again in Europe and playing more arenas and another 40 odd festivals in the summer of 2013.

Richardson recorded drums on 2002's Comfort In Sound, 2005's Pushing the Senses, tracks for 2006's The Singles album and 2008's Silent Cry.

Mental health challenges including addiction weren't discussed openly very much at all back then because there was so much stigma attached to it.

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