Tim Sköld
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| Tim Skold | ||
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 Tim Sköld during 2003.
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Thim Sköld | |
| Also known as | SKOLD | |
| Born | December 14, 1966 Skövde, Sweden |
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| Genre(s) | Alternative metal Industrial |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, Producer | |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar Guitar Synthesizer |
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| Years active | 1988 – | |
| Label(s) | Relativity Wax Trax! Interscope Records |
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| Associated acts |
Shotgun Messiah KMFDM MDFMK ohGr Marilyn Manson |
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| Website | Skold.com | |
Tim Sköld (born Thim Sköld on December 14, 1966, in Skövde, Sweden) is a well known multi-instrumentalist and currently the bassist and studio guitarist of Marilyn Manson. He is currently married to a woman named Erin.
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[edit] Biography
During the 1980s, Sköld went by the name "Tim Tim" and played bass guitar for Shotgun Messiah (originally Kingpin). In its earliest form, the band had played in Sköld's home town in Sweden before moving to Los Angeles. By the time the 1990s hit, roster changes had Sköld moving from bass to frontman. It was during this time he began using the name Tim Sköld instead of "Tim Tim". In Shotgun Messiah's last year together (1993), Tim Sköld and bandmate Harry Cody recorded an industrial rock album, a style Sköld would continue to play to this day.
After the disbanding of Shotgun Messiah, Sköld released the solo album Skold in 1996 and joined industrial band KMFDM the following year. During KMFDM's temporary hiatus, he co-founded the short-lived MDFMK project with Sascha Konietzko in 2000, later participating in KMFDM's 2002 return. In 2001 Sköld played bass during the ohGr tour, and collaborated with William Morrison to create the video imagery used on the same tour. He has also performed with friend Taime Downe's band The Newlydeads.
In 2002, incomplete demo versions of several unreleased tracks from Sköld were stolen and distributed as an unofficial EP known as Dead God; while the songs have never been officially released, they are widely available on the Internet.
During the same year after appearing in the promotional video for Tainted Love, Sköld replaced Twiggy Ramirez as the bassist of Marilyn Manson. He played on the album The Golden Age of Grotesque and still remains in the band currently, though he is now the studio guitarist, as well as bassist. As of April 2006 (and as early as October 2005), he has been mixing and recording the new Marilyn Manson album in various private studios and the band have completed eighteen to twenty songs. The album, tentatively titled Eat Me, Drink Me, is also being co-produced by Sköld and is scheduled for a release in June 2007. [1]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Kingpin
- Welcome To Bop City (1988) – bass, backing vocals
[edit] Shotgun Messiah
- Shotgun Messiah (1989) – bass, backing vocals
- Second Coming (1991) – vocals
- I Want More (EP) (1992) – vocals
- Violent New Breed (1993) – vocals, bass, programming
[edit] Skold
- Skold (1996) – all instruments and vocals, producer
- Dead God (EP) (2002) – A follow-up to his first solo album that was never officially released.
[edit] KMFDM
- Symbols (1997) – vocals
- MDFMK (1997) – guitar, vocals
- Adios (1999) – vocals, programming, bass
- Boots (2002) – guitar
- Attak (2002) – guitar, bass, programming, drums, synthesizers, vocals, drum loops, percussion
[edit] MDFMK
- MDFMK (2000)
[edit] Marilyn Manson
- The Golden Age of Grotesque (2003) – bass, guitar, programming, synth, producer
- Personal Jesus (Single - Depeche Mode Cover) (2004) – bass, guitar, programming, synth, producer
- Lest We Forget (2004)
- This Is Halloween (2006) Single for "The Nightmare Before Christmas" soundtrack
- Eat Me, Drink Me (2007)
