Gavin Skinner

Music composer, former drummer and producer. Born in Scotland but began his career in the Midlands with the seminal "Freight Train". Played for "Primal Scream" at age 18 but subsequently left the band 12 months later. Went on to play in bands such as Food Record's "Whirlpool", "Starfish", "Ms.45", "Slingbacks", "Tiger" and had a parallel career as a session drummer, working for the likes of Nick Hayward, Julian Cope, Marianne Faithful, Tom Hingley And The Lovers & Kenny Thomas amongst others. He was also often to be found in studios as a programmer, keyboard player, songwriter & producer. After 7 years in France as drummer & songwriter for Etienne Daho, he returned to the UK to ditch the sticks. He has since produced artists such as Newton Faulkner and now devotes all his time to film composition and scores for documentaries & television. www.gavinskinner.com