Skinny Lister

Skinny Lister
Skinny Lister in Wiesbaden, Germany 2013
Background information
Origin	Greenwich, London, England
Genres	Folk, Indie folk
Years active	2009 (2009)-present
Labels	Imperial Music, Sunday Best Recordings, Side One Dummy, Uncle Owen, Xtra Mile Recordings
Website	www.skinnylister.com
Members	Daniel Heptinstall (2009 - present) Lorna Thomas (2009 - present) Maxwell Thomas (2009 - present) Sam Brace (2009 - 2013, 2014-present) Thom Mills (2014-present) Scott Milsom (2017 - present)
Past members	Dan Gray (2009 - 2012) Dave Neale(2013 - 2014) Andy "Slim" Black (2013 - 2014) Michael Camino (2012 - 2017)

Skinny Lister is a six piece British folk band, based in London performing mostly original compositions. Started in 2009, the band were a five piece until October 2013 when they added a drummer. They are signed to Xtra Mile Recordings in the UK, Side One Dummy Records in USA. and Uncle Owen Records in Japan.

The band were formed in London in 2009 having met through folk clubs in Greenwich. Prior to forming Skinny Lister, Dan Heptinstall, Sam Brace and Dan Grey had played together in Indie band The Alps.

Dan Gray left the band in the summer of 2012 and was replaced with Michael Camino from Hawaii, USA. In the spring of 2013 Sam Brace left the band and was replaced by Andy "Slim" Black; he has since rejoined. In the autumn of 2013 the band expanded to a six piece with the addition of drummer Dave.

The band name is usually said to be taken from the nickname of someone Dan Heptinstall was at school with.

During their first year they put three tracks on iTunes - Plough & Orion, December, and The Kite Song.

During 2010 the band put out a two CD only EP's: 'Grand Union EP' which was recorded on a canal boat as they toured down the Grand Union Canal network and the 'Homemade Tour EP' recorded at friends and family residences as the band toured their hometowns.

In 2011, the band played more festivals than anyone else in UK and were officially crowned 'Hardest Working Band in UK' by PRS and less officially by The Evening Standard

Skinny Lister appeared at SXSW beginning of 2012 and then staged a short tour of the USA in April. During this time they auditioned for Side One Dummy records and Kevin Lyman in Los Angeles, California in the record label's car park and were immediately offered a place on the 2012 Vans Warped Tour. The band signed up and appeared playing three times a day much to audience delight and critical acclaim, the Rolling Stone highlighting the band in a review of the tour On return from the USA the band scheduled a number of dates in Germany including Haldern Pop Festival and Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, and a UK tour in October to coincide with the release of double AA side single, Forty Pound Wedding and Seventeen Summers. Before the band left for the States, they appeared on Terry Wogan's Sunday morning BBC Radio 2 show

In 2013, Skinny Lister started the year with a tour of Germany in January and then immediately flew to the USA to join Flogging Molly on the first half of their annual Green17 Tour. The band will also be appearing at SXSW 2013 and played Coachella as well as a number of other major festivals internationally in summer 2013.