Stiltskin

Stiltskin
Origin	Coatbridge, United Kingdom
Genres	Rock, post-grunge
Years active	1989–1996, 2006–present
Labels	Inside Out Music East West Records White Water Records
Associated acts	Genesis
Members	Ray Wilson Ali Ferguson Ashley MacMillan Lawrie MacMillan Filip Walcerz Steve Wilson
Past members	Peter Lawlor James Finnigan Ross McFarlane Aubrey Nunn Uwe Metzler Irvin Duguid Alvin Mills Henrik Muller Scott Spence Nir Zidkyahu

Stiltskin are a Scottish rock band, who first achieved widespread popularity in the mid-1990s. Stiltskin's longest-standing current member is vocalist Ray Wilson. They are best known for their 1994 UK chart-topper, "Inside".

The band was formed by guitarist Peter Lawlor and bassist James Finnigan in 1989, with drummer Ross McFarlane joining the duo shortly thereafter. Finnigan had previously worked with Hue and Cry, whilst Lawlor was returning from New York. Many people were auditioned for the role of lead singer including Naomi Cleaver, now a television presenter. In the region of forty people attended the various auditions at the Primrose Hill studios of Lawlor's company, Water Music Productions. A failure to find a suitable vocalist left the band on hold until 1993, when they came across vocalist Ray Wilson, who had been in a road traffic accident and required a lift to make the gig he was performing later that evening. After watching his performance, the band immediately offered him the position of vocalist. The completed band set to work on the music Lawlor had written for the British Levi's television advertisement, "Creek". The resulting single, "Inside" topped the UK Singles Chart in 1994, but the band failed to produce further chart successes with the follow-up single "Footsteps" reaching No. 34. The Ambrosian Singers performed Lawlor's choir-like intro vocals to "Inside". All instruments on the band's hit "Inside" were played by Peter Lawlor; this was also the case on the album track "An Illusion". Lawlor and bass player James Finnigan worked together in various line-ups since the late 1980s, with Ross McFarlane on drums being drafted in later. The original line-up released only one album, The Mind's Eye, which achieved a silver record in the UK, and sold in decent quantities throughout Europe. The band made significant critical inroads in the US music scene, but little was to follow in the way of sales, though "Inside" reached No. 37 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock charts.

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