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Head High

t's been a decade since SKAM hit the time. This was before the world as a whole was Chart, #26 in the Physical Chart, #96 in the
Iscene with their debut album 'It's Come thrown into the turmoil which only a global pan- Download Chart and, as lead singer and gui-
To This', and in that time they have established demic can deliver, but nonetheless, the trio, tarist Steve will soon confirm, his personal
themselves with a fierce reputation for no-non- completed by bassist and long-time friend Matt favourite, #5 in the Rock Chart. Not bad for, as
sense, no-frills, straight-up, hard rock ‘n’ roll Gilmore, did the only thing they knew how to. Steve refers to them during every show, a little
and with this they have commanded an incred- They soldiered on. Inspired by the support and band from Leicester.
ibly loyal following from their fanbase, known encouragement of their massive, they forged The frontman begins by telling us the
affectionately as the SKAM Massive, and what on with their plans. thought process behind their decision to re-
they may lack in numbers, they more than And their efforts were rewarded. Not just lease 'Intravenous' in the manner that they did.
compensate with love. with one EP in the charts, but two. Where 'Intra' "The idea originally was, we were just going to
And this love was tapped into when the delivered earlier in the year, not only making stick out your usual 12-track album", he ex-
concept to release a new album as two EPs, top 10 in the UK Rock Album Chart but doing plains to Black Velvet. "Coming off the back of
approximately six months apart, was devel- so comfortably, 'Venous' excelled, outperform- ‘The Amazing Memoirs of Geoffrey Goddard’,
oped. It was called upon with the dream of try- ing its predecessor when the charts were an- we were a little apprehensive of going back to
ing to get SKAM into the charts for the first nounced, hitting #3 in the Independent Album something 'normal' because that album had

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