Artist · chart history
Band Of Skulls
Band Southampton United Kingdom Formed 2004
Band Of Skulls formed in 2004 in Southampton, United Kingdom. Band Of Skulls has 21 chart appearances on 18 radio countdowns from 12 stations on RockLists, spanning 2009–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “I Know What I Am”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #4. The station that charted Band Of Skulls most often is 102.7 WEQX (Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany)), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
Band of Skulls are Southampton's answer to the question of how much noise a trio can make. Russell Marsden sang and played guitar, Emma Richardson sang and played bass, and Matt Hayward drummed; they met at college, though Marsden and Hayward went back to their high school days. Baby Darling Doll Face Honey arrived in 2009 with "Death By Diamonds and Pearls", a grimy, boy-girl blues-rock stomp built on fuzzed-out riffs and Richardson's cool harmonies.
Sweet Sour followed in 2012, its title track all swagger and sludge, and Himalayan in 2013 brought "Asleep At The Wheel", which leaned harder into the groove. They made five studio albums in all, the last being Love Is All You Love in April 2019.
The lineup thinned out after that: Hayward left in 2017 and Richardson in 2022, and Marsden now carries on the Band of Skulls name as a solo project.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Band Of Skulls on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Know What I Am | 4 | #4 | – | 2009 | |
| 2 | Sweet Sour | 5 | #56 | – | 2012 | |
| 3 | Death By Diamonds and Pearls | 2 | #54 | – | 2009 | |
| 4 | Light Of The Morning | 3 | #64 | – | 2010 | |
| 5 | The Devil Takes Care of His Own | 1 | #52 | – | 2012 | |
| 6 | Friends | 3 | #67 | – | 2010 | |
| 7 | What I Am | 1 | #64 | – | 2009 | |
| 8 | Asleep At The Wheel | 1 | #79 | – | 2014 | |
| 9 | Hoochie Coochie | 1 | #86 | – | 2014 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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