Skinflint are a young hard rock band based in Stanley, County Durham in the North East of England, who have played gigs all over the region. From schools and colleges, pubs and clubs to charity and biker festivals the band have met great response with crowds of all ages wherever they’ve played. Their sound is influence by classic rock and metal music such as Metallica, Iron Maiden, and Guns N Roses, and their twin-guitar harmony sound and the desire to keep the guitar solo alive are reflections of these influences. The band members are David Sharp on Guitar and Vocals, Kevin Burdon on Guitar and backing vocals, Alan Burdon on Bass Guitar and backing vocals and Kevin Roxborough on Drums. Each member brings their own unique styles to the band, and the contrasting guitar styles of David Sharp’s bluesy playing and Kevin Burdon’s technical style complement each other well over the extremely tight rhythm section of Alan Burdon and Kevin Roxborough. Skinflint were originally formed as Recked in September 1998 for a talent show in the local town of Stanley. The band had a 3 guitar lineup consisting of Ashley Bell on Vocals, David Sharp on Guitar and Backing Vocals, Kevin Burdon on Guitar, Alan Burdon on Guitar and Kevin Roxborough on the drums. After appearing in the talent show with a kinetic cover of Robbie Williams’ “Let Me Entertain You”, the band continued as Recked for another six months, playing the occasional gig with a set of light rock covers, but this came to an end in June 1999 when Ashley Bell went in his own direction. David Sharp took on the lead vocal duties and Alan Burdon then switched from guitar to bass to strengthen the rhythm section and Skinflint were born. The band then underwent a drastic change of style, scrapping the old light set and learning a classic rock and metal set consisting of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Metallica. After building up a substantial set of covers and playing all over the local area for two years tightening their act, Skinflint began writing original material, recording Out Here On My Own for a local youth project in April 2001. Later that year they recorded two more songs as part of a college project, Figure of 8 and One. These three songs were available on the untitled Skinflint E.P, which was on sale from the band members at gigs. After another few years of gigging their covers set, they turned their focus to writing more original material and they have just completed working on their self-produced 9-track "Figure of 8" album, which is now on sale at gigs.