Skynet (SBNSS album)

Skynet is the second studio album by virtual band S.B.N.S.S. It was the second and final release under Interscope on June 1st, 1999, as within the next year their deal with the record company expired.

As with the band's 1997 debut, the release of Skynet and its respective live performances were also both accompanied by various multimedia, including interactive features on the SBNSS website, six animated music videos, and animatics for select videos. All visuals associated with the 2nd album were designed by Jamie Hewlett, under his design company Zombie Flesh Eaters.

Skynet received mostly positive reviews, and was later named one of the decade's best albums by several critics. The album debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart, selling approximately 674,432 copies in its first week. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 112,000 copies sold in its first week; it also reached number one in several other countries. The album has sold around 16 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best albums of the late 1990's.

Singles

 * 1) The Strippers of Mars (Released - May 23rd, 1999)
 * 2) Demons Love Their Machines (Released - July 4th, 1999)
 * 3) Burning In The Third Degree (Tahnee Caine and Tryanglz cover) (Released - October 9th, 1999)
 * 4) Cyberbug (Released - December 13th, 1999)
 * 5) Live Your Moment (Released - January 24th, 2000)

Track-listing

 * 1) We Won the War (Saffron)
 * 2) Live Your Moment (Cheeks)
 * 3) Six (Cheeks)
 * 4) Doomsday Awaits (Saffron/Cheeks)
 * 5) The Strippers of Mars (Saffron)
 * 6) Burning In The Third Degree (Tahnee Caine and Tryanglz cover) (Cheeks)
 * 7) Power and Greed (Saffron)
 * 8) Reality Slips Away, And Then You Die (Saffron/Cheeks)
 * 9) Demons Love Their Machines (Cheeks)
 * 10) Cyberbug (Saffron)
 * 11) Shadows of Darkness (Cheeks)
 * 12) Voodoo Child (Jimi Hendrix cover) (Saffron/Cheeks)
 * 13) True Love Will Find You In The End (Cheeks) (ft. Mike Richards)
 * 14) Eat My Soul (Saffron)
 * 15) Kendra's Star (Cheeks)
 * 16) Speech for the New Millennium (Saffron/Cheeks)

Musicians

 * Saffron - lead vocals, guitars
 * Sandy Cheeks - lead guitar, vocals, art direction, design, photography
 * Ken Andrews - keyboards, synthesizers, sampled loops, additional synthesizers, and other original pieces of 16-bit audio information
 * Abby Travis - bass guitar, backing vocals
 * Alfredo Hernandez - drums, percussion, drum programming, additional vocals, additional percussion

Technical

 * Steve Albini – producer, engineer, mixing
 * Patrick Star - additional percussion, engineering, drum programming
 * Bradley Cook, Geoff Turner – engineering
 * Ryan Boesch, Todd Burke, Don Farwell, Ryan Hadlock, Jason Mauza – assistant engineering
 * Chris Sheldon – mixing
 * Bob Ludwig – mastering