Question: Facts: - years active: 1982 -- 1986 , 2002 -- present - landscape: yes - past members: ian daniels martin henderson richard '' dik '' hawkins kevin hunter '' john clarke katrina phillips claire bannister karl heinz '' taylor steve crane howard - caption: the band performing in 2005 - origin: keighley , west yorkshire , england - label: red rhino , chrysalis - genre: gothic rock - name: skeletal family - background: group_or_band - image: skeletal family.jpg - current members: stan greenwood roger '' trotwood '' nowell anne-marie hurst - associated acts: ghost dance , the batfish boys Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of skeletal family .
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skeletal family are an english gothic rock band which was formed in keighley , west yorkshire , in december 1982 .the band was formed from the remaining membership of an earlier group , called the elements , and took its name from the title of the song '' chant of the ever circling skeletal family '' from the 1974 david bowie album , '' diamond dogs '' .