Timeline

## Known History

The history of the band Skinner Horse is widely debated. Listed here are facts and widely accepted ideas, with the more notable speculation provided below. For the less pertinent and more speculative, check Speculation.

1792: In 1934, reports came to light telling that while Skinner Horse was not formally copyrighted, the US government received a payment with instructions never to allow others to copyright that name as well as a list of other terms related to Skinner Horse. Though not public, these payments are still received and the instructions are still followed.

1838: A letter to a family member contains the first writing that is obviously about the band Skinner Horse (aside from 1792 legal reports).

1865: The first Skinner Horse concert involving a payment between the band and venue was performed. While there are likely some before this, this is the first event in which the band Skinner Horse was clearly playing music for a live audience.

1897: 1897 Incident

1940: First publicly announced Skinner Horse tour, around America and without visiting a single city that would be easily considered major.

1945: Skinner Horse had their first known release of recorded music. 25 of these vinyl were supposed to be procured and sold, but only two have known locations and owners. Horsies reference the record as being a collection of the "Third Modern Generation" of Skinner Horse music, or "MS3" (Modern Set 3).

1959: American talk show host Jack Paar bled to death out of his eyes while live interviewing a member of Skinner Horse. Jack seemed to have no idea who it was and why they were there but was informed by somebody on set that the guest was a "member of a famous band". The person could not, however, provide the name of the band, and neither could any member of news media after his death. The incident took place after Jack became upset with the guest because the guest wasn't speaking, however, all viewers reported that the guest was responsive, charismatic, and had a voice and mannerisms almost identical to Jack's, and reported seeing Jack die at the end of the show simply by falling over. The police never found out the cause of Jack's death.

1970: First publicly announced international Skinner Horse tour, visiting every continent besides Antarctica and Oceania.

2014: A man speaks about a Skinner Horse concert to local news media. He describes the name of the band and the evening with perfect coherency before speaking gibberish when describing the actual concert. Immediately he returned to coherency and when asked to elaborate claimed he had "said all [he felt he] must say" and left. The man had no record of mental illness.

2020: Skinner Horse had their most publicly announced tour yet, playing every location they had ever played in the past, including over a thousand venues and many unreported performances. They were mysteriously granted pardon to travel restrictions during the time, even granted special flight privileges beyond the normal rules. Attendants to Skinner Horse concerts exhibited unnatural resistance to the global pandemic.

## Speculative History

These theories pertain specifically to the history of the band, and are the more credible among those posited. For more, see Speculation.

???: In 2012, a collection of papers hidden by a set of royals in ancient China were reconstructed by historians. One of these is collection of small sheets (dated 132 BCE) with characters for skin, man, horse, and underneath, music. Below that were indicators of a date, time and location. Horsies have attributed this to Skinner Horse, due to this as well as the chosen setting and a shipment of squirrels set for several weeks before that date (see Skuitar).

1775: Numerous American revolutionary soldiers and others in or nearby battles report numerous chanting figures invigorating the American soldiers as early as 1775. Further, American-seeming soldiers fought on both sides with their heads covered in cloth drenched with cognac. These were reported to be the most brutal soldiers on the field. Most suspect, when questioned about these figures, Philip Schuyler commented that he liked their presence, and later that night was found inebriated and supposedly riding a live skinned horse. Attempted transcriptions of the chants have been compared to "*Hymn to RyXeKk*" by Skinner Horse, and the behavior of the warriors compared to certain concert etiquette. The skinned horse is obviously suspect on its own. Finally, sheet music of "Hymn to RyXeKk" recovered in a police investigation was highly archaic, not only in notation but in material and degradation.

1973: Skinner Horse reportedly commissioned by some government to appear in Vietnam. It is unclear what they did there, and who they were commissioned by.

1979: Cuomo Conspiracy