To comfort himself, Cope spent a single illicit weekend at the end of the "My Nation Underground" sessions to create a second, lo-fi and unauthorised album called "Skellington". Recorded in the same studio used for "My Nation Underground" on Island's money (and predominantly featuring the same core team of Cope, Skinner, Cosby and Fair) it was seen by Cope as a far more genuine artistic statement recorded at a fraction of the money and time. Neither Island Records nor Cope's current management team had any desire to release "Skellington" and Cope refused to record any other material while he feuded with them to try to get his new work released. Eventually, "Skellington" was released on the tiny Zippo label later in 1989, showing the poor relations between Cope and Island.