# What's your Winamp skin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151 "2001-02-28T03:45:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/1 "2001-02-28T03:45:26Z")
You **do** use Winamp, don’t you? I’m using the classic (aka boring) one that comes with Winamp. I’m open for a change, so I’d like to see what the Dopers look at while listening to their tunes. Or at least what they could be looking at if they weren’t too busy posting away at the Boards. ---
**Author:** ![Tie-Dye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Tie-Dye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tie-Dye)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/2 "2001-02-28T05:09:37Z")
Alright, well, it’s a little silly but it’s easy on the eyes. I use VWBug skin. ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/3 "2001-02-28T05:37:30Z")
My skin is a pic of a brand new 2001 silver Corvette very nice ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/4 "2001-02-28T07:24:56Z")
I am currently using a classic Megaman skin that has the original Nintendo-looking version of Megaman for the FF, Pause, etc buttons. I believe this skin is called “A Tribute to Megaman”. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/5 "2001-02-28T09:16:13Z")
At home, I use the System Shock 2 lightning blue skin. Sometimes I use the Fallout skin. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/6 "2001-02-28T13:50:52Z")
I make my own skins, so it varies. Right now it’s a revolving globe with a blue sheen. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/7 "2001-02-28T14:00:10Z")
I alternate between the “Simpson Wars” and “The Sims” skins. The Simpsons Wars one has Bart looking very Luke, and his shadow is Homer. The Sims skin is dark blue, and resembles the control panel in The Sims. ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/8 "2001-02-28T14:09:23Z")
**Sepish** is awesome. Totally my favorite WinAmp skin and it stays on about 65% of the time. Right now, I’m using SNIPeAMP\_SE\_. Also very nice, though I’m not a huge fan of orange. However, it fits with what I have on my desktop right now so… ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/9 "2001-02-28T14:11:41Z")
I have the Powerpuff Girls skin. It has Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup flying around over a bright orange background with yellow stars. Yeah, I know I’m obsessed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/10 "2001-02-28T14:58:46Z")
I use the default skin. I had been using Gecko for a while, but haven’t visited the Winamp page lately to see what’s new. ---
**Author:** ![Tygr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@Tygr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tygr)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/11 "2001-02-28T15:17:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skwerl \* > **You do use Winamp, don’t you?** Umm, no. What’s a Winamp? Mac-centric/Mac-ophile here. Am I missing something important? Or is it just more “free” crap designed to increase the general public’s dependance on MS Windoze? ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/12 "2001-02-28T15:44:58Z")
Winamp is a program to play mp3s, as well as other audio formats. It’s from Nullsoft, not Microsoft, and free. Nullsoft has been aquired by aol, but so far it doesn’t seem to have changed anything. You can use MacAmp on apple systems (you can probably even use the same skins). Oh yeah, I just use the default skin. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/13 "2001-02-28T16:02:26Z")
At work I have ‘Blue Steel’, but I like ‘Fossil’, ‘Fossil Plus’, ‘Linux’, ‘Lunchbox’, ‘Steinamp’ & ‘Vampiria’. All very clean displays. And just for fun, try ‘Invisiblamp’. I think I’m using one of the Fossils at home, I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Xadium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed655f/32.png) [@Dr\_Xadium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Xadium)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/14 "2001-03-03T12:01:41Z")
My Winamp has a custom skin of Aino Minako, aka Sailor Venus from Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon. Alternatively it has one of Mirai no Trunks from Dragonball Z, and a cool skin called Nemish which looks like a chome trimmed 1970’s type player. ---
**Author:** ![JuanDeCuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a87d85/32.png) [@JuanDeCuba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuanDeCuba)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/15 "2001-03-03T15:15:00Z")
I alternate between the Powerpuff skin already mentioned by Ladybug and another one of Buttercup. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/16 "2001-03-03T16:30:35Z")
Well, I use Sonique, which (IMHO) is infinitely better, and the skin I use for it looks like a crumple up peice of paper. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/17 "2001-03-03T16:40:09Z")
Being a huge Garbage fan, I downloaded a bunch of Garbage skins but have only used “msmanson” and haven’t changed it in months. I love Shirley. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/18 "2001-03-03T17:31:29Z")
Usually I use Simson Wars too - the one with Bart looking like Luke and the Homer shadow. But I also got a NIN skin, an Aphex Twin skin (James on the stairway of a tubestation), a Limp Bizkit skin and a Cradle skin (the one with her in the bathtub full of blood) dodgy ---
**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/19 "2001-03-03T17:56:08Z")
I use it at work so, I have to keep from calling too much attention to it. I use very\_tiny. It fits in one of the menu bars and just looks like another part of the current window. True, it’s not cool, it does the job though. ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151/20 "2001-03-03T20:06:57Z")
I use [FiendAmp vs SpyAmp](http://www.winamp.com/customize/detail.jhtml?componentId=6002), which is, IMHO, the best skin, pound per pound. It’s slick, easy on the eyes, and has everything you need. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-winamp-skin/56151.md?page=2)