2009

by Anthony Strutt

published: 1 / 12 / 2009

intro

Band Links:-

https://www.the-skids.com/
https://www.facebook.com/theskidsofficial/
https://twitter.com/the_skids

Have a Listen:-

interviews

Interview (2021)

Andrew Twambley chats to Richard Jobson, lead singer of Scottish punk / New Wave legends The Skids about their new covers LP, 'Songs From A Haunted Ballroom', which pays homage to the Kinema Ballroom in their hometown of Dunfermline.

Interview (2019)

Interview (2009)

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Live 2010 (2011)

Tony Gaughan finds the Skids to be in exhilarant style and to have lost none of their punk ethos on new live DVD, which was filmed at a reunion gig in their native Dunfermline last year

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Scared To Dance (2006)

Re-release of Scottish punks the Skids' 1979 debut LP, which shows that they were a fantastic singles, but not an album band

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