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)

profiles

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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