The Skids
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The Skids' Richard Jobson (2014)
Interview by Ian Ravendale, Rock's Backpages audio, 7 November 2014
The Skids' co-leader on forming the band in Dundermline; support from John Peel; issues over Nazi imagery; the complexities of Stuart Adamson; The Absolute Game and evolving faster than their audience; recording Joy and Adamson's departure, and on his life after the Skids and Adamson's death.
File format: mp3; file size: 55.6mb, interview length: 57' 57" sound quality: ** (phoner)
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The Stranglers, Peter Gabriel, The Skids et al: Punishment Park
Live Review by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 23 September 1978
IF NOTHING ELSE, at least the sun shone undisturbed for the duration of the Stranglers' long-awaited London gig on Saturday afternoon ("They're trying to strangle ...
The Skids: No Comedy, No Intellect, No Politics, No Punk
Report and Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 7 October 1978
GARRY BUSHELL INTERVIEWS THE SKIDS AND GETS CONFUSED (AGAIN). AN EVERYDAY STORY OF SCOTTISH LADS IN A POP GROUP. ...
The Skids: Scared To Dance (Virgin)
Review by Ian Birch, Melody Maker, 24 February 1979
PREPARE yourselves for a thorny contender. The Skids are a relatively new four-piece from Scotland who, apart from their current single 'Into The Valley', have ...
The Skids: Hope, Glory and Albert Tatlock
Interview by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 10 March 1979
SANDY MUIR looks like he's just won the pools. His head is severed in half by a cheeky, nervous grin, his hair is tidily groomed, ...
The Skids: Theme For War Movies and Romantic Losers
Report and Interview by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 14 April 1979
THE LOCATION: Basing Street Studios, London.THE EVENT: The World Premiere of 'Masquerade', starring the Skids and produced by Bill Nelson.THE AUDIENCE: The Skids – Richard ...
Out of the Valley: The Skids Now
Interview by Garry Bushell, Sounds, 1 September 1979
THIS WAS a feature that caused me innumerable problems. Not because I didn't know what to say, but because I had too much to say. ...
The Skids: A Loser's Quest For Survival
Interview by Paul Morley, New Musical Express, 1 December 1979
"I'm going to lose. It's like admitting defeat before I start. But I'm going to do as much as possible in that period before I ...
The Skids: Richard Jobson Goes Over The Wall
Report and Interview by Dave McCullough, Sounds, 9 February 1980
THE TAXI-Driver left us nervously on the street where Checkpoint Charlie straddles East and West Berlin in a row of ragged, low-key huts and buildings ...
Skids, Simple Minds, Pink Military: Hammersmith Palais, London
Live Review by Chris Bohn, New Musical Express, 6 September 1980
Bowled over by a Skid ...
The Skids: Is This Man A Poser?
Interview by Deanne Pearson, Smash Hits, 18 September 1980
Or is glamour back to stay? Deanne Pearson investigates. ...
Review by Chris Bohn, New Musical Express, 20 September 1980
BUBBLEGUM'S BACK and it sounds wonderful. In contemporary terms the Skids are to The Clash and the post-modernists what Sweet were to Slade and Bowie: ...
The Skids: Schizophrenia On Skid Row
Report and Interview by Ian Penman, New Musical Express, 1 November 1980
"I've no desire to push myself into being a media figure. I'm quite happy with my cameras and my wife and my guitars."– Stuart Adamson ...
Interview by Betty Page, Sounds, 12 September 1981
The Skids come back down to earth ...
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Report by Betsy Sherman, Boston Rock, 1 October 1981
Merit Badges Goes To Dianaland ...
Review by Ira Robbins, Trouser Press, March 1982
WITH THIS album (their fourth) the Skids have taken the final plunge of their career. From a pimply-faced four-piece with a great first album and ...
Discography by Alex Ogg, Spiral Scratch, 9 April 1991
WITH AN ALBUM Jobson had forty odd minutes to indulge his Rupert Brooke fantasies, but singles saw The Skids stripped down to their basic, fiery ...
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