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"They sound like a very talented band forced to play punk." Stuart Adamson's guitar work elevates Skids' Scared to Dance above the ordinary

The sound of a bunch of scrappy youths from Scotland's industrial heartland

Louder · Jul 27

“I lost my virginity to a member of Legs & Co…” From the Bar-L to the Barrowlands, a day out with the Skids

We go inside Scotland’s biggest prison, Barlinnie, for a gig by time-served and rehabilitated post-punks the Skids

Louder · Jun 6

“They’d always played fast and loose with traditional song structures. This album pushed it even further”: Big Country wouldn’t have called Steeltown a prog record – but it is

1984 release tackled issues of the day cleverly and with incredible musicality

Louder · May 17

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Richard Jobson celebrates punk spirit in new Skids documentary by infamous Oasis artist

In a move that will delight fans, Skids frontman Richard Jobson has paid tribute to his hometown roots in The Story of The Skids – a new documentary directed by Mark Sloper which premiered last week to packed audiences across Scotland.

BANG Premier · Oct 4, 2025

The Story of Skids: Scotland’s No 1 Punk Band review – likable look back to the noise era

Very much the story of singer Ricard Jobson, this amiable portrait takes in tales of Sid Vicious and the pop culture hysteria when the genre exploded

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025

"If you're not joining in, you're out… I got my P45”: How the Bee Gees, Burt Bacharach and coke derailed the first attempt at recording Oasis's Definitely Maybe

It started with a promise between friends and turned into every producer’s worst nightmare: Inside the aborted first attempt at recording Oasis’s classic debut

MusicRadar · Nov 1, 2024

10 things that changed my life with Ian Blackford

There’s the song, when I was five my daddy took me down to Easter Road and in my case that was that. When I was five years old in 1966 I was taken…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 25, 2023

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The Leeds United XI who beat Manchester United on Christmas Eve 1995 and where they are now

One owns a football club in Kosovo while another is a Swedish property market mogul - but where are the other nine players?

Leeds Live · Dec 24, 2022

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