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Big Country Redux guitarist Bruce Watson picks the soundtrack of his life. "The Rolling Stones are the quietest band on stage I've heard in my life. You can actually talk over the top of them playing"

Bruce Watson picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and names some lyrics that'd make a great tattoo

Louder · Aug 14

"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

“Automatically you go into blues when you do that”: Big Country's golden guitar rule that steered them clear of the blues

The band drew great inspiration from Thin Lizzy’s sonic template, but they made a concerted effort to avoid being labeled as a blues band

Guitar World · Apr 6

They were bottled off stage by Alice Cooper's audience, derailed by a death in The Pretenders and made U2's producer cry: How Big Country made one of the biggest albums of the 80s

In an exclusive extract from a new book about the life of Stuart Adamson, we look at the hidden story behind The Crossing

Louder · Mar 24

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

The Alarm's Mike Peters has died after a 30 year battle with blood cancer

Songwriter, singer, campaigner and force of nature Mike Peters has died, aged 66.

Louder · Apr 29, 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

"Half of the people I knew wanted to pat me on the back, and the rest to punch me in the face": Bruce Watson looks back on Big Country's second album Steeltown

Big Country's Steeltown album was recorded during the 1984 miner's strike as guitarist Bruce Watson's father stood on the picket line: the album reflected those dark times

Louder · Feb 5, 2024