Skids (band)

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Skids
Background information
Origin	Dunfermline, Scotland
Genres	Punk rock, new wave, post-punk
Years active	1977 (1977)–1982 (1982), 2007 (2007)–2010 (2010), 2016 (2016)–present (present)
Labels	No-Bad, Virgin, Live Here Now
Members	Richard Jobson Bruce Watson Jamie Watson Nick Hernandez
Past members	Stuart Adamson Rusty Egan Thomas Kellichan Russell Webb William Simpson Mike Baillie
Website	skidsofficial.com

Skids are a Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (guitar, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals), William Simpson (bass guitar and backing vocals), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and Richard Jobson (vocals, guitar and keyboards). Their biggest successes were the 1979 single "Into the Valley" and the 1980 album The Absolute Game. In 2016, the band announced a 40th-anniversary tour of the UK with their original singer Richard Jobson.^[1]