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