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The Skids is tagged as: punk, new wave, scottish, punk rock, british punk

The Skids were a classic punk band formed in Dunfermline Scotland by Stuart Adamson (1958-2001, on guitars, vocals, keyboards, percussion), Richard Jobson (1960- vocals, guitar, keyboards), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and William Simpson (bass guitar, vocals) in 1977. They signed to Virgin and issued “Sweet Suburbia” and “The Saints Are Coming” before shooting to popularity with top ten single “Into The Valley”, from their first album “Scared To Dance”. Both Dunfermline FC and Charlton FC use “Into The Valley” as a theme song.
The Skids continue to enjoy popularity with two top 20 singles, “Masquerade” and “Working For The Yankee Dollar”, from the album “Days in Europa”, produced by Bill Nelson. The Cover of the album, showing an “aryan”, was seen by some as Nazi, and was soon replaced with a less controvesial sleeve. This sleeve, although conventional, still bore the image of the first release seen through the viwers eyes by a picture on the wall, alongside a picture of ‘Scared To Dance’, the sleeve portrayed a woman , bare breast showing, in the hands of a man.
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Top 10 The Skids Songs
Into The Valley
The Saints Are Coming
Sweet Suburbia
Night And Day
Working for the Yankee Dollar
Charade
Masquerade
Circus Games
Scared to Dance
Charles
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Top 10 The Skids Albums
Scared to Dance
Sweet Suburbia: The Best of The Skids
Sweet Suburbia - The Best Of The Skids
Days in Europa
The Absolute Game
The Saints Are Coming - The Best Of The Skids
The Best of The Skids
The Very Best of
The Very Best Of The Skids
Joy
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