The Skids - Episode 20 - Interview With Richard Jobson

This episode features the Skids. The Skids were formed in the summer of 1977 in Dunfermline in Scotland and would go on to make two albums and seven singles before the end of 1979. Their most successful year was 1979 where they spent over half the year in the singles charts including their biggest song, the top 10 hit Into The Valley. You may also know their song The Saints Are Coming which was covered by U2 and Green Day.

Whilst they split in 1982 but reformed for a couple of years in 2008 and again in 2016 where they now still tour and have had more albums of new music, Burning Cities and Destination Dusseldorf, along with an Acoustic album reworking some of their songs.

This episode covers the entire history of the band, their music and their stories. Richard Jobson is interviewed (starts about 25 mins in but don't miss the bio of the band because it covers all their great songs, and a few you may not know !). He is very open and entertaining and there's plenty of anecdotes about the early punk years and his interactions with everyone around that time. You may know a few of the hits but his story goes much deeper than that and he covers the full history of the band including the tragic death of Stuart Adamson (The Skids Guitarist), how US & green day came to cover The Saints Are Coming, what he thinks of their catalogue, whats happening now, the personnel changes and everything else in between. Its an episode that is a fitting end to our Season 1. Season 2 starts again in the new year where we are starting to cover bands for the 90's so the Uncharted 90's ! As usual any feedback or 5 star reviews and comments are always reviewed and replied to. Thanks for downloading and listening we really appreciate it.

Martin & Noel

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