The Skids Official

As a kid, before I discovered punk, one of the ballsiest bands I ever discovered was Nazareth.

Years later when punk broke into my life it came as no surprise that another of such kicks to my rock and roll bollocks came from another band from the same Scottish township of Dunfermline.

So here now many eons later I sit working for the Loonie dollar and though I’m not scared to dance. I find m...

I first saw The Skids play in Liverpool in 1978 and most recently on their last extended Fortieth Anniversary Tour in 2016. Boasting a set full of updated original material, lead singer Richard Jobson still dances every bit as energetically and communicated with the worshipping crowd with the same enthusiasm as he did in the New Wave era.

Pennyblack spoke to him about the new Skids covers album, ‘Songs from A Haunted Ballroom’...

Maybe we'll break a myth, but let's face it: Punks can be nostalgic too! Let's take as proof “Songs From A Haunted Ballroom” , the new album by the cult Scottish Punk Rock gang Skids . It's hard to get more melancholy than this collection of titles paying homage to the Kinema Ballroom in Dunfermline, the local concert hall which gave the members of the group their first musical emotions.

Formed in 1977 in the King...

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JUNE 4TH : COVERS ALBUM RELEASED

Scottish Punk Icons SKIDS Celebrate The Release Of Their New Album, Share Acoustic Performance Video Of “Rock On!”

Los Angeles, CA - The wait is finally over, friends! Veteran punk rock outfit Skids have just released their brand new studio album, a collection of electrifying cover tunes that pays tribute to the band’s hometown venue, the...

Los Angeles, CA - Veteran punk rock outfit Skids have returned with a powerful new studio album that pays tribute to the band’s hometown venue, the historic Kinema Ballroom in Dunfermline, Scotland. Both a live venue as well as a traditional dance club, the Kinema became a musical and cultural epicenter for the youth in Scotland’s Fife province especially during the lat...