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BIZARRE: Skids org - You Need To See This

"They sound like a very talented band forced to play punk." Stuart Adamson's guitar work elevates Skids' Scared to Dance above the ordinary

The sound of a bunch of scrappy youths from Scotland's industrial heartland

Louder

“I lost my virginity to a member of Legs & Co…” From the Bar-L to the Barrowlands, a day out with the Skids

We go inside Scotland’s biggest prison, Barlinnie, for a gig by time-served and rehabilitated post-punks the Skids

Louder

“There was no master plan apart from we didn’t want to do the Thin Lizzy/Status Quo blues bendy thing”: Bruce Watson on the birth of Big Country, Stuart Adamson’s legacy and the secret to bagpipe guitar

Bruce Watson shares the guitar story of the Scottish rock stalwarts, the "Itch and Itch" amps so crucial to his tone, and how “Scotland’s answer to Jimi Hendrix” was the heart of Big Country's sound

Guitar World

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They were bottled off stage by Alice Cooper's audience, derailed by a death in The Pretenders and made U2's producer cry: How Big Country made one of the biggest albums of the 80s

In an exclusive extract from a new book about the life of Stuart Adamson, we look at the hidden story behind The Crossing

Louder

Richard Jobson celebrates punk spirit in new Skids documentary by infamous Oasis artist

In a move that will delight fans, Skids frontman Richard Jobson has paid tribute to his hometown roots in The Story of The Skids – a new documentary directed by Mark Sloper which premiered last week to packed audiences across Scotland.

BANG Premier

The Story of Skids: Scotland’s No 1 Punk Band review – likable look back to the noise era

Very much the story of singer Ricard Jobson, this amiable portrait takes in tales of Sid Vicious and the pop culture hysteria when the genre exploded

The Guardian - UK

"If you're not joining in, you're out… I got my P45”: How the Bee Gees, Burt Bacharach and coke derailed the first attempt at recording Oasis's Definitely Maybe

It started with a promise between friends and turned into every producer’s worst nightmare: Inside the aborted first attempt at recording Oasis’s classic debut

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Letterkenny ends its 12-season run — these are the 9 episodes you should binge

The final season of Letterkenny is available to stream on Hulu. If you've never seen the show, here's a look at the nine episodes that give you a flavor of what to expect.

Tom’s Guide

10 things that changed my life with Ian Blackford

There’s the song, when I was five my daddy took me down to Easter Road and in my case that was that. When I was five years old in 1966 I was taken…

The National (Scotland)

The 10 things that changed my life: Pete Wishart

Pete Wishart on the 10 things that changed his life

The National (Scotland)

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