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How did the skids get there name
| Joseph McGnley - Tuesday, 9 March 2010, at 11:17 pm |
Can someone tell me, how did the band pick the name "the skids", when I tell people just been to see the skids in concert, they laugh
Hopefully no one is going to tell me its from dirty underpants |
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| Kenny Henderson - Tuesday, 9 March 2010, at 11:24 pm |
| Yes, I've been getting the same reaction when I tell people 'I've just seen Richard Jobson's Skids'. |
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| Myna Meton - Wednesday, 10 March 2010, at 12:56 am |
Marcus Zen Stars Tom Bomb and the Martyrs of Deal… and other names the Skids (wisely) didn’t call themselves:
BILL:- “I think that was just too many beers one night, just having a laugh. I remember when we were starting off we had all these stupid names just for a laugh – Skid marks and the brown jobbies and all that sort of crap. . I think it’s just a myth really, somebody just said it for fun. You know Morton Sobothnik and the Silver apples, that probably came from Richard, coming up with some daft names. Sounds good but it was never a serious thing. We might have been Skid marks at one time, but there was already a band called Skid marks I think at the time and if I remember rightly we just said “we’ll just shorten it to The Skids” – although sometimes we dropped the “The”, but certainly originally it was The Skids. It’s just kind of a myth that’s grown arms and legs.”
Biography pages
www.the-skids.co.uk
www.theskids.co.uk |
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| Bram Van Aarle - Wednesday, 10 March 2010, at 7:44 am |
| thx for the question and the answer! |
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| Paul Henderson - Wednesday, 10 March 2010, at 12:19 pm |
I remember Stuart dismissing the Skid Mark theory saying to was classed as a `movement` to Skid etc.
There`s been a few other theories about the name origin.
Yes being a fan of the Skids was a pain in the Arse as a Kid. Having Skids painted on the back of your Haversack as a 13 year old makes you the target for every unfunny Comedian in the playground! |
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| Michael Martin - Wednesday, 10 March 2010, at 4:37 pm |
it was a pain alright , I mind when the skids did TOTP on a thurs night , I used to get a terrible death on fri morn " did you see the state of the skids singer last night ?" and " what sort of dance was RJ doing last night ?"
not to mention if you had skids painted on to your haversack at school that was another sleggin match LOL!! |
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