    skids were an art punk/punk rock and new wave band from dunfermline, fife, scotland, founded in 1977 by stuart adamson (1958â2001, guitars/backing vocals/keyboards/percussion), william simpson (bass guitar/backing vocals), thomas kellichan (drums) and richard jobson (vocals/guitar/keyboards). their biggest success was the single "into the valley", released in 1979. ==career== they played their first gig on 19 august 1977, at the bellville hotel in pilmuir street, dunfermline, scotland. within six months they had issued the "charles" ep on the no bad record label, created by sandy muir, a dunfermline music shop owner turned manager. the record brought them to the attention of national bbc radio 1 dj john peel. this led to a local gig supporting the clash. virgin records then signed up skids in april 1978. the singles "sweet suburbia" and "the saints are coming" both made commercial inroads, before "into the valley" reached the uk top 10 singles chart in early 1979. the band also released their debut album scared to dance in 1979. it was recorded at the townhouse studios in london, england with production and keyboards by david batchelor. adamson walked out towards the end of the sessions before all the guitar overdubs were completed, but the album does showcase his unique guitar style which was later to come to prominence in the band big country. session guitarist chris jenkins was chief maintenance engineer at townhouse studios and completed the album using adamson's studio set up, a
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