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Mar 9, 2022 · Punk legend, Richard Jobson, talks about the origins of The Skids, and the influence of Radio DJ John Peel upon their rise to fame. Check out the full inter...
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Richard Jobson's 16 years of Alcohol, just out on general release, ticks most of the boxes, but without the grim literalism we have come to expect. The cinematography is lush and dreamlike, a ...
Richard Jobson \ Biography. Singer, poet, actor, broadcaster and director, Richard Jobson is a modern day polymath. Born in Scotland in 1960, Jobson rose to fame fronting new wave band The Skids (four albums and several hit singles) before turning away from the crudities of the pop world to re-invent himself as a writer and artist.
Richard Jobson. b. 6 October 1960, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Jobson was born the brother of John, a striker for Meadowbank Thistle Football Club, for whom Richard was also on the books. After a four-year tenure with….
Jobson R. (2011) Review of Callaghan’s Journey to Downing Street - By Paul J. Deveney (Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), History: the journal of the Historical Association, volume 96, no. 324, pages 518-519.
Aug 31, 2019 · Songs and Stories– an evening with Richard Jobson & Bruce & Jamie Watson of Big Country – kicks off at The Stables, Milton Keynes on 1 September. Full dates and tickets here. For more about Richard Jobson and The Skids visit his Twitter page. Like this post? Please subscribe and share with your friends and followers.
Richard Jobson At only 17, Jobson first gained success as front-man with the Scottish punk band, The Skids, who had a string of hits in a 2-year period, from 1979 to 1981, the biggest song being the top-10 hit, "Into the Valley" in 1979.
