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2 unusual facts about Skids


Rich Kids

Matlock and New went on to tour with Iggy Pop, while Egan and Ure formed a band called The Misfits (not the American horror punk band Misfits) and, after short spells with Skids and Thin Lizzy, respectively, reunited in Visage.

Rusty Egan

He continued working with Ure, and later collaborated with The Misfits, Skids, Shock, and Visage.


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Bellahouston Academy

Russell Webb - Guitarist with the Zones, The Skids, Armoury Show and Public Image Ltd.

Blackburn Second Monoplane

The undercarriage main axle was carried at the bottom end of the kingpost with wheels at either end and bearing ash fore and aft skids.

Edina Public Schools

That winter, farmer Code loaded the building on skids and, with the help of oxen, hauled the building across the snow to the new location.

Hanhe Aviation UAV

Kingfisher (Cui-Niao or Cuiniao, 翠鸟) UAV developed by Hanhe Aviation is a gasoline-powered unmanned helicopter in conventional helicopter layout with a pair of skids as landing gear, and it is specifically developed for aerial surveillance missions.

Heart Peaks

Tectonic activity along the North Coast of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska is characterized by transform movements of the Queen Charlotte Fault, a plate boundary where the Pacific Plate skids by the North American Plate.

Into the Valley

Local legend still persists that the valley mentioned is a reference to the village of High Valleyfield, known locally as "the Valley", a village with a reputation for "mini warfare" between its own residents and those of nearby towns and villages (namely Torryburn, Rosyth, Oakley and Inverkeithing), near Skids' home town of Dunfermline.

Scared to Dance

"Into the Valley" became Skids' best-known song, and was adopted and sung by fans of Dunfermline Athletic F.C., the band's local football team, as well as Charlton Athletic F.C. in England whose ground is known as "The Valley".

SS-class blimp

Similar to the prototype, the production car was a wingless B.E.2c fuselage stripped of various fittings, and equipped with two ash skids in place of the wheeled undercarriage.

The Absolute Game

Richard Jobson, Skids' lead singer, later stated that this title had been taken from Dirk Bogarde's autobiography and was not based on the Nazi slogan Kraft durch Freude.


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