{"id":15239,"date":"2021-05-07T23:14:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T23:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=15239"},"modified":"2021-05-07T23:14:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T23:14:36","slug":"scottish-punk-icons-skids-announce-their-first-ever-covers-album-release-new-version-of-ultravoxs-young-savage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2021\/05\/07\/scottish-punk-icons-skids-announce-their-first-ever-covers-album-release-new-version-of-ultravoxs-young-savage\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Punk Icons SKIDS Announce Their First Ever Covers Album, Release New Version Of ULTRAVOX\u2019s \u201cYoung Savage!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Veteran punk rock outfit Skids have returned with a powerful new studio album that pays tribute to the band\u2019s hometown venue, the historic Kinema Ballroom in Dunfermline, Scotland. Both a live venue as well as a traditional dance club, the Kinema became a musical and cultural epicenter for the youth in Scotland\u2019s Fife province especially during the late \u201870s, early \u201880s punk rock movement. It would also become the home venue for Skids who played numerous shows at the Kinema as both a support act for such legendary bands as The Clash as well as the headliners for multiple sold-out events.

Now, Skids take a walk down memory lane, performing songs by the bands who influenced them in those early years.\u00a0Songs From A Haunted Ballroom<\/em>\u00a0includes unique and superbly arranged new versions of tracks by The Clash, The Adverts, Ultravox, Sex Pistols, and Magazine PLUS new versions of their own early hits \u201cInto The Valley\u201d and \u201cThe Saints Are Coming!\u201d\u00a0

Today the band unveils the first single from the album, a supercharged version of Ultravox\u2019s \u201cYoung Savage.\u201d Skids vocalist Richard Jobson shares the unexpected influence that the stylish, distinctively British new wave band Ultravox had on Skids, saying \u201cJohn Foxx of Ultravox was cool, handsome and wrote poetry rather than lyrics. He made it ok for the rest of us to be a bit arty. \u2018Young Savage\u2019 was a massive hit in the Kinema.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stream the single:<\/strong>https:\/\/orcd.co\/skids_young_savage<\/a>

\u201cI\u2019ve loved working on this album,\u201d Jobson continues, \u201cIt reminded me of those early cathartic days, and of course where I came from. The place that made me what I am. I would like to dedicate the album to all of the Punks and Ghosts from the day of The Kinema who like me had their life transformed through a love of music.\u201d

Songs From A Haunted Ballroom<\/em>\u00a0will be available on both CD in a deluxe 6-panel digipak and colored vinyl in a gatefold jacket as well as on digital platforms everywhere starting June 4!

Pre-order the CD & vinyl:<\/strong>https:\/\/cleorecs.com\/store\/?s=skids+songs+from+haunted&post_type=product<\/a>
Pre-order\/pre-save the digital:<\/strong>https:\/\/orcd.co\/skids_songs_from_a_haunted_ballroom<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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