Richard Jobson
b. October 6 1960, Dunfermline, Scotland. Brother of John, a striker for Meadowbank Thistle Football Club, for whom Richard was also on the books. After the Skids four year tenure (1977-81) Jobson moved on to join the Armoury Show, which failed to repeat the success of any of its illustrious personnel's former bands. With their demise Jobson toured the UK with Scottish acting company POINES PLOUGH. Turning to poetry, he hit the road once more, falling between two stools in terms of critical reception. On one side rock critics viewed the move suspiciously, castigating him as pretentious, while the poetry critics reacted with venom to the vulgar intrusion of a rock singer. Placed in its proper context, Jobson was capable of writing good poetry, but was too much at the whim of his own indulgence. The worst example of this was his infamous live rendition of Sylvia Plath's Daddy. He continued to release albums throughout the '80s, the best of which was 16 YEARS OF ALCOHOL, also the title of a book he wrote, which related his alcohol problems. He also suffers from epilepsy. Meanwhile Jobson had chanced upon further careers in television and fashion. He appeared variously as the pop correspondent on BBC television's THE GARDEN PARTY, as presenter for 01 FOR LONDON, and most recently in regional arts programmes and the opinion show BITEBACK. On top of this was his highly paid, and some might say unlikely stint as a fashion model. Most notable were a series of car adverts, for which he also composed the music. His most recent recording BADMAN, was released on Parlophone in 1988, produced by Ian Broudie. Though the imagery was typically grandiose, it did include a sprightly cover of Everything But The Girl's Angel.