Skik's first performance was in 1994, on Muzem, a festival dedicated to the dialect, in Emmen, Netherlands. Later they got several hits, including Op Fietse' and Hoe kan dat nou? . These two songs are both from their first popular album, Niks Is Zoas 't Lek . The follow-up of this album, 's Nachts, produces the hits't Giet Zoas 't Giet and Af & Toe'. The CD Overal & Nergens meant a breaking of the ties with the Drèents, which resulted in a song in ABN. Ik Ga Als Een Speer made it to the charts, but no of the other songs did. The next song of theirs that made it into the charts was Ik heb geen zin om op te staan, which they recorded together with Henk Westbroek. Their next and fifth CD, Tof brought along the single-CD Dankjewel Voor De Zon , which featured a video clip made by students of the HKU. In 2004 the compilation-CD Best Tof , a play on Best of, was published. The group was on a promotion tour for the CD until September that same year. After that, Skik was less noticeable, as band leaderDaniël Lohues was going solo with the 'Louisiana Blues Club'. On the first of Oktober 2006 the group performed on a surprise party for the 25-year anniversary of De Dijk, another Dutch band. Skik performed the song Stampvol Café for the occasion.
* bonustracks: Altied Te Laat; Elvis ; Eppie D. & Jelle Skai
Klotenweer - nieuwe versie
* bonustrack: Nije Skoene
Niks Meer Te Vertellen
* bonustracks: Teddybeere
Ik Wil Weg
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Ik heb geen zin om op te staan - single met Henk Westbroek
* bonus: Niets Is Onmogelijk - met Henk Westbroek
Verliefd
* bonustrack: Zo Vrolijk?
Grachten Van Amsterdam
* bonustrack: Stan Meyers Blues
Other
There are two more songs by Skik that aren't distributed, and that can't be found on regular CD's. These are: De Sneij , which was published as an addition to the VPRO Christmas CD in 1998, and Woar Ben Ik Mee Bezig , which had an alternative version published on the CD Twee Meter Sessies NL 1.
Trivia
The song Op Fietse describes a tour by bicycle through South-East Drenthe, which is the area in which lead singer Daniël Lohues was born. The Drenthe Office of Tourism later made this into a real route: "the Skik-route"
Op Fietse was used for two Dutch TV commercials. The first of which was one for Calvé, a Dutch brand of peanut butter dating back to 2005. It would later also be used in an advertisement for ING, a major bank in the Netherlands.
The single-version of Hoe Kan Dat Nou later got Niks is Zoas 't Lek as bonus track added on its CD.
Guitarist Marco Geerdink is a nephew of frontman Daniël Lohues and played in Gimme Shelter, a Rolling Stones-cover band. He replaced Despo Kristel during the comeback of The Schizo's. Lohues said in an interview that The Shizo's were a major source of inspiration for all bands from Drenthe.
