More than one artist using the Skid Row moniker: 1) Skid Row is an American heavy metal/glam metal band, formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey. 2) Skid Row were an Irish blues rock band of the 60s/70s, based in Dublin and was the first band in which future Thin Lizzy members Phil Lynott and Gary Moore played professionally. –==– 1) - Skid Row is an American heavy metal/glam metal band, formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey. The group was commercially successful in the late 1980s and early 1990s, with its first two albums Skid Row and Slave to the Grind certified multi-platinum, the latter of which reached number one on the Billboard 200.