Primal Scream
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Formed in 1982 and winners of the first ever Mercury Music Prize for 1991's Screamadelica, Primal Scream have influenced a generation of fans over their 20 year career.
Fronted by former Jesus & Mary Chain's Bobby Gillespie with Andrew Innes (guitar), Robert Young (guitar, now retired), ex-Felt keyboardist Martin Duffy (keyboards) and Stone Roses bass guitarist Robert 'Mani' Mounfield, they signed to Alan McGee's Creation Records in 1985 and the rest is history.
Beginning a career that has spanned eighteen hit singles, the band's 1987 debut LP Sonic Flower Groove was influenced by The Byrds, Velvet Underground and the C86 scene. Not only did it publicly introduce the band, but it also set the tone for a musical style that would define the following decade and pave the way for bands like The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays.
Their follow-up album Primal Scream witnessed a musical progression for the band, but it was 1991's Mercury Music Prize winning Screamadelica which became their landmark release. A tour de force produced by Andrew Weatherall, Hugo Nicholson and former Stones producer Jimmy Miller, it changed the face of British pop music with its kaleidoscopic fusion of dance, dub, techno, acid house and rock, putting Primal Scream at the top of their game.
They returned in 1994 with Give Out but Don't Give Up which was recorded in Nashville and featured the hit single Rocks, but with 1997's Vanishing Point they created a more complex dynamic of the indie allure which characterised their debut release, re-establishing the group as a major force in British rock.
Two Top Ten albums followed - XTRMNTR and Evil Heat in 2000 and 2002 respectively - boasting a greater electronic feel and new musical direction for the band. In 2003 they released their Dirty Hits collection, a retrospective of their career to date.
In 2006 they returned with Riot City Blues and the hit single Country Girl. Laid down live on the studio floor at London's Olympic Studios, it was P.T.O produced by Youth and features and impressive supporting cast - Will Sergeant from Echo & The Bunnymen, Warren Ellis of Nick cave & The Bad Seeds and Alison Mosshart from The Kills.
New album expected late 2008.
Releases:
1985 All Fall Down (1st single)
1986 Crystal Crescent (2nd single)
1987 Sonic Flower Groove
1989 Primal Scream
1990 Loaded (single)
1991 Screamadelica
1994 Give Out But Don't Give Up
1997 Vanishing Point
2000 XTRMNTR
2002 Evil Heat
2003 Dirty Hits
2006 Riot City Blues
2007 Riot City Blues Tour (DVD)
- www.primalscream.net
- www.myspace.com/primalscream
- www.primalscream.org
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