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mcgurk76 Posted Mon 24 Sep, 2007 10:35 PM |
Who can remember the following Scottish bands and are they still playing gigs? Writing music?
Thrum?
Gun? (Is one of the guys part of the group El Presidente)
Del Amitri?
Teenage Fanclub?
Texas?
And the most famous of them all, The Proclaimers?
Any other bands I've missed?
Nazareth are getting back together, right? |
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ricv64 Posted Mon 24 Sep, 2007 10:41 PM |
| TFC is still playing , check out their web site |
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Lemon Grinner Posted Mon 24 Sep, 2007 11:58 PM |
| Oh aye The Proclaimers are still going!! Dunno if they are writing new stuff tho |
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BlueAngelBlues Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 3:53 AM |
SIMPLE MINDS -from Glasgow- are "Alive And Kicking"
Check out their site
Simple Minds dot com
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Meridith Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 5:31 AM |
| Trash Can Sinatras...not on your list, but they are still playing. :) |
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heyjude Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 6:33 AM |
Hear, hear! The Trashcans are recording a new album soon. Stay tuned :-)
Roddy Frame (of Aztec Camera fame) does one-offs every now and then. He released a live album in 2005 and a studio album in 2006. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 7:33 AM |
Bis
Big Country
Cocteau Twins
The Skids
Marrillion
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Aztec Camera
The Blue Nile
The Waterboys
The Rezillos
Horse
Goodbye Mr MacKenzie
Delgados
Beta Band
Arab Strap
Danny Wilson
Texas (I fucking hope these clowns are gone)
The Bluebells ??? |
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Tonie Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 9:05 AM |
Don't forget Belle & Sebastian....
Oh, and I loved that Roddy Frame solo album.
I also saw Aztec Camera back in the day in Brixton. Around 1842 I think....(blushes) |
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Ursina Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 9:12 AM |
King Creosote aka Kenny Anderson fae Fife as KT Tunstall :)
there used to be Astrid but I think they're gone :( |
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mili Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 12:54 PM |
Found a funny old cd in my collection: the Tree and the Bird and the Fish and the Bell (Glasgow songs by Glasgow artists for the Oscar Marzaroli Trust, 1991).
The Big Dish
Wet Wet Wet
The Silencers
Dick Gaughan
Eddi Reader
The Blue Nile
Love and Money
John Martyn
Texas
Lloyd Cole (his band used to be Commotions, wasn't it?)
Deacon Blue
Hue and Cry |
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Andrew Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 3:19 PM |
Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub is currently found playing bass for the quite excellent 1990s after their old one was dropped or quit or something.
...and Emma Pollock, formerly of The Delgados, has just released one of the albums of this year with her debut solo effort.
The Aliens are made up of at least two former Beta Band members and pretty much continue where they left off but a bit more upbeat.
Both Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton are doing great things solo after Arab Strap finished.
As for a few up-and-coming Scottish bands:
Frightened Rabbit
Sons & Daughters (really hope they make the break through with their 2nd alcum)
Twilight Sad |
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Peculiar Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 4:23 PM |
Justin Currie from Del Amitri still plays and releases. Andy from Del Amitri is in acouple of bands who play ocasionaly too I think.
Another new one I luv is the Dykeenies. Debut album was out on Mon. |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 25 Sep, 2007 6:08 PM |
| Aliens are playing here next week . BMX Bandits just put a new one out . |
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heyjude Posted Wed 26 Sep, 2007 7:13 PM |
Tonie wrote:
Oh, and I loved that Roddy Frame solo album.
I also saw Aztec Camera back in the day in Brixton. Around 1842 I think....(blushes)
Tonie, you are funny :-) I was also around in 1842. Roddy hasn't been back here to the U.S. since :-(
Anyone remember Orange Juice? Edwyn Collins has a new album out. |
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Rain on the brain Posted Wed 26 Sep, 2007 7:27 PM |
Franz Ferdinand?
Shirley Manson from Garbage? Does this count? |
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