{"id":6686,"date":"2024-11-06T12:04:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=6686"},"modified":"2024-11-14T13:08:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T13:08:21","slug":"shindig-157-primal-scream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=6686","title":{"rendered":"Shindig! Issue  #157 \u2013 Primal Scream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>MARTIN RUDDOCK spoke in depth with BOBBY GILLESPIE for a two part early days PRIMAL SCREAM story. In this abridged extract he talks about the band&#8217;s love of garage and psych<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/465229761_1922082784932691_1034513115773037522_n-1024x734.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/465229761_1922082784932691_1034513115773037522_n-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/465229761_1922082784932691_1034513115773037522_n-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/465229761_1922082784932691_1034513115773037522_n-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/465229761_1922082784932691_1034513115773037522_n.jpg 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sacked from The Wake in late \u201983, Bobby immediately reconnected with Beattie and the pair began writing songs. \u201cWhen I got kicked out of The Wake, we started to write songs that we could play in a band. We were inspired by obviously punk, but also \u201960s bands like Love, The Seeds, 13th Floor Elevators, The Byrds\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/SD157.tiff\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6688\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Soaking up\u00a0<em>Pebbles<\/em>\u00a0compilations, the pair went down a rabbit hole together. Beattie acquired \u201ca beaten-up acoustic 12-string\u201d and Bobby caught the train to Motherwell to buy a sky-blue Vox Phantom guitar that unlocked a flurry of dark-eyed, jangly tunes. \u201c\u2018Velocity Girl\u2019 was written on that, and \u2018Gentle Tuesday\u2019, \u2018Imperial\u2019. Yeah, that first album was all written on that guitar. Jim had an acoustic 12-string, and then when we got a record deal, or maybe just before, he bought a Rickenbacker 12-string.\u201d &#8230; &#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday (Official Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7lqDIjLdg0I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sonic Flower Groove<\/em>&nbsp;was released on 5th October 1987. We put it to Bobby that it\u2019s a sorely under-rated debut album. \u201cI think I possibly wanted a more lush production, and probably couldn\u2019t express then what I could now,\u201d he says. \u201cWe were \u201960s influenced, but we didn\u2019t want to be one of those bands that wanted to get everything to sound like the \u201960s. We wanted to bring something of the \u201980s into it like New Order and the Bunnymen had done.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Primal Scream | Silent Spring FSd 1987\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2eX_HKIVsdw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tantalisingly, Bobby says a remixed, expanded&nbsp;<em>SFG<\/em>&nbsp;is on the cards. \u201cI think if we do a remix of&nbsp;<em>Sonic Flower Groove<\/em>&nbsp;we\u2019ll take off the gated snare and make it more organic.\u201d There\u2019s also some top tier unheard material,&nbsp;including early Scream gems recorded for Peel and Janice Long (see last year\u2019s ace&nbsp;<em>Reverberations (Travelling In Time)&nbsp;<\/em>collection of radio sessions and early singles).&nbsp;<strong>\u201c<\/strong>We actually recorded a song called \u2018Tomorrow Ends Today\u2019 for the first album, and it sounds fantastic. A friend of mine gave me a tape from a mastering session that somebody had given him, and it was an alternate running order for the album plus an extra track, or two tracks. We\u2019re hoping to release that in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read the full article order issue #157 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverbackpublishing.rocks\/product\/shindig-157\/\" title=\"\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6686&#038;t=Shindig%21%20Issue%20%20%23157%20%E2%80%93%20Primal%20Scream&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6686&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FSD157.tiff&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Shindig%21%20Issue%20%20%23157%20%E2%80%93%20Primal%20Scream\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6686&#038;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Shindig%21%20Issue%20%20%23157%20%E2%80%93%20Primal%20Scream&#038;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6686\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN RUDDOCK spoke in depth with BOBBY GILLESPIE for a two part early days PRIMAL SCREAM story. 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