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The founder of “Primal Scream” was its unchanging leader and vocalist Bobby Gillespie. At the time of the birth of a new band, Gillespie played the drums in the team “Jesus & Mary Chain”, which played gothic-rock and was the complete opposite of “Primal Scream”. Already in 1985, the band signed to Creation Records label and soon released two singles. In May 1985, with the lineup consisting of Gillespie, Beattie, Young (then-the bassist), Tom McGurk (drums) and Martin St. John (percussion), the band released their debut album “All Fall Down”. It did not bring the fame to the group and remained virtually unnoticed.

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Popularity

The first wide popularity gained by the team brought the compilation “C86” of the magazine “New Musical Express”, which gathered the best that was in an alternative British scene in the mid-80s. As a B-side track on the compilation Primal Scream’s “Velocity Girl” was included.

New Trends

At the end of the 80s, British underground began to lose ground and lose its former strength under the pressure of the lifting head of acid-house. Influenced by the guest guitarist Andrew Innes, the frontman Bobby Gillespie takes an interest in new trends, and in the early 90's “Primal Scream” revived itself in the genre of dance music. “Primal Scream” used to the full the possibilities of pop and acid-house, focusing mainly on the fusion of these styles in the works of “The Stone Roses” and “Happy Mondays”.

Transformation

The second birth of the band happened mainly thanks to the “groove machine” Andrew Weatherall, the author of amazing remixes. The evidence of a comprehensive transformation was the single “Loaded”, the first sign of the future album of the new “Primal Scream”. The track “Loaded” was a dance hit of 1990, hitting the Top 20 of the UK charts.

Culmination

“Primal Scream”’s career culminated in 1991, when “Screamadelica” album was issued. With it, in fact, begins the official discography of “Primal Scream”, which soon became known throughout the world. The latest album they let out was “Chaosmosis” in 2016.

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