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Ya wee beauty! 10/12 - although I admit 2 or 3 of them were guesses.

 

Not sure how I feel about some of these bands being considered "Glasgow" though: the Fannies were one of the defining bands of the "Bellshill Beat", and The Jesus and Mary Chain were from East Kilbride, for example. Still, at least they didn't include Wet Wet Wet in there...

 

Odd little pop fact: in the late 80s, Scotland had two significant bands formed by a pair of brothers called "Reid" - The Mary Chain and The Proclaimers... 

 

Eugene's Lair
Eugene's Lair posted:

Ya wee beauty! 10/12 - although I admit 2 or 3 of them were guesses.

 

Not sure how I feel about some of these bands being considered "Glasgow" though: the Fannies were one of the defining bands of the "Bellshill Beat", and The Jesus and Mary Chain were from East Kilbride, for example. Still, at least they didn't include Wet Wet Wet in there...

 

Odd little pop fact: in the late 80s, Scotland had two significant bands formed by a pair of brothers called "Reid" - The Mary Chain and The Proclaimers... 

 

Well done Eugene.

I might have scored more than 3, if Wet Wet Wet had been included!

Yogi19
Eugene's Lair posted:

Ya wee beauty! 10/12 - although I admit 2 or 3 of them were guesses.

 

Not sure how I feel about some of these bands being considered "Glasgow" though: the Fannies were one of the defining bands of the "Bellshill Beat", and The Jesus and Mary Chain were from East Kilbride, for example.

 

Trouble is that it seems to be thought, these days, that if the post code starts with a 'G' then it is Glasgow and that if there is no break in the 'built-up' area from the centre of Glasgow then it is Glasgow. (Even though the post code is 'ML')

 

East Kilbride - G74

 

Bellshill -ML6

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
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Garage Joe posted:

I'm still none the wiser! I have a vast collection of music but nothing mentioned there.

 

This was their biggest hit - Top 20 in 1986. Actually, "Taste of Cindy" would be my first choice, however the heavy use of feedback as a musical instrument - despite being the defining characteristic of the Mary Chain's style - can be a bit off-putting to some.   

 

"Killermont Street" is a long-standing personal favourite, but as the band behind it is the answer to Question 12, I'll post it in the "What are you listening to right now?" thread...

Eugene's Lair
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Eugene's Lair posted:
Garage Joe posted:

I'm still none the wiser! I have a vast collection of music but nothing mentioned there.

  however the heavy use of feedback as a musical instrument - despite being the defining characteristic of the Mary Chain's style - can be a bit off-putting to some.  

 

I actually like feedback in fact there was a period in time when I was into a band called Spaceman 3 and also a chap called Sonic Boom and other associated acts. I Recall a gig at the Leadmill where one song seemed to be 20 mins long, we had bright lights trained on us, everyone sat on the floor and we were presented with a song consisting of rhythmic repetative chords with lashing of feedback and sustain until we were enveloped in the sound.

 

Truly marvellous. 

 

 

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities
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