Primal Scream

Formed: 1984 in Glasgow, Scotland
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Genre: Dance-Rock, Rock
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Acid House, Club/Dance, Britpop, House, Alternative Dance, Electronica, Ambient House, C-86, British Trad Rock
Group Members: Martin Duffy, Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes, Denise Johnson, Henry Olsen, Mani, Robert Young, Jim Beattie
Biography: Primal Scream's career could in many ways be read as a microcosm of British indie rock in the '80s and '90s. Bobby Gillespie formed the band in the mid-'80s while drumming for goth-tinged noise rockers the Jesus and Mary Chain, who were the exact opposite of Primal Scream -- the latter specialized in ...Read full biography
Screamadelica
Released: 1991
Label: Sire/Warner Bros.
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There's no overestimating the importance of Screamadelica, the record that brought acid house, techno, and rave culture crashing into the British mainstream -- an impact that rivaled that of Nirvana's ...Read full review
XTRMNTR
Released: 2000
Label: Sony Japan
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Whenever indie music seems lost in its own self-righteous, unchallenging, inoffensive fundament, Primal Scream rides in to try and save it all. So just as Screamadelica tried to encapsulate the importance ...Read full review
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