Historical Figure
Bobby Gillespie
b. 1962
Scottish musician (born 1961)
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Biography
Robert Gillespie is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead singer, founding member, primary lyricist, and sole continuous member of the alternative rock band Primal Scream. He was the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain in the mid-1980s, leaving after the release of the band's debut album Psychocandy, and was once the bassist for The Wake.
Timeline
The story of Bobby Gillespie, told in moments.
Became the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain while simultaneously fronting Primal Scream. Played standing up because he couldn't actually drum very well. Left after their debut album Psychocandy.
Primal Scream released Screamadelica, produced by Andrew Weatherall. It fused acid house, gospel, dub, and rock into something nobody had heard before. Won the first Mercury Prize.
Published his memoir Tenement Kid. Critics praised its raw account of growing up working-class in Glasgow and the 1980s indie scene.
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Ring record and fistic facts (IA ringrecordfistic00inne)
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The complete works of Edgar Allan Poe (IA completeworksofe08poeerich)
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Richardson, Charles Francis, 1851-1913
The life of R. W. Dale, of Birmingham (IA cu31924029461153)
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Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School (Concord, N.C.)
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University of California (1868-1952). Southern Branch University of California (1868-1952). Southern Branch. Associated Students Associated Students of UCLA
Harrow memorials of the great war - August 23rd, 1914, to March 20th, 1915 (IA harrowmemorialso04warn)
The lights of St. Louis looked like a promised land to me.
He sold his one possession, a white handkerchief, for 75 cents. When Pulitzer arrived at the city, he recalled, "The lights of St. Louis looked like a promised land to me." In the city, his German was...
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