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Bobby Gillespie

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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.

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The story of Bobby Gillespie, told in moments.

1984 Event

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.

1991 Event

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.

2021 Event

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)

Innes, Nelse. [from old catalog]

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California Digital Library (IA blainelogan00knoxrich)

Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896

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The complete works of Edgar Allan Poe (IA completeworksofe08poeerich)

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Richardson, Charles Francis, 1851-1913

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The life of R. W. Dale, of Birmingham (IA cu31924029461153)

Dale, A. W. W. (Alfred William Winterslow), Sir, 1855-1926 Fairbairn, A. M. (Andrew Martin), 1838-1912 Rogers, J. Guinness (James Guinness), 1822-1911

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The Glendale Evening News 1924-02-25 (IA cgl 005240)

Cowan, A.T.

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McCalls v051 n02 (1923-11) (IA McCallsV051N02192311)

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Academy architecture and architectural review (IA academyarchitect31unse)

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The uplift (serial) (IA upliftserial571ston)

Stonewall Jackson Manual Training and Industrial School (Concord, N.C.)

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Southern campus (IA southerncampus1955univ)

University of California (1868-1952). Southern Branch University of California (1868-1952). Southern Branch. Associated Students Associated Students of UCLA

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Harrow memorials of the great war - August 23rd, 1914, to March 20th, 1915 (IA harrowmemorialso04warn)

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The Creative Foundation WORK 11/14 To 05/16

Compilation of all the design work I produced in the first 18 months of business.

2016

Tenement Kid: Rough Trade Book of the Year

The story, in his own words, of one of the most popular and influential British popstars of the past 30 years. Begins in the district of Springburn where Bobby Gillespie was born into a working-class...

2021

Tenement Kid: Die Autobiografie

Aus einfachen Verhältnissen in Glasgow stammend („Tenement“ ist der Ausdruck für die dortigen Mietskasernen), wird Bobby von seinem Vater früh mit Beat-Literatur, revolutionärem Gedankengut und...

2022

Un chaval del barrio

Un chaval del barrio (Tenement Kid) es la autobiografía de Bobby Gillespie, referente indiscutible del rock británico independiente de finales de los ochenta y los noventa como frontman de Primal...

2022

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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