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Full Bobby Gillespie Biography
Bobby Gillespie (born Robert Gillespie, 22 June 1962, Glasgow) is a Scottish musician. He is the lead singer and founding member of the alternative rock band, Primal Scream. He was also the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain.
From the south side of Glasgow he attended Kings Park secondary school. His father is Bob Gillespie, former Labour Party candidate in the 1988 Govan by-election, who infamously lost the seat to the SNP's Jim Sillars.
Gillespie played on the Mary Chain's classic debut LP Psychocandy, which was released in 1985 to wide critical acclaim. By this time Gillespie had already released a single, albeit to little attention, with his own band, Primal Scream. Throughout his days as a drummer Gillespie had continued to work at Primal Scream, the band he started along with guitarist Jim Beattie in 1982. By early 1986, Gillespie had played his last show with the Mary Chain and left to devote his attentions to Primal Scream.
As the '80s drew to a close, Britain's underground music scene became dominated by the burgeoning acid house scene. Primal Scream became fascinated with the new dance music, and they asked a friend, a DJ named Andrew Weatherall, to remix a track from Primal Scream, "I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have." Weatherall completely reworked the song, adding a heavy bass groove echoing dub reggae, deleting most of the original instrumentation (even the layers of guitars), and interjecting layers of samples, including lines of Peter Fonda's dialogue from The Wild Angels. The new mix was retitled "Loaded," and it became a sensation, bringing rock & roll to the dancefloor and dance to rock & rollers. "Come Together," the first single from their forthcoming third album, was in much the same vein, and was similarly praised.
In the wake of the groundbreaking Screamadelica, most observers wondered what Primal Scream would do next, yet few would have predicted their retreat to '70s hard rock for Give Out But Don't Give Up. Released in 1994, the album was eagerly awaited, but its Stonesy hard rock was not well received, and it was a relative commercial failure. More importantly, it hurt the group's reputation as innovators, a situation they reacted to with the title track to the hit 1996 film Trainspotting. Primal Scream's contribution to the soundtrack was a return to the dance stylings of Screamadelica, only darker. The band continued to work on their next album, entitled Vanishing Point, over the course of 1996, finally releasing it to enthusiastic reviews in the summer of 1997. The ultra-aggressive XTRMNTR followed in the spring of 2000. Two years later Primal Scream released Evil Heat, a guest-laden (even supermodel Kate Moss makes an appearance) album in line and on par with XTRMNTR, and in 2006 Riot City Blues came out.
Gillespie married stylist Katy England at St. Margaret's Church, Betley on 29 July 2006. They have 2 children together, Wolf (born in 2002) and Lux (born in 2004).
Primal Scream were drafted at the last minute to play The Glastonbury Festival in 2005, as one of the replacements for Kylie Minogue. During the set Gillespie was abusive, making various gestures including a Nazi salute and referred to the crowd as "a bunch of fucking hippies". He also declared that if the crowd wanted to see The Stone Roses reunite that they "should've been here 15 years ago, you lazy bastards". He then accused festival headliners Coldplay of being boring and said that they are the reason why Radiohead are so miserable. The band were eventually removed from stage by security for over running their allotted time. When Gillespie was asked why he acted in this manner, he said: "Some fucking hippie robbed all my ale."
Gillespie was also criticised for defacing a Make Poverty History poster signed by all the acts at the festival. Gillespie scribbled over this and wrote "Make Israel History". Gillespie later said that he did this in support of Palestine, and when questioned on whether he was anit-semitic, he responded "Because you oppose one country's government's policies doesn't mean to say that you hate all the people from that country."
It was reported by the Scottish Daily Record in March 2007 that Gillespie was seen attending Scientology classes with friends Juliette Lewis and Kate Moss in Los Angeles. However, Gillespie has yet to go on record about his rumoured involvement with the controversial religion.
Current Members: Bobby Gillespie · Andrew Innes · Robert "Throb" Young · Gary "Mani" Mounfield · Martin Duffy · Darrin Mooney
Albums: Sonic Flower Groove · Primal Scream · Screamadelica · Give out But Don't Give Up · Vanishing Point · XTRMNTR · Evil Heat · Riot City Blues
Remix and Compilation Albums: Echo Dek · Live In Japan · Dirty Hits · Shoot Speed - More Dirty Hits |
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