Bobby Gillespie was born in June 1961 in Glasgow. After playing in local bands and working as a roadie, he joined The Jesus and Mary Chain on drums in the mid-80s and played on their acclaimed debut ...
To coincide with the release of Primal Scream’s new album, Chaosmosis, I thought I’d dust down an old interview with Bobby Gillespie which originally ran in Uncut Take 134. The interview took ...
Bobby Gillespie needed an outlet from Primal Scream. The Scottish rockers released their first album for eight years, 'Come ...
And you think, ‘Well, not everyone else is doing alright.’” Alex James of Blur and Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream (Getty) In 2015, James made headlines when former Tory PM Cameron was seen ...
Bobby Gillespie felt “boxed in” by Primal Scream’s recent work. The 63-year-old singer admitted he wasn’t sure if the group would make another record but he had to find another way of ...
As the bizarre scene unfolded, the show's other guest, Bobby Gillespie, remained rooted to his seat wearing an obdurate and slightly weary expression. The Primal Scream frontman, whose band helped ...
Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie has spoken out about his position in society and seemingly taken a pop at Blur‘s Alex James. The frontman, who was brought up in a working class environment ...
In this extended version of the interview in this month’s Uncut, Bobby Gillespie talks us through the radical changes in the Scream’s music-making from the ‘80s through Screama ...
Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie has branded Blur's Alex James a "social climber". The 63-year-old Glaswegian singer - whose group released their latest album 'Come Ahead' on Friday (08.11. ...
Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie is not talking about memorable tour dates, but the iconic football teams that have shaped his love for the 'beautiful game'. The 59-year-old, who also ...
Bobby Gillespie’s surly-slurry vocal snakes through the mix, rekindling your own inner sneer of resistance. Now 63, Gillespie has never quite had the voice to match his colossal ‘tude.
This is huge album, full of unexpected joys. It opens with Ready To Go Home where an acapella gospel intro builds into joyous, swaggering funk. ‘When my time finally comes, I’ll be ready ...