Postcards from Scotland
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Postcards from Scotland

Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995

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eBook - ePub

Postcards from Scotland

Scottish Independent Music 1983-1995

About this book

By 1983, many of Scotland’s post-punk bands had broken up or moved south to chase the major labels in London. That vacuum was filled by an influx of young musicians who were determined to remake the scene in their own image.

In this compelling and dynamic oral history, Grant McPhee chronicles the radical transformation of Scotland’s independent music scene from 1983-1995. Including archival photos and drawing from over 100 interviews with the key players of the time, Grant McPhee allows them to set the scene in their own words; including the Cocteau Twins, Shop Assistants, Teenage Fanclub, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and many more.

Postcards from Scotland is the definitive story of the radicals, misfits and experimentalists who made independent music what it is today.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Title Page
  4. Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 The new sound of young Scotland
  9. 2 Edinburgh: a new dawn
  10. 3 Creation: the swinging sixties in the eighties
  11. 4 Rote Kapelle and the Shop Assistants
  12. 5 Back to Creation: the ascent of The Jesus and Mary Chain
  13. 6 Meanwhile, elsewhere in the east
  14. 7 As good as Ramones Records: 53rd & 3rd Records
  15. 8 A new era for indie music
  16. 9 Scotland is bigger than you think
  17. 10 The landscape is changing
  18. 11 Endings and new beginnings
  19. 12 Splits and ends
  20. 13 A new guitar sound for Glasgow
  21. 14 Further adventures of The Orchids, Garage and a new golden age of indie
  22. 15 New blood and old success
  23. 16 The sound of young Scotland: the beat goes on
  24. Thanks to
  25. Bibliography and Sources
  26. Picture Credits
  27. Index
  28. Copyright