PRIMAL Scream formed out having nothing better to do, according to frontman Bobby Gillespie.
Bobby would bang dustbin lids and his friend Jim Beattie would grind out fuzzy guitar riffs and they called it Primal Scream.
Thirty four years on, Primal Scream are indie rock’s innovators having taken their garage rock blues to the rave on 1991’s ‘Screamadelica’, created a road movie soundtrack with ‘Vanishing Point’ and fused blues and furious techno influences on ‘Xtrmntr’.
The band have continued to make psychedelic grooves, taking electronic elements into their sound and remain one of indie’s most adventurous and compelling rock ‘n’ roll bands.
Recent albums ‘More Light’ and this year’s ‘Chaosmosis’ are the freest-sounding records the band has made, according to Bobby Gillespie.
“I think we’re getting better at writing songs and more confident and less self-conscious,” says Gillespie. “We’re better at letting things flow. Whereas 20 years ago it was fucking painful trying to make a Primal Scream record. I’m better expressing my feelings and what I want to say. I’m trying to make sense of my life, of the world, and I’m trying to put it into a pop song.”
The current tour has taken Gillespie and his five piece band across the UK to Japan, USA and South America to rave reviews. The band play tracks from all their major albums with a generous helping of the ‘Screamadelica’ era and the new album Chaosmosis.
Gillespie knows exactly what the fans want at a “Scream” show.
“We are one of the best live bands on the planet. There is not many rock’n’roll bands left and we are a rock’n’roll band.”
Primal Scream will play Live at the Big Top, Limerick Milk Market tonight Tuesday November 29. Special guests for the gig is Bo Ningen. Tickets €34.50 from www.dolans.ie
