Bobby Gillespie

Bobby Gillespie

Birthday: 1961-06-21

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Biography: Robert Gillespie (born 22 June 1961) 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. In October 2021, Gillespie published his memoir Tenement Kid.

Movies

I Am Weekender
I Am Weekender

Wiz's Weekender (1992) was a film ahead of its time, both in form and content. It engaged with conte...

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Choose Irvine Welsh.
Choose Irvine Welsh.

Irvine Welsh in his own words, with Iggy Pop, Martin Compston, Danny Boyle and others paying tribute...

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Strip
Strip

Bobby Gillespie and Katy England swap clothes and identities in a playful fashion film....

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Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard

From myth to legend Rowland Howard appeared on the early Melbourne punk scene like a phantom out of ...

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Upside Down: The Creation Records Story
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story

Over a quarter of a century since it began and a decade after it folded, this is the definitive film...

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9 Songs
9 Songs

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as...

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The Dirty Three
The Dirty Three

The Dirty Three are the rough and ready jewels in the crown of Australian rock and roll history. Bor...

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The Jesus and Mary Chain: Videos 1985 to 1989
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Videos 1985 to 1989

A 12-song music video collection from Scotland's The Jesus and Mary Chain, spanning their studio cat...

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Classic Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Classic Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica

Primal Scream's seminal album "Screamadelica" defined a generation. It's mix of rock, dance, dub, go...

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Primal Scream: The Lost Memphis Tapes
Primal Scream: The Lost Memphis Tapes

The programme shows Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie's fascination with music from an early age, list...

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The Jesus and Mary Chain: Psychocandy
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Psychocandy

The DVD accompanying the 2011 re-issue of this classic LP includes all the promo videos; TV performa...

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Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

A celebration of the Irish punk/poet Shane MacGowan, lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues, that ...

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Crimes Against Pussycat
Crimes Against Pussycat

Experimental short....

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Primal Scream: Screamadelica Live
Primal Scream: Screamadelica Live

Filmed at Olympia in London on the 26th of November 2010, this was the first time that Primal Scream...

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Primal Scream: Riot City Blues Tour
Primal Scream: Riot City Blues Tour

Riot City Blues Tour is the first live DVD from Scottish band Primal Scream. The show was filmed in ...

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Primal Scream: Live at The London Astoria
Primal Scream: Live at The London Astoria

From 2000, Primal Scream touring in support of XTRMNTR on the UK LIve programme....

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Primal Scream: live at TRNSMT 2021
Primal Scream: live at TRNSMT 2021

Rinsing out all the classics for the best home crowd...

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Primal Scream: Live at the ARTE Concert Festival 2018
Primal Scream: Live at the ARTE Concert Festival 2018

Primal Scream are an original: Floating somewhere between indie, pop and acid house, the Glasgow ban...

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Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

Best known for their megahit ’80s anthem "Don't You (Forget About Me)”—made famous in John Hughes’ T...

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