Primal Scream
UK
Formed: 1982
Genres: Pop/Rock, Electronic
Styles: Dance, Club/Dance, Alternative/Indie Rock, Acid House, Electronica, House, Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Dance, Ambient House, C-86, College Rock, Indie Pop, British Trad Rock, Britpop
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Primal Scream's career could in many ways be read as a microcosm of British indie rock in the '80s and '90s. Bobby Gillespie formed the band in the mid-'80s while drumming for goth-tinged noise rockers the Jesus and Mary Chain, who were the exact opposite of Primal Scream -- the latter specialized in infectious, jangly pop on its early records. After a brief detour to punky hard rock, the group reinvented itself as a dance band in the early '90s, following through on the pop and acid house fusions of the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. With the ...
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