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Primal Scream is a Scottish rock band originally formed in 1982 in Glasgow by Bobby Gillespie (vocals) and Jim Beattie. The current line up consists of Gillespie, Andrew Innes (guitar), Martin Duffy (keyboards), Simone Butler (bass) and Darrin Mooney (drums). They were signed to McGee's Creation Records in 1985 and recorded their debut single, InchAll Fall Down,Inch which received positive reviews, before moving to McGee's newly set-up Warner Bros. Subsidiary Elevation Records. May was subsequently dismissed; Gillespie's former bandmate Innes replaced him, and the band found new drummer Gavin Skinner. With the new lineup, the band re-entered the studio and recorded Sonic Flower Groove, which reached #62 in the UK, despite receiving poor reviews. The band relocated to Brighton and traded in their jangle-pop sound for a harder rock edge, or as Gillespie said, Inch[we] had found rock 'n' roll.Inch The band released their first single in two years, InchIvy, Ivy, IvyInch and followed it with the album, Primal Scream. Around this time, the band began attending raves, where they met DJ Andrew Weatherall and gave him a copy of the Primal Scream track InchI'm Losing More Than I'll Ever HaveInch to remix for one of his shows. Weatherall added a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell's InchWhat I Am,Inch a sample of Gillespie singing a line from Robert Johnson's InchTerraplane BluesInch and the central introductory sample from the Peter Fonda B-movie The Wild Angels. The resulting track, InchLoaded,Inch became the band's first major hit, reaching #16. The band entered the studio with Weatherall and released two more singles, InchHigher Than The SunInch and InchDon't Fight It, Feel ItInch which featured the lead vocals of Manchester singer Denise Johnson. The album, Screamadelica, was released in late 1991 to positive reviews and was also a commercial success, rea
