1 9 8 0 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes This short-lived television series from Scottish Television starred Ronald Forfar as the Reverend Bill Duncan, who…
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Formed in 1979, this Glasgow band centred around 17-year-old Clare Grogan who appeared in the film Gregory’s Girl (1981) directed by Bill Forsyth. In 1980 Altered Images toured…
Billy MacKenzie (most lyrics, all vocals, eventually everything) and Alan Rankine (most music and all instruments except drums) – once attempted brilliance, but later settled…
1 9 9 6 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Based on a one-off pilot episode in August 1995, this short-lived BBC comedy series revolved…
Ex-Delaney & Bonnie singer Bonnie Bramlett gave the band their name because she was amused that the pale-faced Scotsmen could perform such convincing R&B and Soul.…
Formed by 15-year-old Roddy Frame in East Kilbride in Scotland in 1980, Aztec Camera hit the top of the Independent Charts in the UK in…
Love them or loathe them, The Bay City Rollers were the teenage phenomenon of the 1970s. Five young lads from Edinburgh – Alan Longmuir, Eric…
Formed in Glasgow in 1962, The Beatstalkers – the #1 Beat group in Scotland – were sometimes referred to as “the Scottish Beatles” in their…
Scottish classical prog rock band Beggars Opera was formed in Glasgow in 1969. During the 1970s, the band recorded four albums for the legendary Vertigo…
Scottish band Big Country – with their big guitars and heroic, anthemic rock – were the polar opposite of the predominant synthesizer groups of the…
Steven Clark (Sci-Fi Steven), John Clark (John Disco), and Amanda MacKinnon (Manda Rin) formed Bis in late 1994 while Rin and Disco were at Woodfarm…
Paul Buchanan, Robert Bell and PJ Moore first combined at Glasgow University in the very early 80s. Paul and PJ had known each other since…
From the same new Scottish pop scene that begat Aztec Camera came The Bluebells – a bookish-looking quintet of Merseybeat revisionists. Their self-titled debut mini-album…
1 9 8 8 (UK) 3 x 60 minute episodes Debuting on 29 February 1988, this three-part gritty drama series from Scottish Television revolved around suave…
The Cocteau Twins formed in late 1981 in Grangemouth – a grimy, featureless Scottish factory town on the Firth of Forth – when the trio…
Cuban Heels formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1977 and was headed by John Milarky, who had previously been a member of Johnny & the Self…
Scottish band Deacon Blue were named after the track Deacon Blues from Steely Dan’s 1977 album, Aja. Frontman Ricky Ross (a youth worker by profession) had been submitting demo…
Hailing from Kilmarnock in Scotland, the Dead End Kids formed in 1974 as a covers band (originally known as Vehicle) playing Status Quo, Creedence Clearwater…
Justin Currie formed Del Amitri in Glasgow at the dawn of the 1980s. The band meandered directionless until the autumn of 1982 when 17-year old…
1 9 7 9 (UK) 6 x 30 minute episodes Following an unsuccessful pilot airing in January 1979 as part of STV Comedy Playhouse, this STV…