Bobby Gillespie is one of Glasgow's best-known and most loved musicians having been born in the city in June 1961 when Glasgow looked like a very different place.
He is best known as the frontman of Scottish rock band Primal Scream but had been the drummer in East Kilbride band the Jesus and Mary Chain as he appeared on their debut album Psychocandy in 1985 with Primal Scream getting properly going with early recordings the previous year.
In October 1984, both Primal Scream and the Jesus and Mary Chain played together at 'A Creation Artifact Night' at The Venue which is now part of The Garage on Sauchiehall Street. Gillespie played guitar and sang for Primal Scream and then jumped on the drums a short while later for the Jesus and Mary Chain.
Gillespie would eventually leave the Jesus and Mary Chain in 1986 to turn his full attention to Primal Scream Everything changed for Primal Scream after Gillespie met Andrew Weatherall who helped produce their decade-defining album Screamadelica which included huge hits like Movin' On Up and Loaded.
The Primal Scream frontman took inspiration for the title of their most recent album from his gallus Glasgow dad who features on the cover. The title of the album is also very Glaswegian as he told us: “I always say Miles Davis had Miles Ahead as an album title and we’ve got Come Ahead which is a Glaswegian version of it.”
5. Springburn
“I would love to say Springburn. During that STV clip when I went back to Springburn Library and Springburn railway station, although everything looks different from what it did when I grew up there as there were streets and streets of tenements and the locomotive works - I get a strange feeling when I go there. Something about it still takes you back to those days. The area I grew up in has been wiped off the map, so place really affects me. It affects me emotionally." | STV
6. The Apollo
“The Apollo - I f****** lived my teenage years in The Apollo! I was there every week and I loved going to concerts when I was 16, 17, 18 and 19. I think when I think when I got to 19 or 20 I left The Apollo and started going to the Tech College, the Art School, The Mayfair, The Venue and Tiffany’s." | Glasgow Eyese
7. Tiffany's
" A lot of bands like Magazine or the Killing Joke weren’t big enough to play The Apollo so they played Tiffany’s. I saw the Two Tone tour there which was The Specials, Madness and The Selecter which was incredible. I loved all those venues but just loved going to gigs when I was younger. It was a magical time and there was so many great bands to go and see. I think I was born at the right time." | Urban Glasgow
8. Monorail Music
Whenever Bobby Gillespie is back in Glasgow, he always likes to pop into Monorail Music on King Street. | Monorail Music