The 1980s was an exciting decade to be going to gigs in Glasgow with a sway of talent appearing on the scene.
Independent Glasgow-based record label Postcard Records was founded by Alan Horne on the cusp of the decade with the label having the motto of being "The Sound of Young Scotland".
The first release on the label was by Bearsden band Orange Juice who released the single "Falling and Laughing" in the spring of 1980 with many bands citing them as an influence. Another honourable mention has to go to East Kilbride band Aztec Camera who were also one of the finest bands to emerge from Scotland during the decade after releasing their magnificent debut album 'High Land, Hard Rain' in January 1983.
It was a decade of change for the city as Margaret Thatcher unleashed her right-wing conservatism and union-busting ideology which led to mass closures of traditional industries in and around the city.
Many bands created music in the face of this with the likes of Simple Minds also gaining huge commercial success during the decade.
Here is a look back at some of the best bands to come out of Glasgow during the era.
13. Wet Wet Wet
Although Wet Wet Wet were formed at Clydebank High School in 1982, the band made their live debut in Glasgow at Nightmove's where they met their future manager Elliot Davis. Wet Wet Wet had their first professional gig at the city's Barrowland Ballroom on Hogmanay. | Getty Images
14. The Pastels
The Pastels were formed in Glasgow in 1981 amid the peak of the Postcard Records era of independent music in Glasgow. | Contributed
15. The Vaseline’s
The Vaseline’s were originally just a duo of pictured Eugene Kelly and Frances McKee, who Kurt Cobain called his “favorite songwriters in the whole world”. Eugene Kelly previously played in a band called The Pretty Flowers with Duglas T. S (BMX Bandits), Norman Black (Teenage Fanclub), and Sean Dickson (The Soup Dragons). | Contributed
16. The Soup Dragons
The Soup Dragons back in the day - the band emerged from Bellshill after Sushil K. Dade (far left) put a notice up in McCormack’s Musical Instrument Shop on Bath Street in Glasgow. | Contributed