Primal Scream

The same can be said about writing, recording or singing a simple rock and roll song ....I really enjoyed the Don McCullin exhibition Tate Britain: War, atrocity, inequality, poverty, class, sectarianism, cruelty, disease, violence ; it’s all there. McCullin was a witness to much of 20th century history : his photos are powerful reminders that the world has not changed very much. The UK is more unequal today than it was when he took these photos. McCullin shows empathy and the truth. Art can be a powerful weapon in the culture wars of today. Photograph by Katy England

1997

With the great MARK STEWART of THE POP GROUP ...maybe in Berlin on tour 2008. A truly inspirational singer / lyricist / shaman / punk / human being.

Celtic soul brothers 1994 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎤🎹🎸🇮🇪

We are excited to announce that we will be playing Wild Mint Festival in Russia on the 28th of June. Get your tickets here ---> https://mintmusic.ru/buy-ticket/bilety-na-festival/

We are excited to announce we will be playing the Edinburgh Summer Sessions on the 10th of August! Tickets go on sale - Fri 1st February at 9am Ticket link ---> https://www.smmrsessions.com/edinburgh/welcome

Released today in the year 2000 on Creation Records. Cover art by Julian House. Thanks to Alan McGee for ALWAYS believing in us. ⭐️

Backstage at KOKO Camden 2006 recording TV show gig promoting the “Riot City Blues” album w/ @littlebarrie 🎸 Photograph by Scarlet Page Photography

“Evil Heat” album promotional shoot for Japanese rock mag “Snoozer”, summer 2002.

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Venice, California, 15th August, 2016.

We are excited to announce that we are playing Latitude on 19th of July! Set your alarm because tickets go on sale Saturday at 9:30AM!

Glastonbury 2005

Performing “Movin’ On Up” on “The Word” TV show Jan 1992.

Cheer up sleepy Jean oh what can it mean to a daydream believer

We are excited to announce that we will be playing Best Kept Secret on the 31st of May! Get your tickets here ---> www.bestkeptsecret.nl/tickets

Give Out But Don’t Give Up” tour- Prague, Spring 1994. Freeze frame from the the BBC4 documentary “Primal Scream - The Lost Memphis Tapes” which is still up on @youtube and.... “Give Out But Don’t Give Up: The Original Memphis Recordings” is out there for sale in good record shops on double vinyl / CD / Or...Download / Stream http://smarturl.it/PSGOBDGU_multi

“Scream thy last scream old woman with a casket” 😱 #fuckbrexit #imperialnostalgia #toriesout #sydbarrettforever #frontpagenews

“Scream thy last scream old woman with a casket” 😱 Photograph by Jake and Dinos Chapman #fuckbrexit #imperialnostalgia #toriesout #sydbarrettforever #frontpagenews

Proud to announce that “Jailbird” is “The Coolest song in the World” on The Underground Garage on SiriusXM all this week ! Thanks for the support Stevie ! 🎸🔝🎸 #LSUG #siriusxm #giveoutbutdontgiveup #theoriginalmemphisrecordings Stevie Van Zandt Michael Des Barres

The Primal Underground and Sky Ferreira

Making new music 🎸🎹🎼🎤🎯 Photograph by Brendan Lynch

Wow ! Thank you Steven ! 🎸✊🏾⭐️ The Underground Garage

Panic Station all dayer Dingwalls London May 1988. This gig is the first stages of Primal Scream Mark 2. Jim Beattie had left earlier in the year and we were offered this gig but didn’t have a band , so, we quickly put one together for it - Robert Young was still on bass at this point , Andrew Innes on guitar , we had Frank Sweeney ex June Brides on 2nd guitar and Frankie ‘boy’ Stebbings from The Wolfhounds on drums. We had written some exploratory new high energy rock and roll songs especially for the gig ( apart from a Crazy Horse style version of “Your Just Dead Skin To me “ we have no idea of what happened to THEM ) along with covers like “ At The End Of The Day” by The Kinks ( or did we just rip that off and write a new song with similar chords / attitude ? ) & a sleazy, swampy , Panther Burns style slowed down version of “The Fire Of Love” ( originally recorded by Jody Reynolds / The Gun Club ) also “Swallow My Pride” by Ramones and “99th Floor” by Moving Sidewalks & “Don’t Cry No Tears” by Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Only memory I have is that I had a photocopied pic of Arthur Rimbaud gaffa taped to my shirt. Photograph by Paul Reed.

N.M.E. Cover shoot, Brighton Beach, summer 1990.