Bobby Gillespie
Robert Gillespie (born 22 June 1961) is a Scottish musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the lead singer, founding member, primary lyricist, and sole continuous member of the alternative rock band Primal Scream. He was the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain in the mid-1980s, leaving after the release of the band's debut album Psychocandy, and was once the bassist for The Wake.
In October 2021, Gillespie published his memoir Tenement Kid.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.1137 |
| Birthday | 1961-06-21 |
| Place of Birth | Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As |
2023
I Am Weekender
7/2
Wiz's Weekender (1992) was a film ahead of its time, both in form and content. It engaged with contemporary issues that mainstream media were eager to...
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I Am Weekender
2023
Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh
0/0
After his pivotal novel Trainspotting was published in 1993, the debut work of Irvine Welsh quickly took the world by storm, spawning theatre producti...
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Beyond Trainspotting: The World of Irvine Welsh
2002
Strip
0/0
Bobby Gillespie and Katy England swap clothes and identities in a playful fashion film.
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Strip
2011
Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
7.5/12
From myth to legend Rowland Howard appeared on the early Melbourne punk scene like a phantom out of Kafkaesque Prague or Bram Stoker’s Dracula. A beau...
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Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard
2010
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story
7/14
Over a quarter of a century since it began and a decade after it folded, this is the definitive film about Creation Records, one of the world's most s...
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Upside Down: The Creation Records Story
2004
9 Songs
5.542/575
Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet a...
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9 Songs
2007
The Dirty Three
7/1
The Dirty Three are the rough and ready jewels in the crown of Australian rock and roll history. Born from the need to put food on the table and spawn...
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The Dirty Three
1990
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Videos 1985 to 1989
0/0
A 12-song music video collection from Scotland's The Jesus and Mary Chain, spanning their studio catalog up to 1989's Automatic. Seminal and important...
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The Jesus and Mary Chain: Videos 1985 to 1989
2011
Classic Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
6.7/4
Primal Scream's seminal album "Screamadelica" defined a generation. It's mix of rock, dance, dub, gospel and more caught the zeitgeist of the early ni...
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Classic Albums: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
2018
Primal Scream: The Lost Memphis Tapes
0/0
The programme shows Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie's fascination with music from an early age, listening to the sounds of Elvis and Aretha Franklin b...
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Primal Scream: The Lost Memphis Tapes
2011
The Jesus and Mary Chain: Psychocandy
0/0
The DVD accompanying the 2011 re-issue of this classic LP includes all the promo videos; TV performances and interviews from the time of its 1985 rele...
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The Jesus and Mary Chain: Psychocandy
2020
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
8.1/21
A celebration of the Irish punk/poet Shane MacGowan, lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues, that combines unseen archive footage from the band and...
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Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
1989
Crimes Against Pussycat
0/0
Experimental short.
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Crimes Against Pussycat
2011
Primal Scream: Screamadelica Live
7/1
Filmed at Olympia in London on the 26th of November 2010, this was the first time that Primal Scream had performed their seminal album 'Screamadelica'...
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Primal Scream: Screamadelica Live
2007
Primal Scream: Riot City Blues Tour
0/0
Riot City Blues Tour is the first live DVD from Scottish band Primal Scream. The show was filmed in high-definition at the Hammersmith Apollo in Londo...
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Primal Scream: Riot City Blues Tour
2000
Primal Scream: Live at The London Astoria
0/0
From 2000, Primal Scream touring in support of XTRMNTR on the UK LIve programme.
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Primal Scream: Live at The London Astoria
2021
Primal Scream: live at TRNSMT 2021
0/0
Rinsing out all the classics for the best home crowd
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Primal Scream: live at TRNSMT 2021
2018
Primal Scream: Live at the ARTE Concert Festival 2018
0/0
Primal Scream are an original: Floating somewhere between indie, pop and acid house, the Glasgow band are always compelling in concert. Setlist: "Sli...
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Primal Scream: Live at the ARTE Concert Festival 2018
2025
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
9/2
Best known for their megahit ’80s anthem "Don't You (Forget About Me)”—made famous in John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club—Simple Minds is one of the most...
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Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
1992
Primal Scream: Screamadelica
0/0
Primal Scream - Screamadelica is a UK VHS release by Virgin Music Video on April 1992.
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Primal Scream: Screamadelica
2006
Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1
0/0
Features highlights from the first season of the Channel 4 show LIVE FROM ABBEY ROAD, which saw various musical artists perform live at the legendary...
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