Well, this is my first post on MOG, with my trash vocabulary, and some collected information, I'll introduce you to one of the best bands i've heard: Teenage Fanclub.The band was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on the musical scene of 80's, Teenage Fanclub picked up attention for the melodic sound which anticipated grunge's sprouting and re-inventing powerpop of bands like Big Star.Blessed with the talent of 3 great singers and composers, Norman Blake, Gerard Love and Raymmond McGinley, sharing with a great aptitude(pode ser skill) to create melodies, the band could never been famous around the world, but they kept during 20 years a extremely loyal fan base.The Guitarists Blake and McGinley, and the Bassist Love, created the band in 1989. The drummer Francis McDonald, from the fellow band BMX Bandits, also joined the group, but he was substituted for Brendan O'Hare in order to record their own debut album named "A catholic education", in 1990. Relesead in the United kingdom by Creation records, and in the US by Matador Records, the album brought us the classic song 'Everything Flows'. “The King”, the second and exquisite album with instrumental themes, and a cover of 'Like a Virgin' from Madonna, was recorded during a day and released in 1991. But, the album was removed from stores in less than a week after its release, because of some contractual problems with Matador Records.With their third album, "Bandwagonesque", still released in 1991 by Geffen, Teenage fanclub finally was the band of the moment(pode ser trendy band, algo como banda na moda). This album surpass albums like "Nevermind" from Nirvana, "Loveless" from My Bloody Valentine, and "Out of Time" from R.E.M, at Spin's best of year list.The fourth album "Thirteen", of 1993 didn't cause the same commotion, but it brought us great songs like "Hang On and "Gene Clark". In 1994, the drummer O'Hare was replaced by Paul Quinn, ex Soup Dragons. On the same year was released "Grand Prix", which sounded more like folk music, and some people claim that is their best album ever, because of its lesser commercial success."Songs From Northern Britain", their sixth album, was released in 1997 by Creation Records in United Kingdom and this time, by Sony in the US. In this album, the band showed their folk and country influences, in an album rich in guitar riffs and vocal harmony from their 3 composers.McDonald back to the drums in Quinn's place, who had quit after recording "Howdy", a work divided in good pop songs and some introspective moments. In 2003, was released the compilation "Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty Six Seconds: A Shortcut To Teenage Fanclub" who reunite 18 of their best hits, and three unreleased tracks. Still in 2003, the band reunited to the artist Jad Fair in the album "Words of Wisdom and Hope”, on this year, Francis McDonald releases his first solo album.In July 2005, after 5 years without releasing new albums, Man-Made was released, produced by John McEntire, from Tortoise."Listen to: Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty Six Seconds: A Shortcut To Teenage Fanclub":http://images.noisegate.multiply.com/playlist/13/34/full/U2FsdGVkX18Eh38OREal,6nU09XnUKq9P017BEewxbI=/Teenage%20Fanclub%20-%20Four%20Thousand%20Seven%20Hundred%20And%20Sixty%20Six%20Seconds%3A%20A%20Shortcut%20To%20Teenage%20Fanclub.m3u.http://www.slagrecords.com/site/tfc.htmlTranslated from Portuguese by Cleber Viotto
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