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Teenage Fanclub

Posted about 5 years ago
Sparky's Dream..Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band from Bellshill, near Glasgow, formed in 1989.Teenage Fanclub are revered by power-pop fans for their devotion to chiming, Byrds-esque guitars and harmony vocals. They are also known affectionatly as "The Fannies" and "The Bellshill Beach Boys"Songwriting duties are shared between the three permanent members of the group:Norman Blake, Raymond McGinley, and Gerard Love. In concert, they usually alternate between the three songwriters (who all sing lead vocals on their own songs) giving equal playing time to each one's songs. The prevalence of harmonies on the album versions of songs is strongly demonstrated in their live concerts. In concert, Love will sing the harmony vocals on the songs where Blake sings the melody, with Blake providing the harmonies when McGinley and Love sing lead..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Fanclub.http://www.teenagefanclub.com/.Star Sign..Filling in the gaps. No.58http://mog.com/Neill/blog_post/29537
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Comments (11)

  1. 1234chainsaw
    1234chainsaw says Great band!
    Permalink posted 01/22/2007
  2. Dale
    Dale says Word, great guitar-pop band.
    Permalink posted 01/22/2007
  3. Neill
    Neill says Brillant! Love Grand Prix...
    Permalink posted 01/22/2007
  4. aimlessinwonder
    aimlessinwonder says HOLY CRAP!!! FINALLY someone who adores Teenage Fanclub like me!!!! i love the album "Howdy!" the sun shines from you is such a cutesy little song and dumb, dumb, dumb is great too. wow, i thought i was the only one who had ever heard of them!!! ben gibbard is also a fan of teenage fanclub i believe, wow, you rock!!!
    Permalink posted 01/22/2007
  5. Nixne Svix
    Nixne Svix says eminds me of a kind of pop grunge. check out the Saturday Night Live clip. They look all Grunge for sure , but much more pop rox. They replay SNL here alot and for some reason TF is on alot , good shite.....
    Permalink posted 01/22/2007
  6. Neill
    Neill says Yeah, thats from the third album 'Bandwagonesque' Check this out from 2 years before; . Everything Flows .
    Permalink posted 01/22/2007
  7. 1234chainsaw
    1234chainsaw says Hmm, I always thought that Bandwagonesque was their second. It came out in 1991, Catholic Education came out in 1990, and that's what I thought was their debut. What have I missed and not known for the past 15 years? There are some immaculate pop moments on Songs From Northern Britain, such as "Ain't That Enough," "Mount Everest" and "Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From". Any views on Man-Made? I never got around to picking it up. Should I?
    Permalink posted 01/22/2007
  8. aimlessinwonder
    aimlessinwonder says about them being grunge, they're not. go look on the cover of "Howdy!" oh, well i guess style changes with time, so both of us are correct.
    Permalink posted 01/22/2007
  9. dermahrk
    dermahrk says It's a TF fan lovefest. So cool.
    Permalink posted 01/23/2007
  10. Neill
    Neill says 1234chainsaw; Tha bastard son(or Father) of Bandwagonesque was 'The King' which was recorded at the same time. It had a limited release...
    Permalink posted 01/23/2007
  11. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says I just could not get into them when they first came out. I guess I was too preoccupied by the grunge bands & other stuff at the time. It wasn't until 3 years ago that I p/u 'Bandwagonesque' used & fell in love. When I went to find out what other cds they'd put out I was shocked to find out they have so many, like 9 or 10 so far, sheesh. I thought they'd dropped off the face of the earth after the cd 'Thirteen'. So I have alot of catching up to do, although I did listen to quite a few of them on Rhapsody music when I had that service.
    Permalink posted 01/28/2007

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