Robert Bernard "Bobby" Gillespie (born 22 June 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish musician. He is the lead singer and founding member of the alternative rock band, Primal Scream. He was also the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain in the mid-1980s.
From the south side district of Mount Florida in Glasgow he attended Kings Park Secondary School. His father is Bob Gillespie, former SOGAT union official and Labour Party candidate in the 1988 ...
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Robert Bernard "Bobby" Gillespie (born 22 June 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish musician. He is the lead singer and founding member of the alternative rock band, Primal Scream. He was also the drummer for The Jesus and Mary Chain in the mid-1980s.
From the south side district of Mount Florida in Glasgow he attended Kings Park Secondary School. His father is Bob Gillespie, former SOGAT union official and Labour Party candidate in the 1988 Govan by-election, who infamously lost the election to the SNP's Jim Sillars.
Gillespie first found fame playing drums for the influential East Kilbride band The Jesus and Mary Chain. Prior to The Jesus and the Mary Chain, he worked as a roadie for Altered Images and played bass in The Wake. Gillespie was a friend of Mary Chain bassist Douglas Hart, who asked Gillespie to join the band after their original drummer had left following the release of their debut single in 1984. Gillespie's style of drumming was minimal to say the least, with his...
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