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The Pastels

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The Pastels are an independent music group from Glasgow, formed in 1981. [1]

53 relations: Ablaze! (magazine), Alternative rock, Art rock, Bass guitar, C86, Creation Records, Dean Wareham, Domino Recording Company, Drum kit, Eugene Kelly, Flute, Francis MacDonald, Geography, Glasgow, Glass Records, Guitar, Illuminati (album), Illumination (The Pastels album), Indie pop, Indie rock, Jad Fair, Jangle pop, Jarvis Cocker, Jim O'Rourke (musician), K Records, Keyboard instrument, Mobile Safari, My Bloody Valentine (band), Neo-psychedelia, NME, Norman Blake (Scottish musician), Paperhouse Records, Post-punk, Record label, Rough Trade Records, Scotland, Singing, Sittin' Pretty (The Pastels album), Suck On, Teenage Fanclub, Teenage Superstars, Tenniscoats, The Acid House (film), The Groove (band), The Last Great Wilderness, The Last Great Wilderness (album), The Scotsman, The Shop Assistants, The Vaselines, Truckload of Trouble, ..., Trumpet, Up for a Bit with The Pastels, Wand Records. Expand index (3 more) »

Ablaze! (magazine)

Ablaze! is a British indie music fanzine, produced in Manchester and Leeds, that ran for ten issues between 1987 and 1993, and returned for an eleventh issue in 2015.

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Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Art rock

Art rock is a subgenre of rock music that generally reflects a challenging or avant-garde approach to rock, or which makes use of modernist, experimental, or unconventional elements.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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C86

C86 is a cassette compilation released by the British music magazine NME in 1986, featuring new bands licensed from British independent record labels of the time.

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Creation Records

Creation Records was a British independent record label headed by Scottish music executive Alan McGee.

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Dean Wareham

Dean Wareham (born 1 August 1963) is an American musician and actor who formed the band Galaxie 500 in 1987.

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Domino Recording Company

Domino Recording Company (also known as Domino Records, generally known as Domino) is a British independent record label based in London.

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Drum kit

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum.

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Eugene Kelly

Eugene Kelly (born 1965), allmusic biography.

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Flute

The flute is a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.

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Francis MacDonald

Francis Macdonald (born 11 September 1970) drums with Teenage Fanclub.

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Geography

Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία, geographia, literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, the features, the inhabitants, and the phenomena of Earth.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Glass Records

Glass Records was a British independent record label which operated from 1981 to 1989, and was resurrecyed in 2015.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Illuminati (album)

Illuminati is a remix album credited to The Pastels, released in 1998.

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Illumination (The Pastels album)

Illumination is the fourth studio album by the Scottish band The Pastels, originally released via Domino Recording Company in 1997.

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Indie pop

Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music.

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.

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Jad Fair

Jad Fair (born June 9, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, graphic artist and a founding member of lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese.

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Jangle pop

Jangle pop is a subgenre of pop rock that emphasizes trebly, ringing guitars (usually 12-string electrics) and 1960s-style pop melodies.

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Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician, actor and presenter.

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Jim O'Rourke (musician)

Jim O'Rourke (born January 18, 1969) is an American musician and record producer.

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K Records

K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington founded in 1982.

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Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers which are pressed by the fingers.

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Mobile Safari

Mobile Safari is the third album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1995.

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My Bloody Valentine (band)

My Bloody Valentine are a rock band formed in Dublin in 1983.

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Neo-psychedelia

Neo-psychedelia is a genre of psychedelic music that originated in the 1970s as an outgrowth of the British post-punk scene, also called acid punk.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952.

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Norman Blake (Scottish musician)

Norman Blake (born 20 October 1965, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a singer, instrumentalist and songwriter in the Glasgow based band Teenage Fanclub.

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Paperhouse Records

Paperhouse Records was a British independent record label which operated from 1990 to 1993.

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Post-punk

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities.

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Record label

A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos.

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Rough Trade Records

Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London, England.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Sittin' Pretty (The Pastels album)

Sittin' Pretty is the second album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1989.

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Suck On

Suck On is a compilation album by The Pastels, released in 1988.

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Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Bellshill in 1989.

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Teenage Superstars

Teenage Superstars is a 2017 film about the Glasgow independent music scene between 1982 and 1992, focusing on the bands that emerged from in and around the city at this point including The Pastels, BMX Bandits, The Soup Dragons, Teenage Fanclub, The Vaselines, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream.

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Tenniscoats

Tenniscoats is a Japanese band with two members, Saya & Takashi Ueno, but they often have guest musicians (and non-musicians) playing and performing with them.

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The Acid House (film)

The Acid House is a 1998 British film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's short story collection The Acid House.

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The Groove (band)

The Groove was an Australian R&B, pop group which formed in early 1967 with the lineup of Geoff Bridgford on drums, Jamie Byrne on bass guitar, Tweed Harris on keyboards, Rod Stone on guitar and Peter Williams on lead vocals and guitar.

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The Last Great Wilderness

The Last Great Wilderness is a 2002 film directed by David Mackenzie.

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The Last Great Wilderness (album)

The Last Great Wilderness is a soundtrack album by the Scottish band The Pastels, containing music from the film The Last Great Wilderness.

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The Scotsman

The Scotsman is a Scottish compact newspaper and daily news website headquartered in Edinburgh.

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The Shop Assistants

Shop Assistants were an indie pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1984, initially as Buba & The Shop Assistants.

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The Vaselines

The Vaselines are an alternative rock band from Glasgow, Scotland.

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Truckload of Trouble

Truckload Of Trouble is a compilation album by The Pastels, released in 1994.

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Trumpet

A trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles.

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Up for a Bit with The Pastels

Up for a Bit with The Pastels is the debut album by the Scottish band The Pastels, released in 1987.

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Wand Records

Wand Records was started by Florence Greenberg in 1961 as a subsidiary of Scepter Records.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pastels

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