Teenage Fanclub

Genres:	Music Magazines • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	indie • power pop • scottish • indie rock • alternative • rock • britpop • indie pop • british • pop
Decades Active:	1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Discography • Discography • MusicMoz • Official Homepage • Wikipedia

Biography

Formerly the bulk of infamous Glaswegian band the Boy Hairdressers, Teenage Fanclub, a more sober sobriquet than the original suggestion of ‘Teenage Fanny’, came into being after Norman Blake (20 October 1965, Bellshill, Scotland; guitar/vocals), Raymond McGinley (b. 3 January 1964, Glasgow, Scotland; guitar/vocals) and Francis MacDonald (b. 21 November 1970, Bellshill, Scotland; drums) moved on from that pseudo-punk combo and linked up with Gerard Love (b. 31 August 1967, Motherwell, Scotland; bass/vocals). During 1989 the quartet recorded an entire album - completed three months before the band had even played live - until MacDonald (later to join the Pastels) made way for Brendan O’Hare (b. 16 January 1970, Glasgow, Scotland). As well as the historical connection with the Boy Hairdressers, members of Teenage Fanclub also had dealings with fellow Scots outfit BMX Bandits. Thus brought up on a diet of fun, loud guitars and irreverence, Teenage...

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