Postcards from Scotland

Author: Grant McPhee

Rock & Pop music | Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups | Guitar | Autobiography: arts & entertainment

Published on 20^th June 2024 by Omnibus Press in the United Kingdom as part of the 'Postcards from Scotland' series.

Paperback / softback | 432 pages
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By 1983, many of Scotland's post-punk bands had broken up or moved south to chase the major labels in London. That vacuum was filled by an influx of young musicians who were determined to remake the scene in their own image.

In this compelling and dynamic oral history, Grant McPhee chronicles the radical transformation of Scotland's independent music scene from 1983-1995. Including archival photos and drawing from over 100 interviews with the key players of the time, Grant McPhee allows them to set the scene in their own words; including the Cocteau Twins, Shop Assistants, Teenage Fanclub, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and many more.

Postcards from Scotland is the definitive story of the radicals, misfits and experimentalists who made independent music what it is today.