- Primevals
Primevals is a
Glasgow rock group formed in 1983. Influenced by theMC5 ,The Stooges ,Captain Beefheart ,Pharoah Sanders ,The Gun Club ,The Cramps and sixties US garage, this five-piece honed their sound from thrash to a creepyblues rush. Their signature feature is howlingslide guitar .The group, a
quartet in 2006, consists of at least two founder members. An anthology of their work "On The Red Eye" for the New Rose record label was released in November 2005 on LastCall Records. 2007 saw the first all new recordings since 1990 with the release of the album 'There Is No Other Life and This Is It' on the bands own label 'Triple Wide'.Members
*Michael Rooney - vocals, harmonica, alto sax, guitar
*Don Gordon- guitars
*Malcolm McDonald - guitar, vocals
*John Honeyman - bass, vocals
*Paul Bridges - drumsJohn Honeyman, together with original Primevals member Tom Rafferty, also performed under the name 'The Beat Poets', recording two tracks for the compilation
Fast 'n' Bulbous - A Tribute To Captain Beefheart .Don Gordon, together with Wily Bo Walker, recorded several singles and an album with THE HEARTBEATS which also featured Steven Irvine (Lloyd Cole, drummer)External links
* [http://www.theprimevals.co.uk Homepage]
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