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News Archives - 20002 November 2000New Scream TunesPRIMAL SCREAM are ready to record three new tracks, and plan to release a new album, GARY 'MANI' MOUNFIELD has exclusively revealed to NME. Mani said that the mood within the Scream camp is buoyant, despite having parted company with their long-time manager Alex Nightingale in August and then taking their accountant to court for allegedly stealing £55,000 from the band kitty. Speaking in this week's NME, on sale in London today (October 31) and the rest of the UK tomorrow, Mani said: "We've got about three (songs) we can throw down. We just wanna get it done and get it out tail end of next year, we've had a really good year of it, everything's moving in the right direction. We just don't wanna stop man." Describing the new material, Mani said: "It's just gonna be madder than 'Exterminator'. We're probably gonna carry on in the similar vein, but then again, no-one can really predict what's gonna happen... it might end up being a twisted, dub country and western LP. Y'know how fucking bizarre our lot are." Meanwhile, Mani has been asked to join MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer's new supergroup Mad For The Racket, alongside The Police's Stewart Copeland and Blondie's Clem Burke. He replaces original Guns N' Roses bass player Duff 'Rose' McKagan who formed Mad For The Racket with Kramer earlier this year. They play Nottingham Rock City (November 13) and London 100 Club (14). Mani says: "He asked me to do these two gigs. It's a burden on me 'cos I'm a busy boy and I've got to learn a set of like 14 or 15 songs but... I'm prepared to bust my arse to learn them 'cos I get to play with bloody Wayne Kramer. You know our feelings about the MC5, so it's amazing." After his stint with Mad For The Racket, Mani will once again join the ranks of the Scream for their December tour, which calls at Brighton Centre (December 17 ), Bristol Colston Hall (19), Birmingham Academy (20), Manchester Apollo (22) and Dublin Point (23). As previously reported on NME.COM, the band wind up the year at the Resolution 2000 New Year's Eve event at London's Alexandra Palace, supported by Asian Dub Foundation and Mani's old Stone Roses compadre, Ian Brown. It?ll be the first time that they have shared a stage since the Roses split in 1996 - and he didn't rule out a future reunion: "I wouldn't bet against it, but I wouldn't put my shirt on it either. I don't know really, I'm tempted to cut a track with him again... I don't hold any grudges or animosity against anybody. What's done is done. It just depends whether he's got anything funky enough for me dunnit? Which I'm sure he has." Courtesy of NME.com Full story appears in the print edition of NME this week 23 October, 2000New Live DatesPRIMAL SCREAM are to play four UK shows at Christmas in the run-up to their New Year's Eve bash with IAN BROWN and ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION. The band are confirmed to play: Brighton Centre (December 17) Bristol Colston Hall (December 19) Birmingham Academy (December 20) Manchester Apollo (December 22). Tickets for the shows are priced £17.50 and go on general sale this coming Wednesday (October 25). The shows are in addition to Primal Scream's recently announced 12,500 capacity show with Ian Brown and Asian Dub Foundation at the London Alexandra Palace on New Year's Eve. The event will also feature live DJ sets from Liam Howlett, James Lavelle, Andrew Weatherall and Adrian Sherwood amongst others. Check Gigs and Tours for full details and ticket information For tour tickets, call the 24-hour NME Virgin Cola Ticketline on 0870 1 663 663 or click here to buy them online Courtesy of NME.com Sept 30, 2000Primal Scream Sack ManagerAlan McGee told nme.com during the Leeds/Reading festival that Alex Nightingale has been sacked as long-time manager of Primal Scream. Alan McGee is now caretaker manager. Apparently it stems from financial irregularities with their accountant and they going to court over it. Although nme.com later reported he wasn't involved. Read the full details at NME.com Kick out the Jams! Primal Scream may be about to team up with their be-afro'ed heroes The MC5. Read the full details at Playlouder.com Story of Creation Book A new book called 'Alan McGee And the Story Of Creation Records: The Ecstasy Romance That Couldn't Last' by Paulo Hewitt, was due out in October through Mainstream Publishing but is available now evidently. US fans can order it from Amazon.co.uk or Mainstream Publishing directly. The cover includes a recent picture of The Scream on the cover. Get a snippet of what McGee says about Bobby Gillespie at NME.com August 26, 2000CybercastIn conjunction with House of Blues and MTV. Here is a direct link but you can also access it through MTVs site. Check out the Pay-per-view rebroadcast of Primal Scream Live at the House of Blues on Friday, September 22. First Show Time: 6 pm PDT 9pm EST, Saturday 1AM BST. It will run continuously for 24 hours. You can now see Sex Pistol's guitarist Steve Jones when he joined Primal Scream in Live in LA for "Accelerator", and covers of The MC5's "Kick out the Jams" It's a Pay-per-view event event and costs $7.99 for high-bandwidth connections. But you can also view low-bandwidth version for FREE. The high bandwidth version is apparently available for pentium pcs even though there's a Macintosh option, but give it a shot since I tried a few days ago. Hoepfull it will arcived there later for future viewing Check out an interview with Primal Scream at iCast. You will need to download iCaster, available on the site to view it. Scream to do Film Soundtrack David Holmes and Andrew Innes may collaberate on a film soundtrack about Charles Manson, called "The Family." Read the full details at NME.com August 12, 2000'Accelerator' finally see light of Day"Accelerator" will be the last ever single to be released on Creation. It's released on September 11 and features a new track called 'When the Kingdom comes" and the elusive "I'm five years ahead of my time" DJ Bobby Apparently Bobby will DJ ocasionally at Alan McGee'' new 'Poptones present Radio 4' at the Notting Hill Arts Club in London. Poptones is the new record label McGee started after leaving Creation. The clubnight will be a weekly event. Mani gets Married Mani recently married his girlfriend Emelda. Sorry no more details at this time. July 17, 2000'Kill All Hippies' in Japan"Kill all Hippies" will be released on July 26th in Japan. This is for commemorate their coming Japan (maybe for Fuji Rock Festival) edition. And screensaver will be enclosed as an addition. Tracks are: 1 Kill All Hippies (Brendan Lynch Edit) 2 Kill All Hippies?Two Lone Swordsmen#2) 3 When the kingdom comes 4 Exterminator (Massive Attack Remix) 5 Exterminater (Jagz Kooner Remix) 6 Revenge Of The Hammond Connection [Thanks Satoko and Chris P] I'm assuming this is the single that was supposedly released last February in Japan to commemorate that leg of the world tour. I've seen several web stores that have claimed to have this single in stock for several months. So I'm not sure what those singles are really since I've never tried ordering them. July 13, 2000The Elusive Accelerator singleApparently "Accelerator" is due out now on August 14th. This is Unofficial news and can't be confirmed. [Thanks to Kamran from the Stukas mailing list] I'm not sure what label it will be on since the scream don't have a record deal in the UK. They are apparently signed to Sony due tot he demise of Creation records, but no label within Sony has shown interest in actually signing them. On a semi-related note Teenage Fanclub are the first ex-Creation group to sign with Sony/Columbia according to Playlouder.com Lastly, I'm not sure what happened with the House of Blues cybercast. They only showed it for a a few hours and not for 24 hours continuously as was advertised. Hopefully it will be archived there soon. July 5, 2000Accelerator cancelsIt appears that he forthcoming "Accelerator" single has been canceled. It is no longer appearing on my sources release schedule. An unknown single is still apparently scheduled for release in Japan on July 17th. I assume this will be "Accelerator". Christine reported on alt.music.primal-scream that she had seen promo CDs for "Accelerator" and "Keep your dreams" which only adds more mystery surrounding this release. Don't forget to check out Primal Scream Live at the House of Blues on Sunday, July 9 - 6:00 pm PST / 9:00 pm EST / 2:00 am UK Time. See below for more details June 29, 2000Cybercast at House of BluesCheck out Primal Scream Live at the House of Blues on Sunday, July 9 - 6:00 pm PST / 9:00 pm EST / 2:00 am UK Time. It will run continuously for 24 hours. .You can now see Sex Pistol's guitarist Steve Jones when he joined Primal Scream in Live in LA for "Accelerator", and covers of The MC5's "Kick out the Jams" and The Stooges "No Fun." June 24, 2000'Accelerator' delayed againThe next single, "Accelerator" is now due out on July 3rd. June 18, 2000'Accelerator' sdelayedThe next single, "Accelerator" is now due out on June 26th. You can catch Bobby singing on "Soul Auctioneer" live with Death in Vegas on June 16 - 18 at the Death in Vegas website.. It's from their London Shepherd's Bush Empire performance from November 7, 1999. June 16, 2000Mani works with ex-Oasis Bonehead The ex-Oasis guitarist has teamed up with the Primal Scream bassist. Read the full story at NME.com Primal Scream in America Here's an interesting interview with Bob with video clips as well. June 9, 2000Sex Pistols joins the Scream on stage in LASex Pistol's guitarist Steve Jones joined Primal Scream in LA and played on "Accelerator", The MC5's "Kick out the Jams" and The Stooges "No Fun." Read the full story at NME.com One More Bobby Death in Vegas will release a limited edition 10" single "One more time" in July. It features vocals by Bobby. Various Links Here are some various links at the Astralwerks website. Included are some links to some video and real audio interviews. June 1, 2000New Single"Accelerator" will the new single to be released from "Exterminator." It will not be "Keep your Dream as previously reported here. It will still be released on June 19th. US Set List Primal Scream have been playing "Sick City" during the US Tour. This is a track Primal Scream collaborated on with David Holmes on his forthcoming album. See below news for more details on the David Holmes collaboratation [Thanks Jim Sterling and Oliver Pattenden] Swastika Eyes Shoot Speed/Kill Light Pills Burning Wheel If They Move, Kill 'Em Insect Royalty Keep Your Dreams Kill All Hippies Exterminator Blood Money Rocks Kowalski Accelerator Higher Than The Sun Sick City Medication Movin' On Up Kick Out The Jams Here's more info about "Sick City" as reported by NME a year ago. PRIMAL SCREAM have been working with David Holmes on their forthcoming as-yet-untitled album. The band were inspired to work with Holmes after hearing the music he had written for a '1.5million Absolut Vodka advert. Taking the track as the model, they rerecorded it as 'Sick City' with added vocals. Holmes also collaborates on another new Scream track called 'Gun Shy'. Described by Holmes as "jazz punk", it features a brass section. [Ed. I wonder if we'll ever get to hear this 'Gun Shy" track?!] Originally appeared at the NME website. Copyright © IPC Magazine Ltd. 1999 May 20, 2000Primal Scream on David Holmes AlbumBobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes and Kevin Shields appear on 2 tracks, Sick City (4.21) and Slip your Skin (4.20), on the forthcoming David Holmes album called "Bow Down To The Exit Sign" It will be released on June 12th in the UK. Apparently Bob has written the lyrics for these tracks as well. [Ed:I wonder what happened to the track called 'Penetration' that was supposed to be on this album.] Video Interviews You might want to check out this video interview with Bobby at Spin Magazine [Thanks Jessica K] Here are some various video interviews at eMpTVy And strangely enough here's a vh1 interview with Bob US Date venue change The June 9th Los Angeles gig's venue has been changed to Vynyl. It's no longer at House of Blues May 9, 2000One More Time(Death in Vegas' Richard) Fearless also spoke of his desire to release the previously unheard single 'One More Time' - recorded in September 1999 with Bobby Gillespie on vocals. "Everything we've ever done is soulful, but this is definitely northern soul. It's the most euphoric thing we've ever done. We want to release it before we do another album, just to throw a lot of people," he said. From: NME April 30, 2000New Single"Keep your Dreams" will be be released on June 19th! I suspect "I'm Five Years ahead of of my Time" will be one of the B-sides. If you you recall Bobby said a few months ago that it would appear on a single. I also suspect this will be the last ever single to be released on Creation Records. April 11, 2000alt.music.primal-screamThere is now a Primal Scream newsgroup up and running, alt.music.primal-scream . If your ISP doesn't have it added to their news server, email them let them know you'd like it added. If you don't have a newsgroup reader, you can use Netscape Communicator or Outlooooook expreeeess. Lastly, you can check it out via the web at www.deja.com April 7, 2000US Exterminator release dateAccording to an Astralwerks newsletter. "Exterminator" will be released on May 2 in the US. It will contain "I'm Five Years Ahead of my time" which was dropped from the UK release for some unknown reason. "I'm Five Years Ahead of my time" was originally recorded by the 60's US psychedelic garage band, The Third Bardo. The track had appeared on UK promo copies of the album but was removed from the final release. The track is also on the Canadian CD and Japan CD (As a bonus track). EmmPppp3's of it have been circulating around. Hear a sound sample of it at Astralwerks April 4, 2000US Tour DatesThe following US dates have been announced according to , Primalscream.org and Astralwerks newsletter. Check Ticketmaster.com for showtimes May 26 - Washington - 9:30 Club May 27 - Boston - WBCN Radio Festival May 28 - New York - Hammerstein May 30 - Toronto - Government May 31 - Detroit - St Andrews Hall June1 - Chicago - Metro June 3 - Dallas - Deep Ellum Live June 4 - Austin - La Zona Rosa June 6 - Denver - Bluebird Theater June 8 - Los Angeles - House Of Blues June 9 - Los Angeles - Vynyl June 10 - San Francisco - Fillmore March 30, 2000Live webcastPrimal Scream will be featured on a live webcast, Live in London on Thursday 6th April 2000, 20:00 BST at virtuetv.com Lamacq LIve Primal Scream played a special set for Lamacq Live at the BBC's Maida Vale studios on Monday 20th March 2000. Listen to some Real Audio clips at the BBC site MTV gig on May 6 PRIMAL SCREAM and DEATH IN VEGAS are to play a gig at London Shepherd's Bush Empire on May 6 as part of MTV's 'Five Night Stand' shows. Read more about it at NME.com More David Holmes album news The new David Holmes' album, "Bow Down To The Exit Sign" is due out May 15th and apparently Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes and Kevin Shields will appear on 2 tracks, 'Sick City' and 'Penetration' as you may have read here earlier. Apparently "Sick City" is the advertising track they worked on together last year, but it now includes vocals. Bobby Gillespie's on two tracks with Innes and Kevin Shields - 'Sick City' is like the Stooges with psychedelic dub, and 'Penetration' is pure Can with the most amazing bassline. [Supposedly Primal Scream and David Holmes did a track together called 'Gun Shy" I'm not sure if this will ever see the light of day] March 20, 2000Scream sign to AstralwerksXTRMNTR is tentatively scheduled for release in early May 2000 on Astralwerks records in the US. A tour in late spring will follow. Read the Astralwerks press release March 16, 2000MiscCheck out the video for Kill all Hippies at Dotmusic.com Check out this recent interview with Duffy on Virtuetv.com March 14, 15, 2000'Kill all Hippies' singleThe next single to be released from Exterminator is 'Kill All Hippies," it will be released on March 20th. It features a Massive Attack remix of "Exterminator" and "Revenge of the Hammond Connection" on the B-sides. Check discography for more details. Another Secret Gig Apparently Primal Scream will play a secret gig Saturday March 18 at The London Astoria, at lunchtime. It's being filmed for Japanese Television. [Thanks Dan and ?] March 2, 2000Exterminator relase date and US TOurPrimal Scream are apparently about to sign to Astralwerks in the US and Exterminator will be released in late May or early June. They also have provisonally dates for last week of May and first week of June. Read more about it here Strange but true There's a band called "Bobby Gillespie's Hair" and they are playing the All Tomorrow's Party's Festival this year. February 26, 2000Kill all HippiesThe next single to be released in the UK will be "Kill all Hippies" obn March 13, 2000. Promo copies are doing the rounds now. Also, there are several new promo 12" only releases out now with mixes by 2 Lone Swordsmen, Massive Attack and Jagz Kooner. I'm sure some of these mixes will appear on the single. Check out the discography section for more details. One More Time Apparently Bob recorded another track in addition to "Soul Auctioneer" with Death in Vegas, it's called "One more time" and it can be found as a hidden bonus track on a limited french version of The Contino Sessions. Hopefully it will be released on a Death in Vegas single in the future. Bob doesn't sing that much: "yeah yeah yeah" "that's right", "uh uh" and "do it one more time" More details as i get them [Thanks Anne bacheley] February 7, 2000NME Fan-ish InquisitionCheck out NME's Fan-ish Inquisition with Bobby Gillespie and read what he's says about their record label situation. He also says 'Five years ahead of my time' will be releaed on a single in the summer. Fan-ish Inquisition Part 2 Primal Scream will play a French radio the 24th of February. It's called C'est Lenoir I believe it will be broadcast on the internet. And they also give a show in Paris at the Elysée Montmartre (audience around 1800) the 08th of April. [Thanks Christophe Manceau] February 2, 2000Australia Radio SpeicalTriple J Radio in Sydney, Australia will feature a 3 hour in depth special about Primal Scream this Thursday, Feb 3, 10 pm Australia Eastern Standard Time (I believe) on Richard Kingsmill's J Files show. You should be able to listen to it live on the web for those of you like myself not in Australia. You will need real audio or media player to listen. Check out the Triple J Radio and J Files websites for more details about how to listen in. Check out this exclusive Downunder live review at Music365.com They also named Primal Scream Band of the week January 31, 2000Big Day Out MP3sCheck out these Live in Sydney The Scream's recent Big Day Out performance on 26 Janaury 2000. Live on the Internet Channel V in Australia will show this Sydney show on TV and you can also listen to it on the internet on February 5th and 6th and then repeated again on the March 5th and 6th. Check out Channel V about how to listen to the audio on the internet. Here's a mail from a fan named Mister Mute about the show: "The Scream only played for about 45 minutes at most; they were, unsurprisingly, too fucked to make it on stage until 20 minutes into their allotted time. So, people with cable telly and fancy computers might be able to make CD-Rs...but it'll definitely fit on a tape!" January 26, 2000Primal Scream vs. David HolmesBobby Gillespie will appear on 2 tracks (Sick City, Penetration) along with Innes and Kevin Shields on David Holmes' new album due out later this year. January 26, 2000Kevin Shield joins the Scream plus more newsKevin Shield is joining Primal Scream on their World Tour and possibly permanately. They will sign with Sony Records after Creation closes down. And lastly, expect a greatest hits album by the end of the year. Read all about it at NME. US released ate? I believe "Exterminator" is being released on Februay 8th on Epic Records in the US, though I haven't received any offical news about it. They will sign with Sony Records after Creation closes down. Epic is part of Sony. However, Mike who works in a US record store told me he has not seen this on any release sheet and his store has not received any promos of it either. Check this out this review of Exterminator at NME. More UK Tour dates Primal Scream have also added some new tour dates for their UK tour. Live 'Soul Auctioneer' According to Select Magazine, there is a liveversion of "Soul Auctioneer" with Bobby on lead vocals , appears on the B-side of the new Death in Vegas single (I believe it's on CD Part 1) which is due out on January 31. The single is called "Aisha," and features Iggy Pop on vocals. Bob did lead vocals "Soul Auctioneer" on their latest album if you may recall. Also Primal Scream appear in the February 2000 issue of Select Magazine. For those of you in the States check out Border's or Barnes & Noble. I will add it to the site eventually. January 20, 2000Check out this review of the Secret Zodiac Oxford Primal Scream warm up gigs.There was a internet rumour that Primal Scream were breaking up after their current tour. This rumour is untrue. Read about it at NME Next single from Exterminator? It doesn't appear to be unlikely that Primal Scream will release another single from "Exterminator" in the midst of Alan McGee leaving Creation the label to start his new one. Evidentally, labelmate, Bernard Butler, has been informed by Creation that they won't release anymore singles off his most recent album, this is why I suspect the same holds true for Primal Scream. Although as reported here earlier, "Kill All hippies" is being released in Japan apparently. January 12, 2000Secret Gig and Bob as interior designerIt's been revealed that PRIMAL SCREAM are now playing two low-key warm-up dates before their trip to Australia for The Big Day Out travelling festival. The band play Gloucester Guidhall on January 15 and Oxford Zodiac on January 16, as already announced here on nme.com. Both gigs have already sold out. The Primals then make the journey Down Under for The Big Day Out festival (January 23 - February 6) where they'll play alongside CHEMICAL BROTHERS, JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROES, NINE INCH NAILS and RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS. It's thought another warm-up is being planned, but no details have been confirmed yet. It's thought another warm-up is being planned, but no details have been confirmed yet. Meanwhile, PRIMALS frontman BOBBY GILLESPIE is designing a room for Brighton's new Hotel Pelirocco, due to open in late spring. Bobby G and ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION are both taking part in the design of the hotel which will feature 18 themed rooms, covering the last 30 years of British youth culture. ADF's PANDIT G told nme.com: "Apparently we're going to be decorating this hotel. Bobby G is going to be plastering it and I'm going to be papering it. I'm handling the feng shui side of things." "We don't know that much about it at the moment but it's going to be a bit like 'Changing Rooms' (UK interior design and DIY television programme) I think." After The Big Day Out, The Scream return to the UK for a full tour which calls at Nottingham Rock City (March 8), Sheffield Octagon (9), Norwich UEA (10) and Newcastle University (12), Edinburgh Corn Exchange (March 13), Manchester Ritz (14) and London Hammersmith Palais (15). For tickets, go the the NME Ticketshop - click here Or call the 24-Hour NME Virgin Cola Ticketline on 0870 1 663 663. Calls are charged at national standard rate. Originally appeared at the NME website. Copyright © IPC Magazine Ltd. 1999 January 6, 2000KIll all Hippies'Kill all hippies' will be released as a single in Japan on February 9th apparently. This is apparently a Japanese Tour EP, though it's getting a proper full release. I suspect it will be released in the UK as well, though I haven't heard anything. War Pigs released "Swastika Eyes" is being released in Germany and the rest of Europe re-titled "War Pigs" for obvious reasons, the swastika imagery. If you recall Primal Scream orignally called the track Swatika Eyes (War Pigs). It's release on January 10th. Here's more details from a fan: "Swastika Eyes is named war pigs only in countries whose Sony Music people told Sony Music in the UK that the public would not handle the name containing the word swastika. Therefore, here it is called Swastika Eyes whereas in Germany where the people are kinda more sensitive to this imagery it had to be named war pigs" [Thanks Jana] January 4, 2000Hear Exterminator earlyCheck out Real Audio samples of Exterminator. Japan Release date Exterminator will be released on January 19th in Japan on Sony Music Entertainment. Real Audio Gig Check out a Primal Scream concert from Australia's Live at Wireless in 1995. It's on Thursday January 6, 2000 at 2pm Australian time. Check out this this link for more details Alan McGee's new Poptones label I suspect Primal Scream will be on this label. It appears that it is related to his clickmusic.com investment venture. I'm sure we'll here more details soon. Alan McGee's new label is to be called Poptones after a track on PiL's 1979 album, Metal Box. The former Creation boss who announced he was quitting the label he has run for 17 years, said the label will be "a merger of old-school indie ethics and the internet" and will not be courting success. "We're creating a new underground, I won’t be playing the game," he says. "But the idea’s so strong, I can’t fail." McGee, talking to Uncut magazine, enlarged on his vision for a multi-media based venture label, a film company, an art gallery and a website-linked radio station. The new venture will centre around the internet said McGee: "There’s some fucking great ideas - downloads, webcasts and a load of things that haven’t been done before. I’ve got a lot of tricks up my sleeve." Several Creation artists, including Trashmonk will move to the new label. Although McGee doubted if Kevin Rowland would make the move because "Kevin likes the wider marketing thing. Poptones is anti-marketing." Originally appeared at the NMEwebsite. Copyright © IPC Magazine Ltd. 1999 Back to Current News News Archives2005 News2004 News 2003 News 2002 News 2001 News 2000 News 1999 News 1998 News 
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