The podcast that celebrates the past, present and future of Scottish music ... It can't be easy being Teenage Fanclub. One minute Nirvana's Kurt Cobain is on every radio station in the US describing you as the best band on the planet; the next your label boss is having a pop.One of the greatest myths about Teenage Fanclub – and one perpetuated by the man who signed them to Creation Records – is “they didn’t want to be big”.“It’s a Glasgow thing of wanting to be cool rather than big,” Alan McGee once told me. “There was an element of self-sabotage in the way they went about [second album Thirteen].”On this week’s podcast, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake joins me to tell me the inside story of making Thirteen, the follow up to breakthrough album Bandwagonesque.“We’d spent a lot of time together in the back of vans before recoding Thirteen at CaVa in Glasgow and Revolution Studios in Cheadle Hulme,” he tells me. “There were tensions.”Norman also talks about touring with Nirvana, the departure of Gerry Love and the current mood in the band as they celebrate the release of their 13th studio album Do Not Dare to Dream.Don't forget you can sign up for the Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://scotpop.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the best new bands.For the latest news on the podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/allanjglen/?hl=e" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-glen-1228496b/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615843776347565" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href=" https://x.com/allanglen1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcastIf you have any queries about sponsorship opportunities, you can email me at scotpoppodcast@gmail.com.

The podcast that celebrates the past, present and future of Scottish music ... It can't be easy being Teenage Fanclub. One minute Nirvana's Kurt Cobain is on every radio station in the US describing you as the best band on the planet; the next your label boss is having a pop. One of the greatest myths about Teenage Fanclub – and one perpetuated by the man who signed them to Creation Records – is “they didn’t want to be big”. “It’s a Glasgow thing of wanting to be cool rather than big,” Alan McGee once told me. “There was an element of self-sabotage in the way they went about [second album Thirteen].” On this week’s podcast, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake joins me to tell me the inside story of making Thirteen, the follow up to breakthrough album Bandwagonesque. “We’d spent a lot of time together in the back of vans before recoding Thirteen at CaVa in Glasgow and Revolution Studios in Cheadle Hulme,” he tells me. “There were tensions.” Norman also talks about touring with Nirvana, the departure of Gerry Love and the current mood in the band as they celebrate the release of their 13th studio album Do Not Dare to Dream. Don't forget you can sign up for the Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the best new bands. For the latest news on the podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcast If you have any queries about sponsorship opportunities, you can email me at scotpoppodcast@gmail.com.

The podcast that celebrates the past, present and future of Scottish music ... It can't be easy being Teenage Fanclub. One minute Nirvana's Kurt Cobain is on every radio station in the US describing you as the best band on the planet; the next your label boss is having a pop.One of the greatest myths about Teenage Fanclub – and one perpetuated by the man who signed them to Creation Records – is “they didn’t want to be big”.“It’s a Glasgow thing of wanting to be cool rather than big,” Alan McGee once told me. “There was an element of self-sabotage in the way they went about [second album Thirteen].”On this week’s podcast, Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake joins me to tell me the inside story of making Thirteen, the follow up to breakthrough album Bandwagonesque.“We’d spent a lot of time together in the back of vans before recoding Thirteen at CaVa in Glasgow and Revolution Studios in Cheadle Hulme,” he tells me. “There were tensions.”Norman also talks about touring with Nirvana, the departure of Gerry Love and the current mood in the band as they celebrate the release of their 13th studio album Do Not Dare to Dream.Don't forget you can sign up for the Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://scotpop.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the best new bands.For the latest news on the podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/allanjglen/?hl=e" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-glen-1228496b/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615843776347565" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href=" https://x.com/allanglen1" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcastIf you have any queries about sponsorship opportunities, you can email me at scotpoppodcast@gmail.com.

Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub): The inside story of Kurt Cobain's favourite band – and what happened next

The podcast that celebrates the past, present and future of Scottish music ... As he prepares for the release of his highly anticipated standalone novel The Heights, Sir Ian Rankin joins me on the podcast this week to talk about the state of music in Scotland.As anyone who has read Ian's Rebus books will know, his writing is peppered with Scottish music references – from characters called Burchill to in-jokes about Mogwai, from tributes to folk heroes to homages to his own Cardenden punk band The Dancing Pigs.We also discuss the fragility behind some of Scotland’s greatest artists, from Alex Harvey to Stuart Adamson, Jackie Leven to Frankie Miller.This is the second, and concluding, part of our interview, which was recorded just after the Friends Again show at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow earlier this year.In the interview we talk about the impact of that show - and the surprise appearance of Lloyd Cole as support act – and the power of nostalgia on the wider Scottish music scene.Don't forget you can sign up for the Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://scotpop.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the best new bands.For the latest news on the podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/allanjglen/?hl=e" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-glen-1228496b/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615843776347565" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href=" https://x.com/allanglen1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcastIf you have any queries about sponsorship opportunities, you can email me at scotpoppodcast@gmail.com.

The podcast that celebrates the past, present and future of Scottish music ... As he prepares for the release of his highly anticipated standalone novel The Heights, Sir Ian Rankin joins me on the podcast this week to talk about the state of music in Scotland. As anyone who has read Ian's Rebus books will know, his writing is peppered with Scottish music references – from characters called Burchill to in-jokes about Mogwai, from tributes to folk heroes to homages to his own Cardenden punk band The Dancing Pigs. We also discuss the fragility behind some of Scotland’s greatest artists, from Alex Harvey to Stuart Adamson, Jackie Leven to Frankie Miller. This is the second, and concluding, part of our interview, which was recorded just after the Friends Again show at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow earlier this year. In the interview we talk about the impact of that show - and the surprise appearance of Lloyd Cole as support act – and the power of nostalgia on the wider Scottish music scene. Don't forget you can sign up for the Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the best new bands. For the latest news on the podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcast If you have any queries about sponsorship opportunities, you can email me at scotpoppodcast@gmail.com.

The podcast that celebrates the past, present and future of Scottish music ... As he prepares for the release of his highly anticipated standalone novel The Heights, Sir Ian Rankin joins me on the podcast this week to talk about the state of music in Scotland.As anyone who has read Ian's Rebus books will know, his writing is peppered with Scottish music references – from characters called Burchill to in-jokes about Mogwai, from tributes to folk heroes to homages to his own Cardenden punk band The Dancing Pigs.We also discuss the fragility behind some of Scotland’s greatest artists, from Alex Harvey to Stuart Adamson, Jackie Leven to Frankie Miller.This is the second, and concluding, part of our interview, which was recorded just after the Friends Again show at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow earlier this year.In the interview we talk about the impact of that show - and the surprise appearance of Lloyd Cole as support act – and the power of nostalgia on the wider Scottish music scene.Don't forget you can sign up for the Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://scotpop.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the best new bands.For the latest news on the podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/allanjglen/?hl=e" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-glen-1228496b/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615843776347565" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href=" https://x.com/allanglen1" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠</a>https://www.tiktok.com/@scotpoppodcastIf you have any queries about sponsorship opportunities, you can email me at scotpoppodcast@gmail.com.

Sir Ian Rankin (author): 'Some of the greatest Scottish songwriters were Jekyll and Hyde characters'

I've spent the past 30 years listening to musicians, bands and artists tell brilliant stories about Scottish music; now you'll be able to hear – and watch – them too. Follow now on Spotify and never miss an episode.You can sign up here for the new Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://scotpop.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ </a>- featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the hottest new bands.For the latest and podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/allanjglen/?hl=e" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-glen-1228496b/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615843776347565" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠</a><a href=" https://x.com/allanglen1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠X⁠⁠</a>Have any feedback, guest suggestions or general comments? Great - I’d love to hear from you at the links above. Cheers.

I've spent the past 30 years listening to musicians, bands and artists tell brilliant stories about Scottish music; now you'll be able to hear – and watch – them too. Follow now on Spotify and never miss an episode. You can sign up here for the new Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the hottest new bands. For the latest and podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠X⁠⁠ Have any feedback, guest suggestions or general comments? Great - I’d love to hear from you at the links above. Cheers.

I've spent the past 30 years listening to musicians, bands and artists tell brilliant stories about Scottish music; now you'll be able to hear – and watch – them too. Follow now on Spotify and never miss an episode.You can sign up here for the new Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://scotpop.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ </a>- featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the hottest new bands.For the latest and podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/allanjglen/?hl=e" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-glen-1228496b/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615843776347565" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠</a><a href=" https://x.com/allanglen1" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠X⁠⁠</a>Have any feedback, guest suggestions or general comments? Great - I’d love to hear from you at the links above. Cheers.

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If you've just discovered this podcast you're probably thinking "who, what, when, why now?"Well ... it's a show that celebrates the past, present and future of Scottish music with journalist, author and broadcaster Allan Glen who interviews the bands, songwriters, musicians, filmmakers, record label bosses and writers who create the best Scottish pop because Scottish pop is brilliant just now.Here's a quick introductory episode; Episode 1 featuring an interview with Sir Ian Rankin is out April 2. You can sign up here for the new Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://scotpop.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the hottest new bands.For the latest and podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/allanjglen/?hl=e" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-glen-1228496b/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615843776347565" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠</a><a href=" https://x.com/allanglen1" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠X⁠⁠</a>Have any feedback, guest suggestions or general comments? Great - I’d love to hear from you at the links above. Cheers.

If you've just discovered this podcast you're probably thinking "who, what, when, why now?" Well ... it's a show that celebrates the past, present and future of Scottish music with journalist, author and broadcaster Allan Glen who interviews the bands, songwriters, musicians, filmmakers, record label bosses and writers who create the best Scottish pop because Scottish pop is brilliant just now. Here's a quick introductory episode; Episode 1 featuring an interview with Sir Ian Rankin is out April 2. You can sign up here for the new Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠ - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the hottest new bands. For the latest and podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠X⁠⁠ Have any feedback, guest suggestions or general comments? Great - I’d love to hear from you at the links above. Cheers.

If you've just discovered this podcast you're probably thinking "who, what, when, why now?"Well ... it's a show that celebrates the past, present and future of Scottish music with journalist, author and broadcaster Allan Glen who interviews the bands, songwriters, musicians, filmmakers, record label bosses and writers who create the best Scottish pop because Scottish pop is brilliant just now.Here's a quick introductory episode; Episode 1 featuring an interview with Sir Ian Rankin is out April 2. You can sign up here for the new Scotpop newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://scotpop.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> - featuring extended shownotes, behind the scenes info, Scottish music news stories and the hottest new bands.For the latest and podcast and music updates, make sure to follow Scotpop on:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/allanjglen/?hl=e" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-glen-1228496b/" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1615843776347565" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠</a><a href=" https://x.com/allanglen1" rel="noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠X⁠⁠</a>Have any feedback, guest suggestions or general comments? Great - I’d love to hear from you at the links above. Cheers.

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Music writer, author and journalist Allan Glen interviews the bands, musicians, songwriters, filmmakers, record label bosses and writers who create the best Scottish pop. Allan is the author of Stuart Adamson - In a Big Country, the critically acclaimed biography on the Skids and Big Country legend, and a former NME writer and BBC broadcaster.

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