Top DJ Steve Lamacq names his top Scots gigs and praises 'connoisseur' gig-goers
28.01.2023 - 08:23
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Legendary DJ Steve Lamacq has paid tribute to the Scottish bands who have changed the face of British indie music. The Radio 6 Music veteran is fronting Independent Venue Week, whose Scottish leg kicks off in Glasgow on Monday.
The Daily Record challenged Steve to name his five best ever Scottish indie gigs – and the veteran of possibly more live shows than other other person in the UK has duly delivered. Steve has also urged Scots to get stuck in as a host of bands big and small, hit independent venues across the country.
He has rammed home the message that every superstar band starts off as a small act in a local venue – and Scotland has punched massively above its weight for decades. The legendary DJ said: “You will never see a band at its most exciting, other than these are very early gigs at smaller venues - so people should get along."
He added: “It’s at that point, where the hunger is overflowing and they’re still quite raw and formulating who they are. It’s all brand new at that point and you just never you never know when you will catch that gig that people are talking about 20 years later.”
Steve also paid homage to Scottish guitar bands who changed the face of UK indie music - and the audiences driving them. He added: “I think Glasgow particularly has always been one of the major powerhouses in British guitar music, especially through the through the year from the late 80s, early 90s, producing Primal Scream then Teenage Fanclub and loads of others.
"You get the impression that Glasgow is almost like the West Coast of America. Post Britpop, that stuff was the most interesting thing happening really at the end of the 90s when bands like Mogwai and Belle and Sebastian and Arab Strap were, I suppose, at the front of
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