Teenage Fanclub

Big Star by way of Glasgow

Teenage Fanclub formed in Glasgow in 1989 from the C86 scene and the split of the Boy Hairdressers, with Raymond McGinley, Norman Blake and Francis MacDonald joining Gerard Love; Blake, McGinley and Love shared lead vocals and songwriting until Love left in 2018. Their influences include Big Star, the Byrds, the Beach Boys and Orange Juice. A Catholic Education (1990, Paperhouse) was followed by The King (1991) and, on Creation and DGC, Bandwagonesque (November 4, 1991). They supported Nirvana on tour in summer 1992.

Later records include Thirteen (1993), Grand Prix (1995), Songs from Northern Britain (1997), Howdy! (2000), Words of Wisdom and Hope (2002, with Jad Fair), Man-Made (2005, John McEntire), Shadows (2010), Here (September 9, 2016), Endless Arcade (April 30, 2021) and Nothing Lasts Forever (September 22, 2023). In 2006 they played Bandwagonesque in full in London and Glasgow, and in 2017 Ben Gibbard covered it in full. Five Creation-era albums were reissued in 2018, remastered at Abbey Road, with a tour that included O'Hare and Quinn, and Euros Childs joined in 2019 with Dave McGowan moving to bass.

Wikipedia lists a further album, Do Not Dare to Dream, for October 9, 2026 on Merge, which we could not confirm elsewhere. Kurt Cobain reportedly called them the best band in the world, and Liam Gallagher called them the second best. The documentary Teenage Superstars (Grant McPhee, 2017) covers the Glasgow scene of 1982 to 1992.