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Del Amitri are a Pop-rock guitar band, formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1980. They came together at school as teenagers when Justin Currie (bass and vocals), James Scobbie (guitar and vocals) and Donald Bentley (guitar) formed a band in reaction against the rest of the ‘rockers’ in the school. The name was chosen deliberately because it didn’t mean anything but sounded a bit like someone’s name - early Del Amitri did not want to be classified and their existence was kept secret from the rest of the school.

Early rehearsals in Justin’s parents house were followed by a move to secret rehearsal space behind some storage cartons in the basement of Glasgow Art Centre (now defunct). Later on the band secured official rehearsal space at the Art Centre in a proper room with a cupboard to keep their gear in. Postcard Record signing and future megastars Aztec Camera rehearsed in the room next door. At this time Paul Tyagi (drums) joined the band as its first drummer. The first recorded Del Amitri track “What she Calls it” was the B side of a flexi-disc given away free with Stand and Deliver fanzine - the A side was given to another future Glasgow megaband The Bluebells. Unable to read music, early Del tracks were arranged and remembered according to ‘bits’ named after musical influences that included from Genesis, Captain Beefheart and Orange Juice.

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1		Roll To Me			1,065
2		Tell Her This			359
3		Nothing Ever Happens			280
4		Driving With The Brakes On			128
5		Always The Last To Know			121
6		Kiss This Thing Goodbye			113
7		Be My Downfall			85
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9		Here And Now			54
10		Just Like A Man			52
11		When You Were Young			51
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13		Move Away Jimmy Blue			47
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