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Del Amitri are a British 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.
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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Twisted
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Hatful of Rain: The Best of Del Amitri
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Change Everything
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Roll To Me
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Tell Her This
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Nothing Ever Happens
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Driving With The Brakes On
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Kiss This Thing Goodbye
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Be My Downfall
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Move Away Jimmy Blue
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Not Where It's At
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Stone Cold Sober
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Just Like A Man
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When You Were Young
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Here And Now
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Cry To Be Found
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Shoutbox
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HeyImLost wrote:
look around the world pretty baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby
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the_peanut wrote:
Amazing band with some amazing tunes!
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RogueGambit wrote:
Bought their "Change Everything" album for under a fiver the other day. Best purchase ever.
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musicmatey wrote:
I actually can't stop listening to their twisted album. x
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dvdmike wrote:
Always the last to know should be way higher
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pinkdragonrider wrote:
"Roll To Me" is my favorite song to sing at karaoke night. Love it!
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1000julys wrote:
truely are one of the most under rated bands in British music history
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RogueGambit wrote:
Del Amitri make me proud to be Scottish.
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supertrommler wrote:
"never ever happens" is one of my alltime-favourite songs....
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Touchmetallic wrote:
This band would have been a lot bigger if they had never appeared in Melody Maker.
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dirkml wrote:
one band i really miss!
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coast69 wrote:
Miss them a lot.
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whiterune wrote:
"we got a special evening planned. we're gonna push the boat out or you might get drowned on dry land." oh, yeah. officially obsessive.
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walkingabortion wrote:
Criminally underrated. xx
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undercoverdata wrote:
Roll To Me is a curse.
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Milhaud wrote:
http://cadadiauncantar.blogspot.com/2009/03/del-amitri-driving-with-brakes-on.html
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canopiesngrapes wrote:
This Side of the Morning!
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DAISYYDUKE wrote:
i love opposite view , always. (L)
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Scarabenji wrote:
Umbra02 - That song was pivotal during a really tough time in my life, although i have never performed it. It remains one of my very favorite Del Amitri cuts
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Umbra02 wrote:
Tell Her This is perhaps the most poignant love song ever written. Its one of my favorite songs to cover. Thanx Del Amitri.
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