Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub live in 2010 (Summer Sundae festival, Leicester)
Background information
Origin	Bellshill, Scotland
Genres	Alternative rock, indie pop, jangle pop, power pop
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Paperhouse, Creation, Columbia, PeMa, Matador, DGC
Associated acts	The Pastels
Members	Norman Blake Raymond McGinley Gerard Love Francis MacDonald Dave McGowan
Past members	Brendan O'Hare Paul Quinn Finlay MacDonald

Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Bellshill in 1989. The band comprises Norman Blake (vocals, guitar), Raymond McGinley (vocals, lead guitar), Gerard Love (vocals, bass), Francis MacDonald (drums) and Dave McGowan (keyboards), with songwriting duties shared equally among Blake, McGinley and Love. In concert, the band usually alternate among the three songwriters (who all sing lead vocals on their own songs) giving equal playing time to each one's songs.

Although often pegged as alternative rock, the group have incorporated a wide variety of elements from various music styles in their songs.

Teenage Fanclub have had a succession of drummers, including Francis MacDonald, Brendan O’Hare and Paul Quinn, who was later replaced by the returning Francis MacDonald. Keyboardist Finlay MacDonald (no relation) has also been a member.

As of September 2016, the band will have released ten studio albums and two compilation albums.

Teenage Fanclub emerged from the Glasgow C86 scene. Their sound is reminiscent of West Coast bands like the Beach Boys and the Byrds, and their seventies counterparts Big Star. Originally a noisy and chaotic band, their first album A Catholic Education, released in 1990 on Paperhouse, is largely atypical of their later sound, with the possible exception of "Everything Flows". The King, their next album, received critical reviews; it consisted of a number of self-confessed shambolic guitar thrashes and a cover of Madonna's "Like a Virgin".