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On this day, 26 January 1992, Scottish alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub played Cardiff University.
Formed in Bellshill near Glasgow in 1989.[1] The group were founded by Norman Blake (vocals, guitar), Raymond McGinley (vocals, lead guitar) and Gerard Love (vocals, bass), all of whom shared lead vocals and songwriting duties until Love's departure in 2018.
A few months earlier the band had released their third album.
Bandwagonesque was more deliberately constructed, the hooks became stronger, the guitar riffs were brought under control, and the harmony vocals took shape.
Bandwagonesque topped Spin magazine's 1991 end-of-year poll for best album, beating Nirvana's Nevermind, their Creation stablemates My Bloody Valentine's album Loveless, and R.E.M.'s Out of Time.
Their sound is reminiscent of Californian bands like the Beach Boys and the Byrds, and their seventies counterparts Big Star. Teenage Fanclub are influenced by Big Star and Orange Juice.
They performed a cover of Orange Juice's "Rip It Up" with Edwyn Collins.
In December 2010, at the ATP Bowlie 2 music festival, they performed as the backing band for Edwyn Collins.
Teenage Fanclub were regularly name-checked in interviews by Kurt Cobain, who described them as "the best band in the world". Juliana Hatfield covered the song "Cells" on her 2012 self-titled album.
