Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream (Photo: Gary Mather for Live4ever Media)
On the eve of the release of his band’s new album ‘Chaosmosis‘, Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie has cast a withering eye over the modern music industry.
In remembering the days when ‘art rock albums’ could sell by the ‘hundreds of thousands’, Gillespie has said streaming and the digital revolution has ‘destroyed music’.
“You can’t turn it back but as an artist, I have to try and express myself and the best way to do that is to make albums,” he’s told the BBC.
“When the Savages album came out and I didn’t have a chance to get to the record store I listened to the first half on there and then a couple of weeks later I went and bought the album.”
“But the digital thing has destroyed music. It’s impossible to earn a living from making records unless you’re Adele. At the level we’re at and a lot of other people are at, you’ve just got to get out and play lots of gigs, but it means the gig circuit is choc-a-block.”
Released tomorrow (March 18th), ‘Chaosmosis’ will spark a run of UK tour dates for Primal Scream, while festival appearances including a headline spot at Electric Fields are coming up too.