Alan McGee
Alan McGee (born 29 September 1960) is a Scottish businessman and music industry executive. He has been a record label owner, musician, manager, and music blogger for The Guardian. He is best known for co-forming and running the independent Creation Records label from 1983–1999, and then Poptones from 1999–2007. He has managed and championed successful acts such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis, and The Libertines.
Career
Early years
McGee was born in East Kilbride on 29 September 1960. He grew up in Glasgow and attended King's Park Secondary School, where he met future Primal Scream founder Bobby Gillespie. The two were heavily into punk rock, and they joined a local punk band, The Drains, in 1978. The band's guitarist was Andrew Innes.
After the breakup of The Drains, McGee along with Innes moved to London and formed the band Laughing Apple. They recorded three singles in 1981 and 1982, two of which were released on Autonomy, and the third was put out on their own Essential record label. In 1983 he co-founded Creation Records (named after cult 1960s band The Creation) with Dick Green and Joe Foster. He also formed the band, Biff Bang Pow! (named after The Creation's song), which would continue until 1991. Whilst working for British Rail he began managing a band called The Jesus and Mary Chain, who became an underground sensation when McGee issued their first single on his label in late 1984.
Podcasts:
Alan McGee
ALBUMS
- The Ruling Class released: 1999
The Ruling Class
Released 1999- Curtain
- Jet Set Junta
- Valleri
- The Camera Loves Me
- I, Bloodbrother Be
- Discotheque
- Guess I'm Dumb
- Nice on the Ice
- The Ruling Class
- Nicky
- A Picture of Dorian Gray
- Oh Constance
- Choirboys Gas
- Whoops! What a Palaver
- Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook
- Like Nobody Do
- Ballad of the Barrel Organist
- Park Row
- Maria Celeste
- Walnut Whirl
- You Mary You
- The Execution of Emperor Maximillian
- Lose That Long Face
- Noise
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