BMX Bandits
BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been m… Read Full Bio ↴BMX Bandits are a Scottish 1960s-influenced guitar pop band who have been making music from 1986 to the present day. They have shared members with other Bellshill bands Teenage Fanclub and The Soup Dragons. BMX Bandits were formed by songwriter and lead vocalist Duglas T. Stewart out of the ashes of The Pretty Flowers, a group that featured Stewart alongside Frances McKee (later of The Vaselines), Sean Dickson and Norman Blake. The group have had many line up changes throughout the years. Their songs mix melodic qualities and humour with, at times, raw and heartbreaking pathos. Stewart has written many of the group's works solo including "Your Class", "The Sailor's Song" and "Doorways" but also has collaborated with many of the other members. Stewart's most regular songwriting partners have been Francis MacDonald, Norman Blake and, more recently, David Scott.
The group's most celebrated song is the autobiographical "Serious Drugs", recorded in 1991 but not released until 1993. The song featured in the movie This Year's Love and was covered by American stadium power pop group Gigolo Aunts. Oasis did their first UK tour dates supporting the Bandits as a favour from Stewart to Creation label boss Alan McGee. BMX Bandits admirers include Kurt Cobain who was photographed wearing a BMX Bandits T shirt. Cobain claimed on a New York radio show that if he could be in any other band it would be BMX Bandits.
Stewart split with long term musical partner Francis MacDonald in 2005 but 2006 saw a new wave of live concert activity and the 2006 release of My Chain. Stewart's writing on the album was compared to Brian Wilson, Michel Legrand, Ennio Morricone and even Alan Bennett. The line up was expanded by the arrival of Stewart's friend David Scott and new female vocalist Rachel Mackenzie (now Rachel Allison). The follow up, 2007's Bee Stings, was influenced by classic girl group pop plus the mellow A & M sound of the late 1960s and early 70s. It had Allison singing lead on half the tracks including "Our Secret Life" co-written by Allison and former Bandit Norman Blake.
The group's most celebrated song is the autobiographical "Serious Drugs", recorded in 1991 but not released until 1993. The song featured in the movie This Year's Love and was covered by American stadium power pop group Gigolo Aunts. Oasis did their first UK tour dates supporting the Bandits as a favour from Stewart to Creation label boss Alan McGee. BMX Bandits admirers include Kurt Cobain who was photographed wearing a BMX Bandits T shirt. Cobain claimed on a New York radio show that if he could be in any other band it would be BMX Bandits.
Stewart split with long term musical partner Francis MacDonald in 2005 but 2006 saw a new wave of live concert activity and the 2006 release of My Chain. Stewart's writing on the album was compared to Brian Wilson, Michel Legrand, Ennio Morricone and even Alan Bennett. The line up was expanded by the arrival of Stewart's friend David Scott and new female vocalist Rachel Mackenzie (now Rachel Allison). The follow up, 2007's Bee Stings, was influenced by classic girl group pop plus the mellow A & M sound of the late 1960s and early 70s. It had Allison singing lead on half the tracks including "Our Secret Life" co-written by Allison and former Bandit Norman Blake.
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BMX Bandits Lyrics
Disco Girl Every word you speak knocks me off my feet I couldn't…
Disco Girl (2008 version) Every word you speak knocks me off my feet I couldn't…
Doorways You made me promise I'd never leave you And then you…
Gettin' Dirty Стой! Пока ещё не выключен свет Я хочу услышать ответ Скажи,…
Hey Little Tomboy Hey, little tomboy, sit here on my lap I got things…
Hopelessly Devoted To You Guess mine is not the first heart broken My eyes are…
I Can Wait Forever Sorry if i scared you, Made you feel uneasy It's just…
I Don't Wanna Grow Up When I'm lyin' in my bed at night I don't wanna…
I Wanna Fall In Love I wanna fall in love I wanna fall in love My heart's…
Right Across The Street right across the street i saw you walk in you were…
Rimbaud and Me Wanna introduce to somebody, I think you should know now, So…
Serious Drugs I said I don't think I can take it much…
Stardate My girlfriend is an alien from outer space, She's far to…
The Road of Love Is Paved With Banana Skins slippin' up and fallin' down the girl's got you spinnin' ar…
Thinkin' About You Baby Lie awake in bed and thoughts go through my head, Thinking…
Top Shop Girl my road was empty, but now it's whole oh Top Shop…
Tugboat I don't wanna stay at your party I don't wanna talk…
Whirlpool When I saw her, I dived right in, Forgot that, I…
Your Class There are other girls in your class but none of…