Teenage Superstars

Grant McPhee

IndieLisboa 2018 • IndieMusic

United Kingdom, Documentário, 2017, 109′

Glasgow, beginning of the 1990’s: the spring spirit is simmering under suburban garages, where there is a nervous and energetic music cauldron from which arose bands like Teenage Fanclub, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream. An unforgettable moment for indie music.

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