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By MICK WILLIAMS

T ALL began with the bubbly pop of the cote on tartan-clad Bay City Rollers and now rock fans all over the world areI acquiring a taste for Scotch. Scottish bands are produc­ ing smooth and sophisticated sounds to slake the thirst of the record.-buying. public - and the fans love tt. the rock! Never before have so many Scots performers enjoyed so much chart success as they have over the past few years. Home-grown talent hits the big time "It is difficult to figure out from a promotional visit to the "I'm not criticising other sing­ why," arlmits top DJ Dougie outfits in the elite league of ers for writing political songs international superstarcfom. States to embark on a sell-out Ca,mpbell. "Why is any band British tour culminating in two but I'd rather write rainy, successful? But there is no Hit singles like Nothing Ever depressing ballads." • Happens and Kiss This Thing gigs at Barrowlands in his question that we have a lot of home city of . Meanwhile go talent here." Goodbye have been followed more recently by Always the from strength to strength. The BBC Radio Last to Know and Be My lthough 28-year-old Their latest single Lip Service preser.•er says success has Downfall. The group's latest Justin is proud of his is riding high in the charts. The helped to breed success in the , Change Everything. heritage, he spurns Shamen too have survived the sense that the breakthrough a soared into the chart at No 2 the stridently nation­ tragic death of original bass few years ago of groups like when it was relea~t;d in June. alist image of some man Will Sinnot to emerge as Wet Wet Wet. Deacon Blue Abands , jike Deacon Blue and real chart contenders with Lead singer and Hue and Cry has encour­ Hue and Cry. "I feel more Brit­ their controversial single Love. has firmly established himself Sex, Intelligence. aged record companies to look and the band recently returned ish than Scottish," he says. north of the Border for more Arguably the most popular talent. Scottish group of all time is He predicts the next group •,-7 and others to hit the big time will be Said I I enjoying considerable success Florence. the Bellshill-based are taking the world of rock by storm. Lis­ are Deacon Blue and Texas. outfit which recently signed a ten to their latest hit album, Change Everything, and fronted by sex bomb Sharleen record deal. "That is really you'll soon find out why. Now readers of the Scottish Spiteri. good news for Scotland. I have Daily Express can get the album free! Courtesy of the Their debut album South­ heard some of their demos and band's record company A & M, we have 10 copies - six side. featuring their best­ they sound very sharp." CDs and four cassettes - to give away in this contest. known hit I Don't Want a Othe r bands maintaining To enter, all you have to do is complete the following Lover, is a platinum seller. Scotland's high profile on the two Del Amitri song titles: Always the Last to . , . But the biggest Scots star of music scene include current Spit in the .. . all must be Aberdeen-born UK siniles chart stormers Annie Lennox who achieved Del Am1tri. The Shamen and Send entries, including name and address and stating preference of CD or cassette, by Friday August 14, to: Del stardom as one half of the Wet Wet Wet. Eurythmics and is now pursu­ Del Amitri are on the verge Amitri Contest, Scottish Daily Express, Park House, Park Circus Place, Glasgo"'. G3 6AF. Usual Express rules apply. ing a solo career, helped by of joining several other Scots her current album Diva. SCALING THE HEIGHTS: Justin Currie of Del Amitri