Biography
A band that celebrates the exploits of the Scottish Football Team and their fans.
Kenny McColl (Guitar, Bassist and Other Instruments) puts it best:
Over a quiet beer in the Scratcher in the autumn of 2003, Kenny McIntosh, formerly of the Kazakhstan Tartan Army, told me that he'd written a song that might go down well on the upcoming trip to Glasgow and Amsterdam. The excitement of two games against the Dutch brought back memories of '78 and Kenny was rightly proud of having managed to include the phrase "Archie Gemmill's Goal" into the chorus. As the beer flowed, the idea of recording this song grew and grew and so the Tartan Specials were formed.
At this point, the trip was about a week away and Kenny was to spend most of that time in Argentina, so we were on a tight schedule. Sex & Drugs & Sausage Rolls was finally completed on 2am of the day we left for Glasgow. We put the track on the Tartan Army NYC web site, posted a few messages on the various Tartan Army lists and message boards and then left for Glasgow. It then took on a life of its own. The track was downloaded about 1000 times, was mentioned in the Daily Telegraph and had links posted to it on various other football message boards, including the donstalk, etims, harrywraggs and livilions boards. And then, on arriving in Amsterdam, we twice heard the song being played in bars as we walked in!
If you're a member of the Tartan Army then you will listen as their music recreates some moments to be proud of and some catchy tunes to be sung at games.
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