Del Amitri

Del Amitri is a Scottish pop-rock guitar band, formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1980. The band grew out of Justin Currie's Jordanhill College School band and came together after teenager Currie placed an advert in the window of a music store asking for people who could play to contact him. The band was formed with the original line-up of Currie (bass and vocals), Iain Harvie (lead guitar), Bryan Tolland (guitar) and Paul Tyagi (drums). Currie and Harvie are the only members of the band to remain present throughout its history – they are also the main songwriters of the group.

Despite having had several top ten albums in the United Kingdom, the group has never managed a top ten single on the UK singles chart, although they did achieve one top ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

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