introduced to acid house scene

The band were first introduced to the acid house scene by McGee in 1988. They were at first sceptical; Gillespie said: “I always remember being quite fascinated by it but not quite getting it.” The band developed a taste for it and began attending raves. The band met up with DJ Andrew Weatherall at a rave , and he was given a copy of “I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have”, a track from Primal Scream , to remix for one of his shows. Weatherall added a drum loop from an Italian bootleg mix of Edie Brickell ‘s “What I Am”, a sample of Gillespie singing a line from Robert Johnson ‘s ” Terraplane Blues ” and the central introductory sample from the Peter Fonda B-movie The Wild Angels . The resulting track, ” Loaded “, became the band’s first major hit, reaching number 16 on the UK Singles Chart . This was followed by another single, “Come Together”, which reached number 26.