Lightships. The album also featured instrumental contributions from Dave McGowan and former Teenage Fanclub drummer Brendan O'Hare. Francis Macdonald released an album of minimalist classical music, Music for String Quartet, Piano & Celeste, in 2015. Macdonald played piano and celeste, with strings by members of the Scottish Ensemble. Musical style and legacy Their sound is reminiscent of Californian bands like the Beach Boys and the Byrds, and their seventies counterparts Big Star. Teenage Fanclub are influenced by Big Star and Orange Juice. They performed a cover of Orange Juice's "Rip It Up" with Edwyn Collins. In December 2010, at the ATP Bowlie 2 music festival, they performed as the backing band for Edwyn Collins. Their musical style has been described as alternative rock, power pop, indie rock, indie pop, jangle pop, noise pop, pop-punk, and grunge (early). Teenage Fanclub were regularly name-checked in interviews by Kurt Cobain, who described them as "the best band in the world". The band would support Nirvana on tour in the summer of 1992. Juliana Hatfield covered the song "Cells" on her 2012 self-titled album. Members Current members Norman Blake – vocals, guitar (1989–present) Raymond McGinley – vocals, guitar (1989–present) Francis Macdonald – drums, vocals (1989, 2000–present) Dave McGowan – keyboards, programming, guitar (2004–2018); bass, vocals (2019–present) Euros Childs – keyboards, programming, vocals (2019–present) Former members Gerard Love – vocals, bass (1989–2018) Brendan O'Hare – drums, vocals (1989–1994, 2018 live shows) Paul Quinn – drums (1994–2000, 2018 live shows) Finlay Macdonald – keyboards, guitar, vocals, bass, programming (1997–2001) Timeline Discography Studio albums A Catholic Education (1990) The King (1991) Bandwagonesque (1991) Thirteen (1993) Grand Prix (1995) Songs from Northern Britain (1997) Howdy! (2000) Words of Wisdom and Hope (2002) [with Jad Fair] Man-Made (2005) Shadows (2010) Here (2016) Endless Arcade (2021) References External links Musical groups established in 1989 Scottish rock music groups Scottish alternative rock groups Scottish power pop groups Scottish indie rock groups British indie pop groups Jangle pop groups Noise pop musical groups Creation Records artists Matador Records artists Merge Records artists