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Tartan Specials

Voice of the Tartan Army

About Me


"We'll lick Jimmy Hill's ear lobes if you're not humming the tune for days"
-- Off The Ball

"Currently taking the spirit of the terraces and producing foot-stomping, floor-shaking, neighbour-bothering anthems guaranteed to put a smile on the face of any self-respecting Tartan Army footsoldier"
-- Famous Tartan Army Magazine.


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My Favourite Things Cartoon


We'll Be Coming Cartoon


Sex & Drugs & Sausage Rolls Video

I love sex & drugs & sausage rolls, but nothing compares to Archie Gemmill's goal...

An adventurous bunch, the band claim to have cut their teeth in Kazakhstan and Stirlingshire, ingeniously marrying the harmonic vibrations of central Asia with the gritty gangsta street beats that surged through the simmering Falkirk ghettos in the late 80's.

When questioned on their musical influences the band cite Spinal Tap, the Krankies, B.A. Robertson and the theme music from Countdown.

Legend has it the band were christened after divine inspiration in the back of a cab on the way to a River Plate vs Boca Juniors game in Buenos Aires, although it's also rumoured that a beer can in Kilmarnock some years earlier may have provoked the brainwave. The Kestrel Lagers didnt have quite the same ring to it, apparently.

Perhaps less outlandish is the bands insistent claim that they introduced Doe a Deer to the Tartan Army as far back as 1989 on a trip to see Scotland get humped 3-0 by France in Paris.

One band member takes up the story: "We were getting fed up singing 'you can stick your Eiffel Tower up your arse' and were looking for something with some more depth and profundity.

That's when we started singing Doe a Deer. Its difficult to imagine something deeper than having the Eiffel Tower stuck up your arse, however, the rest is history."

Actually, Rogers & Hammerstein stole the song from us, continues another band member indignantly, and had the cheek to re-name the song Do-Re-Mi!

The Tartan Specials tunes include the catchy Unite the Clans and a very different version of the other Sound of Music classic My Favourite Things in which Stephen Hawking features on guest vocals. Julie Andrews would surely be turning in her grave, if she was actually dead.

The lads' tunes can still be heard in popular holiday locations such as Ukraine, where they stopped off en route to Moldova last year and their version of We'll be Coming is second only in popularity to the local vodka in several of Odessa's less salubrious nightclubs.

We'll Be Coming made its Hampden debut at half time during the home victory against Moldova and the band are convinced this event and recent upturn in the team's fortunes re not unrelated.

The above excerpt from issue 1 of the fantastic Famous Tartan Army magazine.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/10/2006
Band Website: tartanspecials.com
Band Members: Kenny McIntosh: Vocals, guitar
Kenny McColl: Bass
Graeme McIntosh: Drums
Steve Suttie: Guitar, vocals
Malky Boyd: Lyrics
Norman Wilson: Lyrics
Colin Reid: Lyrics

Influences: Spinal Tap, the Krankies, B.A. Robertson, Lulu and the theme music from Countdown
Sounds Like: .. the biggest supergroup you can imagine, including all the members of Primal Scream, Travis, Teenage Fanclub, Franz Ferdinand, the Jesus & Mary Chain, the Proclaimers, the Skids, Idlewild, Dogs Die In Hot Cars, Grim Northern Social, Sons & Daughters, Real Mckenzies, Rezillos, the Silencers, Belle & Sebastian, Aberfeldy, Arab Strap, Beta Band, Big Country, Associates, Delgados, Orange Juice, Vaselines ... and a few from outside of God's country: the Clash, the Specials, the Undertones & the Kinks. R.I.P Stuart, Billy and Joe.
Record Label: Indie
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Heedrum Ho ... Heedrum Hey... Were Going to Africa

To celebrate the start of the new campaign, we've updated the old Eurovision track... it's now called Heedrum Ho
Posted by Tartan Specials on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:05:00 PST

A WHALE OF A TIME!

Come to our special pre-Norway game party... as it says on the tin, a whale of a time at a-fjord-able prices.  Get yer tickets here!...
Posted by Tartan Specials on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:00:00 PST

Come See Us Before the Norway Game!

We'll be putting on a very special party before the Norway game... watch this space for details very soon (or even better, join the mailing list and be first to hear).p.s. we're not playing before the...
Posted by Tartan Specials on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:50:00 PST

Live show in Glasgow - Beat Club - Friday May 2nd

We're playing live in Glasgow on May 2nd - come out and see us.  We don't get to play in the evening very much!!   Get your tix at tartanspecials.com...
Posted by Tartan Specials on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:40:00 PST

Tartan Specials Live In New York!

If you’re in the New York area or visiting for Tartan Week, come see the Tartan Specials live.  We’re playing three shows on April 4/5... see the Tartan Army NYC site for more details...
Posted by Tartan Specials on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:46:00 PST

Upcoming Shows - Glasgow & New York!!!

We'll be playing The Ferry before the Scotland v Croatia friendly on March 26th, so if you're going to the game, drop by the Ferry first.  For the first time in ages, the Ferry is not 100% sol...
Posted by Tartan Specials on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:36:00 PST

Tartan Specials live on XFM Scotland

First of all, thanks to Big Eck and the team - it's been a magnificent campaign and we've qualified in past years while playing a lot worse. The future is most certainly dark blue and bring on the Wo...
Posted by Tartan Specials on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:32:00 PST

Tartan Specials to play Glasgow Green

We're still waiting on the final details, but we're now set to play the Tartan Party on the Green.  See the Glasgow Council site for official detail.  We'll be playing after the game, probab...
Posted by Tartan Specials on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:42:00 PST

New T-Shirt for Sale

..>We're now selling our own t-shirts - you can head over to our shop to buy some. They're a snip at £10 plus P&P.These t-shirts are printed in Scotland and will ship directly from the Tartan Spec...
Posted by Tartan Specials on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:28:00 PST

Photos from our Live Debut(s)

See photos from our shows at the Ferry and the Classic Grand!...
Posted by Tartan Specials on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 04:35:00 PST