[E.O.M.S.]

From State Of Affairs comp (1984, Pleasantly Surprised 003)
"Caesar remembers Primal Scream's live debut as being at Glasgow's Henry Wood Hall, but this appears to be at odds with Gillespie's recollections. "The first-ever Primal Scream gig was at the Bungalow Bar in Paisley", Bobby later claimed. "We supported the Laughing Apple. Only one song in the set was ours, and I remember it was just total noise. That wasn't a real gig, it was a joke. There wasn't any shape to it."
The same can be said for Primal Scream's first recorded evidence. Two cuts can be heard on a 1984 cassette issued by Scars' Robert King as part of the fascinating 'Pleasantly Surprised' series specialising in obscure, exclusive material by cutting edge indie acts. The 24-track "State Of Alfairs" was sandwiched by a short, monotonous industrial-sounding dirge simply entitled "Intro", and a more lengthy, PiL/Throbbing Gristlelike experimental piece, "Circumcision", which ends with some Eastern-style yelling. The music may have been in keeping with their name, but this wasn't the direction Primal Scream were fated to take.
"I just want to be a superstar." (Bobby Gillespie, 1990)
* Primal Scream could have been on the NWW list.
(Thanx Alan!)