Interviews
Interview with Chris Thomson (2024)
Chris Thomson, the frontman with acclaimed Scottish act The Bathers, speaks to John Clarkson about their first album in 24 years,, 'Sirenesque'.
Interview (2022)
In our second interview with him, we speak to Chrris Thomson from Glasgow band The Bathers about thieir forthcoming first album of new material in over twenty years 'Sirenesque', and the reissue of his early band Friends Again's 1984 only album, 'Trapped and Unwrapped'.
Interview (2020)
John Clarkson speaks to Chris Thomson, the frontman with the Scottish group the Bathers, about the reissue of their classic trilogy of '90's albums on the German label Marina Records, and 'Sirenesque', their forthcoming first album in twenty years.
Profiles
With The Cowboy Mouth, Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh, 14/4/2023 (2023)
We preview our gig with The Bathers and The Cowboy Mouth at The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh on the 14th April.
With the black watch (acoustic solo) and Stephen McLaren, The Wee Red Bar, 25/3/2022 (2022)
We preview our first gig of 2023 which will take place at The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh on the 25th March with The Bathers, the black watch (acoustic solo) and Stephen McLaren.
Live
(With Cowboy Mouth and Sugartown), Strathaven Hotel, Strathavan, 17/6/2022
John Clarkson enjoys sets from The Bathers, Cowboy Mouth and Sugartown in the unusual setting of the Strathaven Hotel in South Lanarkshire.
Features
An Introduction and a Profile (2002)
In the first of a series of articles, John "Girder" Clarkson profiles some of the more misunderstood bands of recent years. Scotlands 'The Bathers' have often been labeled as pretentious and as a resu
Photography
Photoscapes 2 (2023)
In the second of two galleries Philip Wark photographs The Bathers during their soundcheck at a Penny Black promoted gig at The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh.
Photoscapes 1 (2023)
In the first of two galleries Philip Wark photographs The Bathers at a Penny Black promoted gig at The Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh