Compulsion - Juvenile Scene Detective - T in The Park

Compulsion live at T in The Park, Scotland, July 13th 1996, there is a little interview clip with the band at the very end of this, where one of the presenters tries to teach Alanis some Scottish words. Recorded from analogue terrestrial broadcast, mono audio, recorded on Scotch EG+ E180 VHS videotape, G&M tape archive 31 Compulsion were an Irish punk band. They were formed in 1990 by Josephmary (singer) and Sid Rainey (bassist) as Thee Amazing Colossal Men. They signed a recording contract with Virgin Records, but after winning a lawsuit against their record label, they became 'Compulsion' in 1992. Joined by guitarist Garret Lee and drummer Jan-Willem Alkema, they moved to North London and signed to One Little Indian. They released several EPs and two albums. The first, Comforter, was labeled by the NME as part of the "New Wave of New Wave", while the second, The Future is Medium, saw them sport identical black outfits and orange hairdos. The group split in 1997 after the label One Little Indian dropped them. After Compulsion, Lee formed Jacknife Lee, and later produced Snow Patrol and U2. Alkema joined China Drum and later Driven to Collision. Rainey is now a writer and has created and produced an animated children's TV series called Underground Ernie for the BBC. Josephmary now lives in Ireland.

Added 9 Aug 2026