Toryglen. They were the nucleus of the band with Jim’s cousin Joe Donnelly on rhythm guitar, Brian McGee on drums and Tony Donald on bass.Aged 15 and in their last year at Holyrood Secondary School they formed “the greatest glam rock band ever to come out of Glasgow – or so we thought”, according to Joe, and began looking for gigs.So in 1975 they approached the priest of St Brigid’s in Toryglen to ask if they could use the school hall to rehearse in.Joe said: “The priest didn’t share our artistic vision and almost chased us down the road with shouts of, ‘Be away with your devil music!’, or words to that effect.“The priest was to get the full blast of Jim’s mum, Irene.“Once we told her of our plight, she had her coat on and marched down to.
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