Hugh Reed and the Velvet Underpants are a cult Glasgow based band who have supported Debbie Harry,[1] Simple Minds, the Fall and John Otway.
Hugh Reed and the Velvet Underpants also played in support of Pas the Gas at His Nibs with a short set consisting of four songs: "Sweet Jane", "Walk on the (Clyde)side", "Waiting for the Man", "White light/Heat", and "Get it On".
Song material ranged from discussion of public perceptions of trainspotters and descriptions of hangovers, to accounts of what can happen when you drink in Glasgow's east end during an Old Firm game while wearing the wrong football scarf.
A typical Underpants gig would feature a stage dressed with numerous television sets all turned on, glitter balls and an overhead projector having coloured oils dropped on it.
On the recommendation of a friend, who saw Hugh Reed and the Velvet Underpants on local television, Deborah Harry invited the band to support her eleven date 1993 UK tour.