Primal Scream bassist Simone Marie Butler leaves the band after 13 years
"I'll always be part of the Scream family," she tells fans
Primal Scream bassist Simone Marie Butler has announced her departure from the band after 13 years.
Butler joined Primal Scream in 2012 when the late-great Gary ‘Mani’ Mountfield exited for The Stone Roses reunion.
In a heartfelt statement shared on Instagram, Butler wrote “I want to thank everyone who I’ve had the pleasure to play in front of for the last 13 years with Primal Scream. It truly has been an amazing ride with genuinely beautiful people. So so many incredible times, laughs and experiences. That’s the dream right there. Bobby (Gillespie), Andrew (Innes) and the band are incredible musicians and people.
“Going forward I will no longer be playing with the band and shall miss that, but I truly wish them all the very best for the future. I’m incredibly grateful to have been part of this band for so long, to have travelled the entire world, to meet the most amazing people and amazing fans and to play music I love and learn so much from the guys as musicians and performers. It’s been an incredible learning curve.
“Primal Scream’s music meant a lot to me even before I was playing those iconic bass lines and when I got that call to audition it felt like divine timing so I’d like to thanks Bobby and Andrew for taking a chance on me all those years ago. I love you all and although not on stage, I’ll always be part of the scream family X”
Simone Marie Butler will join The Jesus and Mary Chain on vocals for the band’s August 2026 shows supporting Hollywood Vampires.