Mogwai
Biography
The cosmic post-rock band Mogwai was formed in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1996 by guitarist/vocalist Stuart Braithwaite, guitarist Dominic Aitchison, and drummer Martin Bulloch, longtime friends with the goal of creating "serious guitar music." Toward that end they added another guitarist, John Cummings, before debuting in March 1996 with the single "Tuner," a rarity in the Mogwai discography for its prominent vocals; the follow-up, a split single with Dweeb titled "Angels vs. Aliens," landed in the Top Ten on the British indie charts. Following appearances on a series of compilations, Mogwai returned later in the year with the 7" "Summer"; after another early 1997 single, "New Paths to Helicon," they issued Ten Rapid, a collection of their earliest material.
Around the time of recording the superb 1997 EP 4 Satin, former Teenage Fanclub and Telstar Ponies member Brendan O'Hare joined the lineup in time to record Mogwai's debut studio LP, Mogwai Young Team, exiting a short time later to return to his primary projects, Macrocosmica and Fiend. Again a quartet, Mogwai next issued 1998's Kicking a Dead Pig, a two-disc remix collection; the No Education = No Future (F**k the Curfew) EP appeared a few months later.
Selected Discography
I'm about 3 years into these guys... their music is still inspiring, perhaps even more so over time. Much love goes out to Mogwai.
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I'm quite fond of the government sessions record. It would be my pleasure to see them live, along with el ten eleven.
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Actually, I'd differ from Phantomhunte r , I'd recommend Young Team (featuring the greatest single post-rock song ever, "Mogwai Fear Satan") and the somewhat rare EP +6 with a much rawer version of the driving "Xmas Steps" than found on Mr. Beast.
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as someone who recently discovered this group what would be the reccommended first album to listen to?
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mogwai: great sex under the blankets w/ your first love before the black abyss sucks you both in and rips you apart. forever. (also a "must see live" band).
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This is by far my most favorite band. I want to make babies with them. If ever I get to make a movie, Mogwai will be involved in the tracks. They had me at hello.
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Saw mogwai live in Philly last week. I couldn't resist the urge to call for mogwai fear sateen! during the encore, of course they played it! and they nailed it. so good.
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I just saw Mogwai live a couple of hours ago. It was a mindblowing experience.
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i spend a lot of time fighting s**t that sounds like john tesh off of my mogwai sation.sol (sob out loud)
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The soundtrack Mogwai collaborated on with Clint Mansell was The Fountain, not The Fountainhead . . .
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have loved mogwai since the very beginning... saw them here in chicago at the now-gone lounge ax when they were touring the singles collection (ten rapid). they were so loud and so deeply involved in what they were doing, that at one point one of the members actually fell off the side of the stage, just completely lost himself, forgot his surroundings . and though later shows weren't as raw and visceral, they have, like their albums been rich and vastly rewarding and perfect to lose yourself in!
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So after being a fan for going on ten years I finally saw them live Tucson Az on the Hawk is Howling tour....unde r w h e l m i n g for a band of this reputation but a great show by most any other standard
not as loud as they legend says they'd be but louder than any none noise show ive seen in a few years. "Like Herod" killed; the rest was a little more wankery than you might expect but the sustain was in full effect and, as is often the case with bands of this ilk, hearing the show from the lobby of |
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If you guys like this, im pretty sure you will like this band as well.
http://www.m y s p a c e . c o m / j a k o b m u s i c Try controle or Malachite. |
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From what I've heard of Mogwai, I like them. I too am a new fan of this band. Keep up the great work guys!
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Note to Pandora: could you please delete the comment feature? People are too dumb to be allowed to comment.
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"The Japanese do this so much better"????? ? ? ? Way to sell out your country.
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if your going to jam see acid mother's temple or smile like boredoms or rock like boris, the japanese do this so much better,won't quite say it but will say this-RADIOHE A D SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Mogwai are amazing..... i f there is one band you should start listening to it's these guys, plus their Celtic FC fans, so you know they're smart
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its cool these soccer hooligans had the honesty to have a soccer nazi on one of their cd's-rawk on national front ! and then deny it.
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