Mogwai

Guide Note

Mogwai is a post-rock band formed in Scotland in 1995. Their compositional style and use of guitar effects and often garners comparisons to sub-genres such as math rock, art rock, and shoegaze. But their general lack of lyrics and focus upon creating immense-sounding guitar and bass-driven arrangements are most similar to the post-rock style.

Fast Facts

Based in: Glasgow, Scotland
Years active: 1995 – Present
Record labels: Chemikal Underground, Matador, Play It Again, Rock Action
Composed film score for the 2006 movie, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
The band is named after the creatures from the film Gremlins
Claimed that their album, Mr Beast would rival My Bloody Valentine's 1991 rock masterpiece, Loveless

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The Beef? Mogwai's Got It

Mogwai has often been openly critical about other artists, including one-off digs against Annie Lennox, Test Icicles, and James Blunt. They also had a long-standing feud with Blur, going so far as to print t-shirts that read, "blur: are shite".

Quotes

"(The name Mogwai) has no significant meaning and we always intended on getting a better one, but like a lot of other things we never got round to it." -Guitarist Stuart Braithwaite

Studio Albums

Current Band Members

Stuart Braithwaite - Guitar
Dominic Aitchison - Bass/Guitar
Martin Bulloch - Drums
John Cummings - Guitar
Barry Burns - Keyboards/Guitar/Vocoder/Flute

Former Members

Brendan O'Hare

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Guardian Unlimited: "Deliriously Drowned In Sound" (January 15, 2006)
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Washingtonpost.com: "Mogwai 'Mr. Beast' Matador" (May 5, 2006)
San Francisco Chronicle: "Mogwai Changes Its Tune" (March 18, 2001)
Taipei Times: "Mogwai Prepares To Land" (November 08, 2003)

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