El Fangel
01-09-2008, 11:35 PM
Mogwai
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Mogwai are a Scottish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland) band from Glasgow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow), United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom). Formed by Stuart Braithwaite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Braithwaite) and Dominic Aitchison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Aitchison) in 1995, Mogwai has since become one of the most influential and best known names in post-rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rock).<sup class="noprint Template-Fact">[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]</sup>
They compose lengthy instrumental guitar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_guitar)-based pieces in the post-rock tradition, usually focused around the elaboration of a single theme, and are known traditionally for dynamic contrast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics_%28music%29), melodic bass riffs, and their use of guitar distortion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion#Audio_distortion) and effects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_pedal). Stuart Braithwaite has commented on the lack of lyrics within Mogwai's music, saying:
<table style="border-style: none; margin: auto; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20">“</td> <td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top">I think most people are not used to having no lyrics to focus on. Lyrics are a real comfort to some people. I guess they like to sing along and when they can't do that with us they can get a bit upset.</td> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20">”</td> </tr> </tbody></table> The band were originally signed to renowned Glasgow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow) indie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_music) label Chemikal Underground (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemikal_Underground), but are now distributed by different labels, such as Matador (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matador_Records) in the US and Play It Again Sam Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_It_Again_Sam) in the UK. They have also developed their own label, Rock Action Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Action_Records), named after Stooges (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stooges) drummer Scott Asheton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Asheton), who had his name changed to Rock Action.<sup id="_ref-FAQ_0" class="reference">[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogwai_%28band%29#_note-FAQ)</sup>
Their style has been influenced by bands including The Dirty Three (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dirty_Three), Joy Division (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division), Pink Floyd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd), The Jesus and Mary Chain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jesus_and_Mary_Chain), My Bloody Valentine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine), and post-rock pioneers Slint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slint). During 2004 the band supported tours by two major influences, Pixies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixies_%28band%29) and The Cure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure). Mogwai's style has easily identifiable connections to genres like shoegaze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoegaze), math rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_rock), art rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_rock), and occasionally instrumental metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music). While their sound bears little resemblance to traditional punk rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock), the band seems to identify closely with the punk ethic.
Mogwai is named after the creatures from the film Gremlins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins) (also means "devil" in Chinese), although guitarist Stuart Braithwaite comments that "it 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."
http://mog.com/pictures/wikipedia/436747/Mogwai2003bw.jpg
Mogwai are a Scottish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland) band from Glasgow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow), United Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom). Formed by Stuart Braithwaite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Braithwaite) and Dominic Aitchison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Aitchison) in 1995, Mogwai has since become one of the most influential and best known names in post-rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rock).<sup class="noprint Template-Fact">[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]</sup>
They compose lengthy instrumental guitar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_guitar)-based pieces in the post-rock tradition, usually focused around the elaboration of a single theme, and are known traditionally for dynamic contrast (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics_%28music%29), melodic bass riffs, and their use of guitar distortion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion#Audio_distortion) and effects (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_pedal). Stuart Braithwaite has commented on the lack of lyrics within Mogwai's music, saying:
<table style="border-style: none; margin: auto; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;" valign="top" width="20">“</td> <td style="padding: 4px 10px;" valign="top">I think most people are not used to having no lyrics to focus on. Lyrics are a real comfort to some people. I guess they like to sing along and when they can't do that with us they can get a bit upset.</td> <td style="padding: 10px; color: rgb(178, 183, 242); font-size: 36px; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;" valign="bottom" width="20">”</td> </tr> </tbody></table> The band were originally signed to renowned Glasgow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow) indie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_music) label Chemikal Underground (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemikal_Underground), but are now distributed by different labels, such as Matador (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matador_Records) in the US and Play It Again Sam Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_It_Again_Sam) in the UK. They have also developed their own label, Rock Action Records (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Action_Records), named after Stooges (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stooges) drummer Scott Asheton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Asheton), who had his name changed to Rock Action.<sup id="_ref-FAQ_0" class="reference">[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogwai_%28band%29#_note-FAQ)</sup>
Their style has been influenced by bands including The Dirty Three (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dirty_Three), Joy Division (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division), Pink Floyd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd), The Jesus and Mary Chain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jesus_and_Mary_Chain), My Bloody Valentine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Bloody_Valentine), and post-rock pioneers Slint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slint). During 2004 the band supported tours by two major influences, Pixies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixies_%28band%29) and The Cure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cure). Mogwai's style has easily identifiable connections to genres like shoegaze (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoegaze), math rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_rock), art rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_rock), and occasionally instrumental metal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music). While their sound bears little resemblance to traditional punk rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock), the band seems to identify closely with the punk ethic.
Mogwai is named after the creatures from the film Gremlins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins) (also means "devil" in Chinese), although guitarist Stuart Braithwaite comments that "it 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."