1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mogwai2.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Mogwai in 2017. Left to right: Dominic Atchison, Martin Bulloch, Stuart Braithwaite, Barry Burns]] |
3 | |
4 | -> '' 'Cause this music can put a human being in a trance-like state and deprive it for the sneaking feeling of existing.\ |
5 | 'Cause music is bigger than words and wider than pictures.\ |
6 | If someone told me that'' Mogwai ''are the stars, I would not object.\ |
7 | If the stars had a sound, they would sound like this.'' |
8 | -->-- From "Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home"[[note]]an interpolation of a music review of Mogwai by a student named Mari Myren[[/note]] |
9 | |
10 | Mogwai are a PostRock band hailing from Glasgow, Scotland. They are also [[GenreBusting very hard to describe]], due to their eclecticism. A few constants, however, include their very legendary {{Instrumentals}}, their love of distortion and effects, and an average song length of about [[EpicRocking 6 minutes.]] |
11 | |
12 | Their lineup has included: |
13 | * Stuart Braithwaite: Guitar, Vocals (1995-present) |
14 | * Dominic Aitchison: Bass, Guitar (1995-present) |
15 | * Martin Bulloch: Drums (1995-present) |
16 | * Barry Burns: Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Flute, Vocals (1998-present) |
17 | * Luke Sutherland: Violin, Guitar, Vocals (unofficial touring member, 1998-2016) |
18 | * Brendan O'Hare: Keyboards, Guitar (1997) |
19 | * John Cummings: Guitar, Laptop (1995-2015) |
20 | |
21 | Do not confuse with the creatures from ''Film/{{Gremlins}}''. Contrary to popular opinion, the band have disproved that they named themselves after said creatures. |
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23 | ---- |
24 | !!Discography: |
25 | |
26 | '''Studio albums''' |
27 | * ''Mogwai Young Team'' (1997) |
28 | * ''Come On Die Young'' (1999) |
29 | * ''Rock Action'' (2001) |
30 | * ''Happy Songs for Happy People'' (2003) |
31 | * ''Mr. Beast'' (2006) |
32 | * ''The Hawk Is Howling'' (2008) |
33 | * ''Hardcore Will Never Die, but You Will.'' (2011) |
34 | * ''Rave Tapes'' (2014) |
35 | * ''Every Country's Sun'' (2017) |
36 | * ''As the Love Continues'' (2021) |
37 | |
38 | !Mogwai provide examples of... |
39 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Barry Burns provided the backmasked monologue on ''Mogwai Young Team'''s "Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home." This was a year before he joined the band. |
40 | * GreatestHitsAlbum: ''Central Belters'', released in 2015 and compiling songs from their early singles to their then-recent EP, ''Music Industry 3, Fitness Industry 1''. |
41 | * {{Instrumentals}}: [[ExaggeratedTrope It'd be easier to list the songs that do have lyrics.]] |
42 | * LongRunnerLineUp: a Type 2 with Braithwaite, Aitchison, Bulloch, Burns and Cummings (and Sutherland, if you count him), lasting from 1998, when Burns (and Sutherland) joined, to 2015, when Cummings left. |
43 | * PerishingAltRockVoice: When the vocals appear at all. |
44 | * PopStarComposer: They've contributed to the soundtracks of several documentaries, most notably contributing 4 songs to climate change documentary ''Before the Flood''. |
45 | ** They performed the score for ''Film/TheFountain'' composed by Music/ClintMansell. |
46 | * {{Sampling}}: Numerous tracks on ''Come On Die Young'' sample clips from random TV shows. |
47 | * SixthRanger: From 1998-2016, Luke Sutherland was a long-time touring mate and friend of the band, playing backup guitars and violin on a fair amount of their songs, and co-writing [[StepUpToTheMicrophone and singing]] "Mexican Grand Prix" from ''Harcore Will Never Die, but You Will''. Throughout his 18-year run, however, he was never officially a member of the band. |
48 | * StageNames: For their first album, ''Mogwai Young Team'', the band used them. Braithwaite was credited as "[=pLasmatroN=]," Aitchison as "DEMONIC," Bulloch as "bionic," Cummings as "Cpt. Meat," and O'Hare as "+the relic+". These would be dropped by the time of ''Come On Die Young''. |
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