I'll answer your question a bit later Clarke when I've thought about it more.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 10 May 2004 03:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 May 2004 04:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 10 May 2004 04:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 10 May 2004 04:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Monday, 10 May 2004 04:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Debito (Debito), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeefuse 73 (Leee), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leeefuse 73 (Leee), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Gygax's comments re: Young Team are completely otm. I've never understood the fawning over that record. Yes, there are intense moments on YT that can't be found on any of their other albums, but there's a load of filler too. Once I discovered live Mogwai bootlegs I discovered I didn't need YT to get my Mogwai Fear Satan fix anymore.
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 10 May 2004 05:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 10 May 2004 08:25 (nineteen years ago) link
I never listen to CODY, incidentally. Love the EP in between CODY and Rock ActioN though.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 10 May 2004 11:13 (nineteen years ago) link
That would be me! And the new one too, though I don't listen to it anywhere as much.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 May 2004 11:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 10 May 2004 12:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 10 May 2004 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 May 2004 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 10 May 2004 13:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 10 May 2004 13:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Reasonably accurate. After reading a number of interviews with the band, they sounded like a band I would like -- brimming with a healthy disdain for pretty much everything else. Likewise, the influences they'd continually cite -- Stooges, Sabbath, etc. -- all suggested that their music would be right up my alley. Hate to say, however, but I just found their music to be staggeringly dull. Still do
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 10 May 2004 14:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Mogwai seem to be everything to everyone, because with the exception of "Ratts in the Capital," Happy Songs absolutely melts into a single blob of tepidness.
― Leeefuse 73 (Leee), Monday, 10 May 2004 17:12 (nineteen years ago) link
CODY blurs into one big homogenous blob for me.
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Monday, 10 May 2004 17:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Monday, 10 May 2004 20:08 (nineteen years ago) link
tracy is one of the most beautiful tracks imaginable,and mogwai fear satan is incredible,really immense sounding without being ridiculous...loads of the eps and other stuff were really good as well,and cody had its moments,but i never loved it as much as the others,although the run of three tracks towards the end was excellent...
they were great all the times i saw them live as well
i haven't really kept up with them though,i heard and quite liked rock action but never really bothered to get it,and i haven't heard anything since (unless that jewish hymn thing came out since then,which i really liked...)
this thread has made me really want to dig out some of their stuff,i must have a look....
― robin (robin), Monday, 10 May 2004 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 10 May 2004 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link
thinking about it,its weird,cause i haven't payed attention to much of that sort of music in ages,even though i used to love it,and in a way it was mogwai who got me out of it,since i heard of surgeon through them and subsequently got into techno...
― robin (robin), Monday, 10 May 2004 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link
(i can't find any of my mogwai cds,its wrecking my head)
― robin (robin), Monday, 10 May 2004 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Monday, 10 May 2004 20:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Monday, 10 May 2004 22:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 05:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― umop apisdn (umop apisdn), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 05:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 05:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Well when it comes to Young Team I'd say more like Smashing Pumpkins.
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 06:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 06:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 08:26 (nineteen years ago) link
On the way up, only Hunted By A Freak and Ratts Of The Capital grabbed me at all. On the way back just now I thought I'd give it another try - Ratts Of The Capital didn't sound as good as it did yesterday. Hmm.
― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Jesus! Thanks for the tip. I might have bought that thing on a whim or something someday.
― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link
Sorry Ned!
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Nouthall (Nick Southall), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
right OTM.
― mookieproof (mookieproof), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 19:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 00:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 00:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Very nice message just sent out via their Bandcamp:
It is 25 years this week since the release of our first single Tuner/Lower, the first release on Rock Action Records. We started the label (named after Stooges drummer Scott Asheton) with a loan of £400 from my sister Victoria’s boyfriend (now husband) Jared. Martin’s folks generously helped us out by paying for the studio to record the songs. We folded the record sleeves up one by one in my bedroom at my parents house. I had every expectation that most of them were going to be hard to get rid of and would remain in a pile in my bedroom for some time. Thankfully that wasn’t to be the case.We didn’t start the band or the label to get in to charts. That would have seemed insane. We were just kids that wanted to make an amazing noise and get our record played on John Peel. Amazingly John did play the record, and one thing led to another to get us to the point we’re at now. Its been an incredible journey making music together over the last quarter century, taking us to places we never dreamed of and getting to play our music to more people than we ever imagined. None of us ever envisaged either the band or the label being in a position where having a number one record would be a possibility.As it stands our new album As The Love Continues is number one in the UK charts. It's something we’re amazed by. We’re taken aback by everyone’s support, kindness and generosity. It means so much to us and would be incredible if we could hold on to remain number one when the chart comes out on Friday. For that to happen we need everyone’s help by buying the record and streaming it as much as possible. We are so grateful for all the support we’ve received so far and with just a few more days of it we can do something pretty amazing.If you've bought the album via Bandcamp but haven't yet downloaded, the UK charts will only register the sale once it's downloaded so if you can...it'd be appreciated.Cheers!StuartMogwai
We didn’t start the band or the label to get in to charts. That would have seemed insane. We were just kids that wanted to make an amazing noise and get our record played on John Peel. Amazingly John did play the record, and one thing led to another to get us to the point we’re at now. Its been an incredible journey making music together over the last quarter century, taking us to places we never dreamed of and getting to play our music to more people than we ever imagined. None of us ever envisaged either the band or the label being in a position where having a number one record would be a possibility.
As it stands our new album As The Love Continues is number one in the UK charts. It's something we’re amazed by. We’re taken aback by everyone’s support, kindness and generosity. It means so much to us and would be incredible if we could hold on to remain number one when the chart comes out on Friday. For that to happen we need everyone’s help by buying the record and streaming it as much as possible. We are so grateful for all the support we’ve received so far and with just a few more days of it we can do something pretty amazing.
If you've bought the album via Bandcamp but haven't yet downloaded, the UK charts will only register the sale once it's downloaded so if you can...it'd be appreciated.
Cheers!StuartMogwai
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
They just tweeted Ricky Gervais asking to plug their album then deleted it
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
I still don't know why more people weren't talking about ZeroZeroZero, an international drug trafficking drama on Amazon Prime that was so great, but anyway Mogwai did the soundtrack and it works really well in the show
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
Limmy has given them a plug! And he doesn't plug just anyone
― imago, Thursday, 25 February 2021 18:00 (three years ago) link
As it stands our new album As The Love Continues is number one in the UK charts.
holy shit. hope they pull it off!
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Thursday, 25 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
been loving the full on twitter party re this.if it happens then the poor buggers cant even go to the pub and celebrate.
― mark e, Thursday, 25 February 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
Never had them down as a band who’d beg people to buy their album to get a number 1 but fair fuck’s to them if they pull it off
― PaulTMA, Friday, 26 February 2021 15:35 (three years ago) link
I would not have expected it either, but then I also never would have imagined they'd even have a shot! So good on them, really.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 26 February 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
Next step, Christmas #1
Why are post-rock bands so...inconsistent with their volume levels? Mogwai plays Atomic was polite where it should have howled, while GYBE's last tour was simply deafening
― theo, Friday, 26 February 2021 16:15 (three years ago) link
Great success
“It’s been an incredible journey...” Mogwai (@mogwaiband) score their first Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with As The Love Continues ❤️ https://t.co/xwNrF1Agwv— Official Charts (@officialcharts) February 26, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 February 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
ah that's nice for them
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Friday, 26 February 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
BOOM. Stuart was just on Scottish TV news talking about it. I had a wee lump in my throat.
― stirmonster, Friday, 26 February 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link
it must be pretty exciting to be in with a chance of having a no. 1. More power to them i say.
― stirmonster, Friday, 26 February 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
i don't keep up with them that much these days but thinking back to 20 odd years ago when it was so cool to me that barry burns' girlfriend's gran lived in my street, stuart had went to my high school, and that my pop punk band "the dirty lovers" (that never played a gig) practiced at the same place where they had recorded young team it does really warm the heart to see them achieve this milestone
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Friday, 26 February 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
Mogwai (@mogwaiband) score their first Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart
awesome
Never had them down as a band who’d beg people to buy their album to get a number 1
they can totally pull it off because it's such an unlikely #1, it's a shared victory
Mogwai plays Atomic was polite where it should have howled, while GYBE's last tour was simply deafening
Precisely the inverse of the Sept 99 gigs lol. "Polite where it should have howled" describes that GYBE set perfectly.
i don't keep up with them that much these days
I've heard all of 2 tracks they've done since Rock Action tbh
They were one of my favorite bands in 97-98, CODY was a bit disappointing. YT sounds amazing, hiring Dave Fridmann to make a Steve Albini record was a misstep imo.
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Friday, 26 February 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
rock action is my favorite mogwai album lol, all killer no filler
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Friday, 26 February 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
i liked ex-cowboy but it feels unfinished structurally or something. my favorite pieces of theirs were things like Summer and Katrien where Dominic leads
I liked the track with Gruff Rhys the most on Rock Action, SFA were my other fave then
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Friday, 26 February 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
"barry burns' girlfriend's gran lived in my street"can I get your autograph pls
― StanM, Friday, 26 February 2021 23:04 (three years ago) link
onya fellas
listened to a few songs off the album, file under enjoyable
― Pre-Raphaelite Brah (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 27 February 2021 04:22 (three years ago) link
I'm a big fan still and love the new album. Really pleased for them.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 27 February 2021 13:27 (three years ago) link
About 2/3rds of the way through Stuart's book right now, it's.. fine, as far as these type of fucks go. Nothing really revelatory, but I actually found his early show going career list more endearing and relatable than Thurston's (for a recent comparison).
Seems like he mostly regrets coming off like such an abrasive knob in early interviews, basically it sounds like the more he mouthed off the more print they got and he was happy to feed it if it meant more coverage for the band, even if he felt conflicted about it. He also seems to regret the Blur shirt thing, not that he doesn't think Blue are shite, but rather that he thinks the timing of the shirts shot themselves in the foot a little in the long run.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 2 April 2024 21:11 (three weeks ago) link