Ganger were an alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

/post rock band from Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

, with members who also played with Bis

Bis (band)

Bis are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark , John Clark , and Amanda MacKinnon . Formed in 1994, the band broke up in 2003, but reformed briefly in 2007 for a series of concerts.-History:...

, Aereogramme

Aereogramme

Aereogramme were a Scottish alternative/post-rock rock band from Glasgow, consisting of Craig B. , Iain Cook , Campbell McNeil and Martin Scott...

, and Fukuyama.

History

The band was formed in early 1995 by bass guitarists Graham Gavin and Stuart Henderson, along with drummer James A. Young, guitarist Lucy McKenzie

Lucy McKenzie

Lucy McKenzie is an artist based in Brussels, Belgium.McKenzie studied for her BA at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee from 1995–1999 and at Karlsruhe Kunstakademie in Germany in 1998....

, and Steven Clark (aka Sci-Fi Steven) of Bis

Bis (band)

Bis are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark , John Clark , and Amanda MacKinnon . Formed in 1994, the band broke up in 2003, but reformed briefly in 2007 for a series of concerts.-History:...

 on drums and keyboards. The band showed obvious influences from Krautrock

Krautrock

Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...

 bands such as Faust

Faust (band)

Faust are a German krautrock band. Formed in 1971 in Wümme, the group was originally composed of Werner "Zappi" Diermaier, Hans Joachim Irmler, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé Péron, Rudolf Sosna and Gunther Wüsthoff, working with record producer Uwe Nettelbeck and engineer Kurt Graupner.-History:Faust...

, Neu!

Neu!

Neu! was a German band formed by Klaus Dinger and Michael Rother after their split from Kraftwerk in the early 1970s...

, and Ash Ra Tempel

Ash Ra Tempel

Ash Ra Tempel are a German krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971. All three founding members had previously played...

, and their debut EP

Extended play

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 Half Nelson was released in 1996 on Glasgow label Vesuvius. Two further EPs followed that year, The Cat's in the Bag...the Bag's in the River, and the Domino Records 'Series 500' release Hollywood Loaf. Continuing on Domino, and now with Martin Allen replacing Clark and Caroline Kraabel added on saxophone

Saxophone

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, the band's debut album, Fore, was issued in 1997, collecting tracks from the early singles. Henderson and Young then recruited a new line-up of Craig B (guitar, vocals) and Natasha Noramly (bass, formerly of Fukuyama), and released two more singles before second album Hammock Style in 1998, which saw comparisons with Tortoise

Tortoise (band)

Tortoise is an American post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1990.-Music:Tortoise's almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago's fertile music scene, playing in...

 and Slint

Slint

Slint was an American rock band consisting of Brian McMahan , David Pajo , Britt Walford , Todd Brashear and Ethan Buckler...

, and was followed by a US tour with Mogwai

Mogwai

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. Craig B left to form Aereogramme

Aereogramme

Aereogramme were a Scottish alternative/post-rock rock band from Glasgow, consisting of Craig B. , Iain Cook , Campbell McNeil and Martin Scott...

, and after the band's third album, Canopy, was recorded, the band split up.

Singles, EPs

• Half Nelson EP (1996) Vesuvius Records
  Vesuvius Records UK
  Glasgow's Vesuvius records was birthed from the white hot crucible of the local band scene in the early mid 1990s to give voice to local bands who were innovative, but lacked exposure....
  
  
• The Cat's in the Bag...the Bag's in the River EP (1996) Planet
• Hollywood Loaf EP (1996) Domino Series 500
• "Trilogy - D" (1998) Soul Static Sound
• "Trilogy - The Underdog" (1998) Soul Static Sound
• "Trilogy - Two Lone Swordsmen" (1998) Soul Static Sound
• "Geocities" (1998) Domino
• With Tongue Twisting Words EP (1998) Domino

Albums

• Fore (1997) Domino
• Hammock Style (1998) Domino
• Canopy (1999) Guided Missile