John Cummings is a Scottish

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and

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, best known for being a former member of Glaswegian band

Mogwai Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mog ...

, mostly playing

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, as well as programming, keyboards and

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Career

Mogwai

After forming and playing a few gigs in 1995 as a three-piece, Mogwai enlisted John Cummings on guitar. Though he mostly contributed guitar to the band, Cummings has also sung on the song "Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep", from 2003's '' Happy Songs for Happy People''. He left Mogwai in November 2015 to pursue a solo career.

The Reindeer Section

Cummings was briefly a member of

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supergroup,

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, contributing guitar to the first album.

Other

Cummings produced Part Chimp's albums ''Chart Pimp'' and ''I Am Come'', the

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EP ''How Clean is your Acid House?'', The Magnificents album '' Year of Explorers'', Trout's ''Norma Jean'' EP and ''

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'' by Fuck Buttons. He also contributed guitar to

The Zephyrs The Zephyrs are an Edinburgh, Scotland-based indie band. They have released five albums and two EPs containing their shoegazing folk-rock style. Band history Brothers Stuart (vocals, guitar) and David Nicol (bass) had been playing music to ...

' 2004 album, ''A Year to the Day'' and Setting Sun from their 2001 album ''When The Sky Comes Down It Comes Down On Your Head''. In 2015 Cummings composed the musical score of the documentary film '' S Is for Stanley''.

Equipment

Throughout his time in Mogwai, Cummings has mainly used various models of the Fender Telecaster Custom and Gibson SG, often using irregular tunings.

Effects pedals

* Boss AW-3 Dynamic Wah * Boss DD-7 Digital Delay * Boss LS-2 Line Selector * Boss OS-2 Overdrive/Distortion (2) * Boss ODB-3 Bass Overdrive * Boss TR-2 Tremolo * Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner * Death By Audio Interstellar Overdrive Deluxe * Dead By Audio Supersonic Fuzz Gun * Electro-Harmonix HOG (2) * Electro-Harmonix Holy Stain * Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man With Hazarai * Jim Dunlop Uni-Vibe * MXR Carbon Copy Delay * MXR Phase 90 Script * MXR Kerry King 10 Band EQ (2) * Way Huge Fat Sandwich * Way Huge Auquapus * T-Rex Dr Swamp Distortion/Overdrive

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cummings, John Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Mogwai members Scottish rock guitarists Scottish male guitarists Scottish songwriters People educated at St Aloysius' College, Glasgow