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Arab Strap

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Group. Formed 1995. Disbanded 17 December 2006.

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Biography

Arab Strap were an indie rock band from Scotland that consisted of core members Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton. The band were signed to independent record label Chemikal Underground, and split in 2006. As indicated by the title of Belle and Sebastian's third record, The Boy With The Arab Strap, and by Aidan Moffat's involvement in the two Reindeer Section albums, they were a central part of Glasgow's influential late 1990s music scene.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
The Last Romance 2005
Monday at the Hug & Pint 2003
Monday at the Hug and Pint 2003
The Red Thread 2001
Elephant Shoe 1999
 

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