Telstar Ponies

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Telstar Ponies are a rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. Their musical style varies considerably but displays obvious influences from Krautrock, folk (especially latterly), and experimental noise.

They were formed in 1994 by co-vocalists David Keenan and Rachel Devine and they recorded two albums, In The Space Of A Few Minutes and Voices From The New Music, adding Richard Youngs to the line-up for the latter. They split up in 1997 following the departures of both drummer Brendan O'Hare (ex-Teenage Fanclub) and bassist Gavin Laird. However, they reformed minus O'Hare in 1999. A third album was recorded, mixed by Christoph Heemann and Andrew Chalk but was never released. The band's current status is described as being on "long term sabbatical" by Devine, Laird and Prior, who have formed Porch Song Anthology in the meantime. Keenan plays with Taurpis Tula, curates the Subcurrent music festival, held annually in Glasgow and runs Volcanic Tongue, a shop and distributor specialising in outsider musics.

Band members:

Original line-up