MGMT is an American pop and rock band formed in 2002 in Middletown, Connecticut. It was founded by multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser. Alongside VanWyngarden and Goldwasser, MGMT’s live lineup currently consists of drummer Will Berman, bassist Simon O’Connor, and guitarist and keyboard James Richardson.
On October 5, 2007, Spin named MGMT “Artist of the Day”. In November Rolling Stone pegged MGMT as a top ten “Artist to Watch” in 2008 and went on to name Oracular Spectacular number 494 in their top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
The band placed ninth in the BBC’s Sound of 2008 Top Ten Poll. They were also named as Last.fm’s most played new artist of 2008 in their Best of 2008 list.
Genre
Psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop
Labels
Cantora
Columbia
RED
MGMT
Artist Website Link: http://www.whoismgmt.com/
Discography
Oracular Spectacular (2007)
Congratulations (2010)
MGMT (2013)
Little Dark Age (2018)
MultiTracks
MGMT | Kids (vocal only and no vocal)