Gastr Del Sol

Gastr del Sol is an oft-cited stalwart of what is sometimes termed the "post-rock" movement of the 1990s. Based in Chicago, Gastr del Sol explored idiosyncratic sonic textures, veering from avant-garde punk to atonal songcraft to

Gastr del Sol is an oft-cited stalwart of what is sometimes termed the "post-rock" movement of the 1990s. Based in Chicago, Gastr del Sol explored idiosyncratic sonic textures, veering from avant-garde punk to atonal songcraft to Musique concrète to composition for small orchestra.

The group began as the brain-child of David Grubbs, an alumnus of the Louisville, KY punk rock scene that produced Squirrel Bait and Slint, the former of which he was member. A few years after Grubbs's arrival in Chicago, his esoteric punk group Bastro metamorphosed into Gastr del Sol.