Music like Pelt

Pelt is a drone music group formed in Richmond, Virginia in 1993.

The band was originally formed in 1993 by violinist Mike Gangloff. The rest of the early lineup left on the verge of series of live dates, and in 1995 Gangloff recruited Patrick Best and guitarist Jack Rose, both of the band Ugly Head, to replace them. Inspired by traditional American music, Indian raga, and artists such as John Fahey and The Dead C.

After releasing Burning/Filament/Rockets in 1995 they released Brown Cyclopedia a year later on their own Radioactive Rat label. It was reissued by VHF Records, the label that the band stayed with until 2009. Max Meadows followed in 1997, the first of ten albums recorded for VHF, and featured homemade and modified instruments.