Long Fin Killie's core lineup consisted of Luke Sutherland (vocals, violin, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, saxophone, hammer dulcimer, thumb piano, etc.
The members were all highly trained, enabling them to create complex, atypical music which usually featured hypnotically-bowed violins/celli, jazz-influenced drumming, and meandering ambient passages.
The band received widespread critical acclaim, but little to no radio play, though they did tour on the 1996 edition of Lollapalooza as part of its "second stage," in support of their 1996 second LP Valentino.
[4] While driving from Sweden to Norway in late 1996, the band's tour bus was involved in a major accident on a patch of ice, causing Sutherland to suffer a collapsed lung, broken ribs and collar bone, and other injuries.
All of the band's albums had one-word titles honouring public icons who died at early ages: escape artist Harry Houdini, actor Rudolph Valentino and pilot Amelia Earhart, respectively.
Kenneth McEwan published a post-apocolyptic book called "The Ghosts of Yule" He now lives in England with his family and wife, making his solo electronic music.