Editing Belle and Sebastian (section)

===Formation, early years and ''Tigermilk'' (1994–1996)===
In 1994, [[Stuart Murdoch (musician)|Stuart Murdoch]] and [[Stuart David]] both enrolled at [[Stow College]]'s Beatbox programme for unemployed musicians in Glasgow.<ref name="a2x" /> Together, with music professor [[Alan Rankine]] (formerly of [[The Associates (band)|the Associates]]), they recorded some demos, which in 1996 were picked up by the college's Music Business course that produces and releases one single each year on the college's label, [[Electric Honey (label)|Electric Honey]]. As Murdoch had a number of songs already and the label was extremely impressed with the demos, he was granted permission to record a full-length album, which was recorded mostly live over three days, entitled ''[[Tigermilk]]''.

Murdoch and David recruited local musicians [[Stevie Jackson]] (guitar and vocals), [[Isobel Campbell]] (cello/vocals), Chris Geddes (keys) and [[Richard Colburn]] (drums), the latter of whom shared a flat with David and was a student on the Music Business course, to perform on the album, with Murdoch describing the process as a "product of botched capitalism".<ref name="a2x" /> The band chose the name Belle and Sebastian from a short story Murdoch had written inspired by the television series of the same name, about a six-year-old boy and his dog, named Belle, a Great Pyrenees.<ref name="grd" /><ref name="Rock Formations">{{Citation |last=Wilson |first=Dave |title=Rock Formations: Categorical Answers to How Band Names Were Formed |publisher=Cidermill Books |year=2005 |page=105 |isbn=0-9748483-5-2}}</ref> In June 1996, Electric Honey pressed up one thousand copies of ''Tigermilk'' on [[Gramophone record|vinyl]].<ref name="grd" />