Michelle Mae
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| Michelle Mae | ||
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 Michelle Mae during Make-Up era
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Michelle Mae | |
| Origin | Washington | |
| Genre(s) | Rock 'n' Roll, Post-Punk, Gospel Yeh-yeh | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician | |
| Instrument(s) | Bass Guitar Vocals |
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| Years active | 1990–present | |
| Label(s) | Kill Rock Stars Dischord Records K Records Southern Records |
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| Associated acts |
Witchy Poo The Frumpies The Make-Up Weird War Scene Creamers |
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Michelle Mae is an American musician from Washington who is known for playing in rock 'n' roll groups such as The Make-Up and Weird War.
Mae began playing with underground bands in Olympia, Washington in the mid 90's, including a period with Kill Rock Stars artists The Frumpies before moving to Washington, D.C. to help form The Make-Up in 1995. After The Make-Up dissolved early in 2001, Mae joined Weird War with some of her former Make-Up bandmates.
Her style is heavily funk inflected, influenced by Funkadelic's Billy "Bass" Nelson, Larry Graham, and The Slits, as well as Northwest stalwarts Dead Moon.
Typically focussing on the bass guitar, in Weird War she plays a Fender Jazz Bass through a Sunn cabinet, though in The Make-Up she often played Hagström and Epiphone guitars through Kustom amplifiers.
Mae is based in Washington, D.C., where she continues to work as a musician and practitioner of mysticism.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Witchy Poo
[edit] 7 Inch Singles
- Mixed Metaphor (Kill Rock Stars/5RC) (released 1995, recorded 1992-1994)
[edit] The Frumpies
[edit] Albums
- Frumpie One Piece (Kill Rock Stars/5RC) (1998)
[edit] 7 Inch Singles
- Babies & Bunnies (Kill Rock Stars/5RC) (1993)
[edit] The Make-Up
[edit] Studio albums
- Destination: Love - Live! At Cold Rice (Dischord) (1996)
- After Dark (Dischord) (1997)
- Sound Verite (K Records) (1997)
- In Mass Mind (Dischord) (1998)
- Save Yourself (K Records) (1999)
- I Want Some (Singles Compilation) (K Records) (1999)
[edit] Live albums
- Untouchable Sound - Live! (Drag City/Sea Note) (2006)
[edit] DVD / Video
- Blue is Beautiful (included on In Film/On Video) (Dischord) (1998)
- In Film/On Video (Dischord) (2006)
[edit] Weird War
[edit] Studio albums
- Weird War (Drag City) (2002)
- I Suck on that Emotion (as Scene Creamers) (Drag City) (2003)
- If You Can't Beat 'Em, Bite 'Em (Drag City) (2004)
- Illuminated by the Light (Drag City) (2005)
[edit] DVD / Video
- appears on Burn to Shine 01: Washington DC 01.14.2004 (Trixie) (2005)
