Michelle Mae

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Michelle Mae

Background information
Birth name Michelle Mae [1]
Origin Washington
Genre(s) Rock 'n' Roll, Post-Punk, Gospel Yeh-yeh
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Bass Guitar
Vocals
Years active 1990–present
Label(s) Kill Rock Stars
Dischord Records
K Records
Southern Records
Associated acts Witchy Poo
The Frumpies
The Make-Up
Weird War
Scene Creamers

Michelle Mae is an American musician from the state of Washington, who is known for playing in rock 'n' roll groups such as The Make-Up and Weird War.

[edit] Biography

Mae began playing with underground bands in Olympia, Washington in the mid-1990s, including a single recording with Witchy Poo,[2] and a period with Kill Rock Stars artists The Frumpies[3] before moving to Washington, D.C. to help form The Make-Up in 1995. After The Make-Up dissolved in 2000, Mae joined Weird War with some of her former Make-Up band mates.

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.[citation needed]

Typically focusing 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.[citation needed]

Mae is based in Washington, D.C., where she continues to work as a musician and practitioner of mysticism.[4]

[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

[edit] Live albums

[edit] DVD / Video

[edit] Weird War

Main article: Weird War discography

[edit] Studio albums

[edit] DVD / Video

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gale, Thomas (2005). The Make-Up Biography. eNotes. Retrieved on 2007-06-13.
  2. ^ Witchy Poo Recordings. 5 Rue Christine. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
  3. ^ Frumpies. Kill Rock Stars. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.
  4. ^ Mae, Michelle (2005-02-20). The Dignificant Worm. Weird War. Retrieved on 2007-05-23.

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