Madigan Shive

Madigan Shive

Shive in Central Park, New York, 2005
Background information
Born Seattle, Washington, United States
Genres avant-garde
Instruments Cello, guitar, vocals
Years active 1992–present
Labels Kill Rock Stars
St. Francis
MoonPuss Music
Associated acts Tattle Tale
Bonfire Madigan
Website bonfiremadigan.com

Madigan Shive, or Bonfire Madigan Shive, is an American songwriter, performing artist, community organizer, and musician.

She is a cellist, singer and guitarist, formerly of the band Tattle Tale and currently fronting her own ensemble, Bonfire Madigan. She undertakes commissioned pieces and performances for live theatre and film. She was a part of the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s and her songs have been included in independent feature and documentary films.

Biography

Shive's parents were "intentional future community" people; her mother called her Running Pony until she was about six years old, and regularly changed her name. Shive eventually chose one of them, Madigan, as her permanent name when she was a teenager.[1] The family lived in a teepee in Washington for about two years when she was a child, and moved often. She learned to play cello from age nine.[2]

In 1992 at age seventeen she formed the Seattle based duo Tattle Tale with Jen Wood.[3] Tattle Tale were a part of the riot grrrl movement.[4] They released a cassette album, Tattle Tale, on the Kill Rock Stars label[5] and a CD album on St. Francis Records.[6] The band broke up in 1995.

In 1995 Shive formed her own artist run music label, MoonPuss Music and began solo releases as 'Madigan'. She released the Rock Stop EP in 1996. The song "Pity Rock" from the EP featured in the film Sleeping Beauties by Jamie Babbit. Babbit also featured Tattle Tale's "Glass Vase Cello Case" as the love theme in her film But I'm a Cheerleader (1999).[7] In 1996 Shive also released the Fortunes From The F-Holes album.

In 1997 she formed the ensemble project 'Bonfire Madigan' with original members contrabassist Sheri Ozeki, guitarist Shelley Doty, and percussionist Tomas (Tomas Palermo).[8] The music has been described as "mixes classical stringed elements with modern beats and percussion into a punk-influenced, emotional concoction."[9] Bonfire Madigan continues as a collaborative effort with other rotating musicians recording, performing and touring.

In 2001 Shive made news while raising money to fight tenant eviction and trying to raise awareness of tenant's and poor people's rights.[10]

Shive has been actively hearing voices and having experiences of what mainstream psychiatry would call delusions but that she frames differently, including mood extremes, all her life.[4] In 2003 she became a founding collective member of The Icarus Project[4] alongside Sascha Scatter, Jacks Ashley McNamara and Will Hall. The Icarus Project is a mental health movement characterized by the view that many phenomena commonly labeled as mental illness should actually be regarded as "dangerous gifts". She has said "We see our madness as a dangerous gift to be cultivated and taken care of, not a disease to be cured".[11]

In 2008 Shive was a contributing author to the anthology Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction on Seven Stories Press.

Shive has completed a variety of commissioned pieces and performances for live theatre and film since 2006. Chad Jones, reviewing her performance in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore at the American Conservatory Theater for SF Theatre Examiner, wrote "What makes the play worth seeing is the live music provided by punk cellist/vocalist Bonfire Madigan Shive, a fascinating performer who connects to the play more viscerally than the actors."[11]

She is based in the Mexico / US border region of California.

Discography

With Tattle Tale

As Madigan

As Bonfire Madigan

Bonfire Madigan performing at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, September 2016.

Albums

EPs

Contributions to other releases

Theater works

Filmography

Soundtrack contributions

Other film contributions

Books with contributions by Shive

References

  1. ↑ Pritchett, Jenny (2002). "An Interview with Madigan Shive". Posthoc.com. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Bio/Herstory", Madigan Shive. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  3. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Tattle Tale Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  4. 1 2 3 Packebush, Nina (May 12, 2014). "Mutha Interviews Bonfire Madigan Shive". Mutha Magazine. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tattle Tale – Tattle Tale", discogs.com. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Tattle Tale – Sew True", discogs.com. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "But I'm a Cheerleader (1999): Soundtracks", IMDB. Accessed 20 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Bonfire Madigan Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  9. ↑ "Bonfire Madigan To Play Confab ", MTV News. Accessed 27 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Bonfire Madigan's Shive Fights Eviction". Aversion.com. 2001-07-03. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  11. 1 2 3 "Mad Pride at Virginia Tech", American Public Media. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Easter Vigil: A Dramatic Presentation", The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  13. ↑ "A.C.T. History", American Conservatory Theater. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Twisted Christmas - 2008", Barbican Centre.
  15. ↑ "Theater review: 'Elektra' at the Getty Villa", Los Angeles Times. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "Sophocles' Elektra Staged at the Getty Villa", Huffington Post. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  17. ↑ "The Venerable Brought to Vivid Life", Wall Street Journal. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)", IMDB. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  19. ↑ "Chain Camera Transcription", Kirby Dick. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)", IMDB. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist (2002) ", IMDB. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  22. ↑ "Angel Food", International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  23. ↑ "Angel Food (2003)", IMDB. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  24. ↑ "Urban Cowgirl Productions: Don't Need You", Urban Cowgirl Productions. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  25. ↑ "Transliminal Criminal (2009)", IMDB. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  26. ↑ "Credits", Ken Paul Rosenthal. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  27. ↑ "Crooked Beauty", Ken Paul Rosenthal. Accessed 26 June 2014.
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