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Embrace was a short-lived American hardcore band from Washington, D.C., active from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986.[6] Along with Rites of Spring, and Beefeater, it was one of the mainstay acts of the 1985 Revolution Summer movement,[7] and was one of the first bands to be dubbed in the press as emotional hardcore,[6][8] though the members had rejected the term since its creation.[8][9][10] The band included lead vocalist Ian MacKaye of the defunct hardcore punk act Minor Threat and three former members of his brother Alec's band, the Faith: guitarist Michael Hampton, drummer Ivor Hanson, and bassist Chris Bald.[6][9] Hampton and Hanson had also previously played together in S.O.A.[11] The band played their first show on July 28, 1985, at Food for Thought, a former restaurant and music venue located on Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle;[12][13][14] their ninth and final show was held at the 9:30 Club in March 1986.[15][16][17] The only recording released by the quartet was their posthumous 1987 self-titled album, Embrace,[6] being influenced by the Faith EP Subject to Change.[9][18]

Following the breakup of Embrace,[16] MacKaye and ex-Minor Threat drummer, Jeff Nelson, tried turning their recent one-off musical experiment in England, dubbed "Egg Hunt", into an actual band,[19] but the project never made it past the rehearsal stage.[20][21][22] Hampton, for his part, teamed up with former members of Rites of Spring to form the short-lived post-hardcore outfit One Last Wish, while Bald moved on to the band Ignition. MacKaye eventually directed his energy and creativity toward the forming of Fugazi in 1987,[20][22][23] and Ivor Hanson would pair up with Hampton again in 1988 for Manifesto.[24]

During the band's formative years, some fans started referring to them and fellow innovators Rites of Spring as emocore (emotive hardcore) bands, a term MacKaye publicly disagreed with.[8][10]

Discography

Albums
Compilation appearances

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Embrace". Allmusic. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Embrace – Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Embrace". Punk News. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "The Subgenres of Punk Rock". Ryan Cooper. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  5. ^ "what exactly is 'emo,' anyway?". Helen A.S. Popkin. Archived from the original on May 26, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  6. ^ a b c d Hall, Oliver. "Embrace – Biography". Amoeba Music. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  7. ^ Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (Soft Skull Press, 2001). Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. Fourth ed., 2009. Akashic Books. ISBN 9781933354996. p. 193.
  8. ^ a b c Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (Soft Skull Press, 2001). Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. Fourth ed., 2009. Akashic Books. ISBN 9781933354996. p. 202.
  9. ^ a b c Cogan, p. 97
  10. ^ a b Ritesofspr (August 17, 2006). Ian MacKaye – 1986 – Emocore is stupid. YouTube. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  11. ^ Cogan, pp. 306-07
  12. ^ Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (Soft Skull Press, 2001). Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. Fourth ed., 2009. Akashic Books. ISBN 9781933354996. p. 165.
  13. ^ Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (Soft Skull Press, 2001). Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. Fourth ed., 2009. Akashic Books. ISBN 9781933354996. p. 183.
  14. ^ Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (Soft Skull Press, 2001). Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. Fourth ed., 2009. Akashic Books. ISBN 9781933354996. p. 211.
  15. ^ Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (Soft Skull Press, 2001). Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. Fourth ed., 2009. Akashic Books. ISBN 9781933354996. pp. 202-203.
  16. ^ a b Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (Soft Skull Press, 2001). Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. Fourth ed., 2009. Akashic Books. ISBN 9781933354996. pp. 206-207.
  17. ^ Zararity (December 29, 2014). Embrace – Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. 1986 (Complete and remastered). YouTube. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  18. ^ "The Faith: Subject to Change 12""[usurped]. Kill from the Heart. Archived from the original[usurped] on March 9, 2016.
  19. ^ Cogan, p. 96
  20. ^ a b DePasquale, Ron. "Egg Hunt: Artist Biography by Ron DePasquale". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  21. ^ Egg Hunt. Dischord Records. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  22. ^ a b Tyler, Vile. "Jeff Nelson of Dischord Records". Punk Globe. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  23. ^ Rabid, Jack. "Me and You: AllMusic Review by Jack Rabid". AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  24. ^ Cogan, p. 103
Works cited
  • Cogan, Brian (2008). The Encyclopedia of Punk. Sterling. ISBN 978-1-4027-5960-4.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace_(U.S._band)