Alexis Marshall

Alexis "Lex" Marshall was born on March 22, 1980, in Massachusetts. He moved regularly before settling in Providence, Rhode Island, for college alongside other eccentric/experimental rock and metal music acts from the same city such as Lightning Bolt and The Body.{{Cite web |title=Alexis Marshall: Good Dude Extraordinaire |url=http://www.wecb.fm/milkcrate/alexismarshall |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=WECB |date=August 12, 2019 |language=en-US}} In Providence, Marshall became adapted to and inspired by the local hardcore scene at an early age.

Rhode Island mathcore/grindcore act As the Sun Sets were formed in 1998 with Marshall as the founding vocalist.{{Cite news|url=http://lambgoat.com/news/1467/Update-on-last-As-The-Sun-Sets-album|title=Update on last As The Sun Sets album|date=May 20, 2002|access-date=December 21, 2021}} After the band split up, Marshall formed Daughters with Brent Fantini, guitarist Nick Sadler and Samuel Walker in 2001.{{Cite web|title=The Quietus {{!}} Features {{!}} A Quietus Interview {{!}} Overwhelmed By What's Inside: Alexis Marshall Of Daughters Interviewed|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/25754-alexis-marshall-daughters-interview|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=The Quietus|language=en-us}} The band released their first EP in 2002. Their debut album, Canada Songs, was released in 2003,{{cite web|first=Mat|last=Hocking|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3696/reviews/9642|title=Album Review: Daughters! - Canada Songs|date=|work=DrownedInSound.com|access-date=December 21, 2021|archive-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224232817/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3696/reviews/9642|url-status=dead}} followed by Hell Songs in 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/11874/Daughters-Hell-Songs/|title=Daughters – Hell Songs (album review ) | Sputnikmusic|website=Sputnikmusic}}

In August 2009, several months after the band finished work on their self-titled album, Daughters, the band had what Marshall later described in an early 2010 interview as a "big falling out". Bassist Samuel Walker and guitarist Nick Sadler departed, resulting in Marshall and drummer Jon Syverson being the only members remaining in the band.{{Cite web|last=Harris|first=Chris|title=Daughters Down Two Members After 'Big Falling Out'|url=http://noisecreep.com/daughters-big-falling-out/|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=Noisecreep|date=January 25, 2010 |language=en}}

The band's hiatus meant that they did not tour to promote the album.{{Cite web|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|title=Daughters Unveil First New Song in Eight Years, Plan 2018 Album|url=https://noisecreep.com/daughters-new-song-satan-in-the-wait-2018-album/|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=Noisecreep|date=July 13, 2018 |language=en}} Tensions between Sadler and Marshall contributed to the dissolution of the band, with Marshall feeling unhappy about the direction that Sadler wanted Daughters to take musically.{{Cite web|last=Harris|first=Chris|title=Daughters Frontman Has Mixed Feelings About New LP|url=http://noisecreep.com/daughters-frontman-has-mixed-feelings-about-new-lp/|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=Noisecreep|date=February 5, 2010 |language=en}} In an interview Marshall explained, "Nick wrote a lot of the stuff on there, and he was really looking to make it accessible, and see how it fared... There are definitely parts of the record that were written to see how people will respond, which is kind of disappointing."{{Cite web|first=Ian|last=Cohen|title=Daughters: You Won't Get What You Want|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/daughters-you-wont-get-what-you-want/|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}

Marshall also cited his commitment to sobriety as playing a role; in an interview with Consequence, he said: "I assumed I wouldn't be able to mix music … 'cause, you know, there's so much fuckin' alcohol, drugs, and crazy people throwing shit at you."{{Cite web|date=November 27, 2018|first=Spencer|last=Kaufman|title=Daughters' Alexis Marshall on You Won't Get What You Want, Reviving the Band, and More|url=https://consequence.net/2018/11/daughters-alexis-marshall-interview-2018/|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=Consequence|language=en-US}}

After Andy Low organized a meeting between Marshall and bandmate Nick Sadler, Daughters reformed, performing their first post-hiatus gig in 2013.{{Cite web|last=Kraus|first=Brian|date=June 11, 2013|title=Daughters to play first show in four years|url=https://www.altpress.com/news/daughters_to_play_first_show_in_four_years/|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=Alternative Press|language=en-US}} The band released "Satan in the Wait", their first new song in eight years, in July 2018. In November, they released a new album, You Won't Get What You Want, through Ipecac Recordings.{{Cite news|first=Andrew|last=Sacher|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/daughters-announce-new-album-share-the-reason-they-hate-me/|title=Daughters announce new album, share "The Reason They Hate Me"|work=BrooklynVegan|date=August 17, 2018|access-date=August 19, 2018|language=en-US}}

In 2012, Marshall formed Fucking Invincible with a current member of Dropdead and Soul Control. In the same year, he collaborated with the Assembly of Light choir in their self titled EP.{{Cite web|last=Krasman|first=Brian|date=August 22, 2012|title=Assembly of Light's debut might sound lovely, but it has a doom-infested center|url=https://meatmeadmetal.com/2012/08/22/assembly-of-lights-debut-might-sound-lovely-but-it-has-a-doom-infested-center/|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=Meat Mead Metal|language=en}}

In 2017, Marshall published his first poetry book, A Sea Above the Pains of Our Youth.{{Cite web |title=Interview: Daughters Singer Alexis Marshall on His New Book, Bad Instagram Poetry + More |url=https://www.noecho.net/interviews/daughters-vocalist-alexis-marshall-book |access-date=October 7, 2022 |website=www.noecho.net |date=October 6, 2017 |language=en}} He released another poetry collection in 2020 titled Moving Windows.{{Cite web |last=Matthopoulos |first=Nick |date=August 9, 2021 |title=Today's Song: Alexis Marshall Presents an Ominous Atmosphere with "Open Mouth" |url=https://atwoodmagazine.com/amom-alexis-marshall-open-mouth-song-review/ |access-date=October 7, 2022 |website=Atwood Magazine |language=en-US}}

Marshall released his first solo single, "Nature in Three Movements", in 2020. The single was a standalone track and was not included on Marshall's solo album.{{Cite web|date=August 13, 2020|title=Hear Daughters Singer Alexis Marshall's Dramatic, Industrialized Debut Solo Song|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/hear-daughters-singer-alexis-marshalls-dramatic-industrialized-debut-solo-song|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=Revolver|language=en}} In June 2021, Marshall released "Hounds in the Abyss", the debut single from his first solo album, House of Lull. House of When. The album was released on July 23, 2021. It was produced by Seth Manchester. Collaborators on the album included Marshall's then-partner Kristin Hayter as well as Daughters bandmate Jon Syverson. Pitchfork awarded the album a score of 7.2/10.{{Cite web|first=Matt|last=Mitchell|title=Alexis Marshall: House of Lull . House of When|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/alexis-marshall-house-of-lull-house-of-when/|date=August 6, 2021|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=Pitchfork|language=en}} Kerrang! gave the album a mixed review, writing that, "It's lacking the punchy impact you'd expect from Daughters, and there's nothing in the way of catchy hooks to reel listeners in."{{Cite web|first=Angela|last=Davey|title=Album review: Alexis Marshall – House Of Lull. House Of When|url=https://www.kerrang.com/album-review-alexis-marshall-house-of-lull-house-of-when|date=July 20, 2021|access-date=December 12, 2021|website=Kerrang!|language=en}}

In As the Sun Sets and early Daughters releases, his vocals were a mixture of high pitched screaming and death growls, but he has since abandoned both, as he uses a clean vocal style since Hell Songs. His clean vocals have been compared to those of Nick Cave and David Yow.{{Cite web|date=October 29, 2018|title="I Wanted to Be This Grotesque Animal": The Unlikely Evolution of Daughters|url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/i-wanted-be-grotesque-animal-unlikely-evolution-daughters|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=Revolver|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Daughters: Daughters|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14186-daughters/|date=April 27, 2010|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=Pitchfork|language=en}} Marshall is the chief vocalist and lyricist of Daughters. He has described himself as taking a narrative approach to song-writing. Daughters have been noted for their "confrontational live shows, where Marshall may endure "people spitting in my mouth, punching me, grabbing me, trying to pull my shirt off or whatever". He has cited Alice Cooper's early performances as an influence on his approach to live performances.

Marshall was originally from Providence, Rhode Island, but currently lives in Pennsylvania. He has two children. Marshall has spoken about his struggles with alcoholism.

During Daughters' early days, the band's live shows were infamous for Marshall's intense stage presence and behavior. Marshall, while routinely heavily intoxicated, would remove his clothing, drink his own urine, rub his penis on the microphone and bleed himself.{{Cite web |date=October 29, 2018 |title="I Wanted to Be This Grotesque Animal": The Unlikely Evolution of Daughters |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/i-wanted-be-grotesque-animal-unlikely-evolution-daughters |access-date=October 7, 2022 |website=Revolver |language=en}} At a festival performance in Japan, Marshall vomited on the front row of the audience.{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Brian|title=It's Not Your Call if Reunited Daughters Whip It Out Onstage |url=https://clrvynt.com/daughters-interview/ |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=CLRVYNT |date=September 20, 2016 |language=en}} In 2006, Marshall fled the stage in the middle of a concert at Los Angeles' Knitting Factory because the police arrived to arrest him for public indecency.{{Cite web |title=Daughters forced to leave show following "stunt" |url=https://lambgoat.com/news/7550/Daughters-forced-to-leave-show-following-stunt |access-date=September 27, 2022 |website=lambgoat.com |language=en}} He has admitted to "flossing" his buttocks with a microphone cable, inserting microphones into his anus and in Belgium, nearly starting a fight because he masturbated onto an object. Botch bassist Brian Cook recalled: "Women pulled at his briefs. Fans fondled and licked his exposed cock. A confessed 'sex addict', Lex would swap spit with both men and women mid-set and fuck fans in venue bathrooms."{{Cite web |date=October 27, 2012 |title=I've Been Called A Sinner: Brian Cook Muses on Time Spent With Daughters « athousandtrivialities |url=http://athousandtrivs.com/2012/07/16/ive-been-called-a-sinner-brian-cook-muses-on-time-spent-with-daughters/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121027232910/http://athousandtrivs.com/2012/07/16/ive-been-called-a-sinner-brian-cook-muses-on-time-spent-with-daughters/ |archive-date=October 27, 2012 |access-date=October 18, 2022 }} Marshall said this behavior was caused by both alcohol and his own boredom.

Marshall was in a relationship with musician Kristin Hayter from July 2019 to June 2021.{{Cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=December 9, 2021 |title=Daughters Frontman Alexis Marshall Accused of Rape, Abuse by Former Partner |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alexis-marshall-rape-allegation-1269588/ |access-date=September 27, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} In December 2021, Hayter accused Marshall of domestic abuse and rape throughout their relationship.{{cite news |last=Helman |first=Peter |date=December 9, 2021 |title=Lingua Ignota's Kristin Hayter Details Alleged Abuse By Daughters' Alexis Marshall |work=Stereogum |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2170366/daughters-alexis-marshall-abuse-lingua-ignota-kristin-hayter/news/ |access-date=December 9, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=December 9, 2021 |title=Daughters Frontman Alexis Marshall Accused of Rape, Abuse by Former Partner |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alexis-marshall-rape-allegation-1269588/ |access-date=December 9, 2021}} Marshall denied the allegations, releasing a statement that said "Kristin is a person that I loved and cared deeply for, however, our relationship was unhealthy for both of us. I can assure anyone reading this that I absolutely did not abuse her, mentally or physically. I am investigating legal options."{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2021 |title=Lingua Ignota Accuses Daughters' Alexis Marshall of Abuse, Marshall Denies Allegations |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lingua-ignota-accuses-daughters-alexis-marshall-of-abuse-marshall-denies-allegations/ |access-date=December 11, 2021 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} Sargent House, the record label which released Marshall's solo album in July 2021, soon revealed that it had privately terminated Marshall in August 2021 when Hayter first alerted the label of Marshall's alleged abuse, but waited to publicize their decision for Hayter's privacy.{{cite web |last=Kennelty |first=Greg |date=December 10, 2021 |title=Sargent House Dropped Daughters' Vocalist Over Abuse Claims In August |url=https://metalinjection.net/news/sargent-house-dropped-daughters-vocalist-over-abuse-claims-in-august |accessdate=December 11, 2021 |work=Metal Injection}}

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