Embrace (American band)
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{{Short description|American hardcore punk band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Embrace
| image = EmbraceAmericanBand 1985.jpeg
| image_upright = 1.2
| caption = Embrace at Food for Thought in July 1985. From left to right are Chris Bald, Ian MacKaye, and Mike Hampton. The drummer, Ivor Hanson, is out of frame.
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Washington, D.C., U.S.
| genre = {{flatlist|
- Hardcore punk{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/embrace-mw0000088543 |title=Embrace – Album Review |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=December 3, 2012}}
- post-hardcore{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/embrace-mn0001164391 |title=Embrace |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=December 3, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.punknews.org/bands/embrace |title=Embrace |publisher=Punk News |access-date=December 3, 2012}}
- emo{{cite web |url=http://punkmusic.about.com/od/punk101/a/subgenres.htm |title=The Subgenres of Punk Rock |publisher=Ryan Cooper |access-date=December 3, 2012 |archive-date=October 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025003417/http://punkmusic.about.com/od/punk101/a/subgenres.htm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna11720603 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526175224/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/11720603/ns/today-entertainment/t/what-exactly-emo-anyway |url-status=live |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |title=what exactly is 'emo,' anyway? |publisher=Helen A.S. Popkin |access-date=December 3, 2012}}
}}
| years_active = 1985–1986
| label = Dischord
| past_members = * Ian MacKaye
- Michael Hampton
- Chris Bald
- Ivor Hanson
}}
Embrace was a short-lived American hardcore band from Washington, D.C., active from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986.Hall, Oliver. [http://www.amoeba.com/embrace/artist/142020/bio "Embrace – Biography"]. Amoeba Music. Retrieved October 3, 2016. Along with Rites of Spring, and Beefeater, it was one of the mainstay acts of the 1985 Revolution Summer movement,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. and was one of the first bands to be dubbed in the press as emotional hardcore,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. though the members had rejected the term since its creation.Cogan, p. 97{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbdh0Qm_5A0 |title=Ian MacKaye - 1986 - Emocore is stupid |date=2006-08-17 |last=ritesofspr |access-date=2024-12-16 |via=YouTube}} 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.
History
Hampton and Hanson had previously played together in S.O.A.Cogan, pp. 306-07 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;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.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.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. their ninth and final show was held at the 9:30 Club in March 1986.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.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.Zararity (December 29, 2014). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmioRyZwQA Embrace – Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. 1986 (Complete and remastered)]. YouTube. Retrieved September 29, 2016. The only recording released by the quartet was their posthumous 1987 self-titled album, Embrace, being influenced by the Faith EP Subject to Change.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309080621/http://www.killfromtheheart.com/albums.php?id=1866&band_id=869 "The Faith: Subject to Change 12""]}}. Kill from the Heart. Archived from {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160309080621/http://www.killfromtheheart.com/albums.php?id=1866&band_id=869 the original]}} on March 9, 2016.
Following the breakup of Embrace, 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,Cogan, p. 96 but the project never made it past the rehearsal stage.DePasquale, Ron. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/egg-hunt-mn0000178371 "Egg Hunt: Artist Biography by Ron DePasquale"]. AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2016.[http://www.dischord.com/band/egg-hunt Egg Hunt]. Dischord Records. Retrieved September 26, 2016.Tyler, Vile. [http://www.punkglobe.com/jeffnelsoninterview509.html "Jeff Nelson of Dischord Records"]. Punk Globe. Retrieved September 26, 2016. 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,Rabid, Jack. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/me-and-you-mw0000257900 "Me and You: AllMusic Review by Jack Rabid"]. AllMusic. Retrieved September 26, 2016. and Ivor Hanson would pair up with Hampton again in 1988 for Manifesto.Cogan, p. 103
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.
Legacy
In 1994, a tribute album for Embrace, Land of Greed... World of Need, was released through Trustkill Records, featuring Avail, Rancid, and Lifetime, among others. The concept was that each band would cover one song from the band's sole album. The album was also a benefit for local homeless shelters.
Discography
See also
References
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- {{cite book
|last = Cogan
|first = Brian
|title = The Encyclopedia of Punk
|year = 2008
|publisher = Sterling
|isbn = 978-1-4027-5960-4
}}
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External links
- Zararity (December 29, 2014). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSmioRyZwQA Embrace – Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. 1986 (Complete and remastered)] (Embrace's final show). YouTube.
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