Michelle Mae

Michelle Mae
Background information
Birth name Michelle Mae [1]
Origin Washington
Genres Rock 'n' roll, post-punk, gospel yeh-yeh
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Bass guitar, vocals
Years active 1990present
Labels Kill Rock Stars, Dischord, K, Southern
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.

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.

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.

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

Discography

Witchy Poo

7 inch singles

The Frumpies

Albums

7 inch singles

The Make-Up

Studio albums

Live albums

DVD / video

Weird War

Main article: Weird War discography

Studio albums

DVD / video

References

  1. Gale, Thomas (2005). "The Make-Up Biography". eNotes. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
  2. "Witchy Poo Recordings". 5 Rue Christine. Archived from the original on 2007-01-23. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  3. "Frumpies". Kill Rock Stars. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
  4. Mae, Michelle (2005-02-20). "The Dignificant Worm". Weird War. Retrieved 2007-05-23.

External links

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