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The Make Up
Lung Leg
& The Lovely Eggs (Dj Set)
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Indie-punk subversives the Make-Up emerged from the ashes of the
seminal Washington, D.C. outfit Nation of Ulysses, reuniting vocalist
lan Svenonious, guitarist James Canty, and drummer Steve Gamboa
(who together also previously teamed in the short-lived Cupid Car
Club, M.P. as well as the T.A.M.I. Show). Completing the lineup with
bassist Michelle Mae, the Make-Up surfaced in early 1995 with their
debut single "Blue Is Beautiful," the first call-to-arms to spring from
their self-styled liberation theology 'Gospel Yeh-Yeh,' a belief system
advocating the oppressed masses to "get theirs" and "off the pigs in all
their forms." Split singles with the Meta-Matics and Slant 6 followed,
and in the wake of the "R.U.A. Believer" single the group returned in
early 1996 with their first LP, the Dischord label release Destination:
Live at Cold Rice. In February 1997, the quartet launched their second
album, The Make-Up After Dark; a third full-length, Sound Verite,
appeared on K Records just a month later. The subject of James
Schneider's 1997 tour film Blue Is Beautiful, the Make-Up rounded out
the year with "Free Arthur Lee," recorded in tribute to the imprisoned
leader of the legendary psychedelic-era band Love; upon completing
their 1998 LP In Mass Mind, the band toured Brazil, returning to the
U.S. to issue the singles "Wade in the Water" and "Untouchable Sound."
The brilliant Save Yourself followed in the fall of 1999. ~ Jason Ankeny,
Rovi