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, which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986.Hall, Oliver
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and three former members of his brother Alec's band, the Faith: guitarist

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, drummer Ivor Hanson, and bassist Chris Bald. Hampton and Hanson had also previously played together in S.O.A. 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

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. . p. 211. their ninth and final show was held at the 9:30 Club in March 1986. Andersen, Mark; Jenkins, Mark (

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''. Retrieved September 29, 2016. The only recording released by the quartet was their posthumous 1987 self-titled album, ''

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'', being influenced by the Faith EP '' Subject to Change''.. ''Kill from the Heart''. Archived from 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 "

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to form the short-lived post-hardcore outfit

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in 1987, Rabid, Jack
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.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.