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band from Washington, D.C., which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986.Hall, Oliver
"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. . p. 193. and was one of the first bands to be dubbed in the press as

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, 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. . p. 202. though the members had rejected the term since its creation.Cogan, p. 97Ritesofspr (August 17, 2006)
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and three former members of his brother Alec's band, the Faith: guitarist Michael Hampton, 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 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. . 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. . 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. . 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. . 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. . pp. 206-207.Zararity (December 29, 2014)
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''. 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''.. ''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 " Egg Hunt", into an actual band,Cogan, p. 96 but the project never made it past the rehearsal stage.DePasquale, Ron
"Egg Hunt: Artist Biography by Ron DePasquale"
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Dischord Records Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in punk rock. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release '' Minor Disturbance'' by their band The Teen Idles ...

''. Retrieved September 26, 2016.Tyler, Vile
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''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

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, while Bald moved on to the band Ignition. MacKaye eventually directed his energy and creativity toward the forming of

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in 1987, Rabid, Jack
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''. Retrieved September 26, 2016. and Ivor Hanson would pair up with Hampton again in 1988 for

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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.

Discography

Albums

* ''Embrace'' (1987)

Compilation appearances

* ''

20 Years of Dischord ''20 Years of Dischord'' is a three-disc box set compiled by Washington-based record label Dischord Records to commemorate its 20th anniversary. Overview ''20 Years of Dischord'' is a concise but representative musical chronicle of the first ...

'' (2002)

References

Citations

Sources

; Works cited *

External links

* Zararity (December 29, 2014)
''Embrace - Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C. 1986 (Complete and remastered)''
(Embrace's final show). ''

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