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| Birth name | Michelle Mae [1] |
| Origin | Washington, United States |
| Genres | Rock 'n' roll, post-punk |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Kill Rock Stars, Dischord, K, Southern |
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.
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.[ citation needed ]
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.[ citation needed ]
Mae is based in Washington, D.C., where she continues to work as a musician and practitioner of mysticism. [4]
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