Macrosick is an American

United States

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 independent

Indie (music)

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 art-rock band based out of New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

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Biography

Macrosick was formed in 2003 by Adam LaClave

Adam LaClave

Adam LaClave is an American musician and singer. He was one of the vocalists and songwriters for the Christian band Earthsuit. The group's only major-label album, Kaleidoscope Superior, was critically successful. However, the band broke up soon afterward...

and draws on influences like Devo

Devo

Devo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...

 and Talking Heads

Talking Heads

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. The group consists of LaClave as frontman, and a somewhat-evolving group of musicians including but not limited to guitarist Dan Brigham, bassist Jonathan Allen, drummer Gavin McDonald and visual artist Jonathan Odom. Former or temporary members include guitarists Christopher Evans and Greg Hill of Mutemath and Adam's former Earthsuit

Earthsuit

Earthsuit was a short-lived New Orleans-based Christian rock band formed in 1995. The band consisted of guitarist Dave Rumsey, keyboardist/vocalist Paul Meany, bassist Roy Mitchell, drummer David "Hutch" Hutchison, and vocalist Adam LaClave...

 bandmates Paul Meany on keys, and Darren King on drums, (both of Mutemath) guitarist Dave Rumsey and drummer David "Hutch" Hutchison.

Origin

Macrosick is one of two bands formed after the split of Earthsuit

Earthsuit

Earthsuit was a short-lived New Orleans-based Christian rock band formed in 1995. The band consisted of guitarist Dave Rumsey, keyboardist/vocalist Paul Meany, bassist Roy Mitchell, drummer David "Hutch" Hutchison, and vocalist Adam LaClave...

, a band in the Christian scene who fused rock music with elements of hip-hop, jazz, reggae, and electronic experimentation. The two singers of Earthsuit

Earthsuit

Earthsuit was a short-lived New Orleans-based Christian rock band formed in 1995. The band consisted of guitarist Dave Rumsey, keyboardist/vocalist Paul Meany, bassist Roy Mitchell, drummer David "Hutch" Hutchison, and vocalist Adam LaClave...

 formed their own bands after the group's break-up. Mutemath was formed by Paul Meany, and Macrosick was formed by Adam LaClave. Both bands, like Earthsuit

Earthsuit

Earthsuit was a short-lived New Orleans-based Christian rock band formed in 1995. The band consisted of guitarist Dave Rumsey, keyboardist/vocalist Paul Meany, bassist Roy Mitchell, drummer David "Hutch" Hutchison, and vocalist Adam LaClave...

, mix rock with electronic elements but they both go about this in different ways.

Hiatus

When Hurricane Katrina

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 devastated the New Orleans area, most of Macrosick's members were forced to scatter to various locations in the United States, effectively putting the band on hiatus. Adam LaClave and Jonathan Allen now perform together as Club Of The Sons.

Discography

• demodisk (2003) - Independent

1. Under These Skies (3:25)
2. Beautiful World (3:20)
3. Cash Machine (4:11)
4. We Never Started (3:31)
5. Nothing's On The Radio (3:18)
6. Nice Hush (3:14)
7. Jerkweed Inspector (3:15)

• We Never Started EP iTunes Digital Release (2008) - Spacefarm Records

1. Jerkweed Inspector (3:15)
2. We Never Started (3:31)
3. Hush (3:14)
4. Cash Machine (4:11)

Other songs

• "Prize" (an MP3 e-mailed to the people who ordered the demo EP)
• "Pins and Needles" (live)
• "Last Ones Out" (live)
• "We Are the Scene Consensus" (live)
• "Acting" (live)
• "God Side" (live)
• "Decomposer" (live; instrumental)
• "Firehands" (live; instrumental)
• "D Minor" (live; instrumental)
• "Triggers While You Sleep" (now a Club of the Sons song)
• "Streetwork" (now a Club of the Sons song)
• "People Are Just" (now a Club of the Sons song)

Known covers

• "Fame
  Fame (David Bowie song)
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  " - David Bowie
  David Bowie
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   (live)
• "Neon Lights" - Kraftwerk
  Kraftwerk
  Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The group was formed by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider in 1970, and was fronted by them until Schneider's departure in 2008...
  
   (live)
• "Beat It
  Beat It
  "Beat It" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Michael Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones . It is the third single from the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller . Eddie Van Halen was hired to add the song's distinctive overdriven guitar solo, but was prevented by his...
  
  " - Michael Jackson
  Michael Jackson
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   (live, partial)
• "Beautiful World" - Devo
  Devo
  Devo is an American band formed in 1973 consisting of members from Kent and Akron, Ohio. The classic line-up of the band includes two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs and the Casales . The band had a #14 Billboard chart hit in 1980 with the single "Whip It", and has maintained a cult...
  
  (demo EP)

External links

• Official Macrosick site (www.macrosick.com as band website inactive as of 2008-05-07)
• Space Farm Records
• Macrosick on MySpace
• Macrosick on PureVolume
• Earthsuit, Mutemath, Club of the Sons, & Macrosick forum