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Mary My Hope
12+ albums
atlantahardrockRock and Fucking Roll
about
This Atlanta, GA-based band seemed to have, during their heyday, connected the dots between Bauhaus & Smashing Pumpkins, as well as celebrating diverse genres in-between. Formed in 1987 by former members of The Children: Clinton Steele & Sven Pipien and Kentucky transplants: Steve Gorman & James Vincent Hall, Mary My Hope was a post-punk/hard-rock conglomerate that aligned their sensibilities with bands such as Love and Rockets & The Swans, (who Steele later joined). Mary My Hope's rock & roll recipe included heaping helpings of goth & metal with liberal dashes of folk & psychedelia. At a certain point, Gorman defected to join the proto-Black Crowes outfit, Mr. Crowes Garden and was replaced by Steve Lindenbaum. The band was snapped up by Silvertone and released a string of compelling releases: 1989 brought on the debut LP, 'Museum', with the singles 'Wildman Childman', then 'It's About Time' (vinyl-only with unreleased b-sides sent out to college radio), followed by the brillliant 'Suicide Kings' EP (featuring a lo-fi, self-produced number & live tracks). The dawn of the nineties saw a more proper, if not, similar release: the expansive 'Monster is Bigger than the Man' mini-LP, boasting familiar artwork but more hard-rocking material that was likely unfamiliar to the uninitiated. The album contained one last, stellar 'Museum' b-side & a faithful Brian Eno cover that would surely convert anyone in doubt of this bands' greatness. Great or not, Hall felt the need to split the
