"Make Up" refers to two different bands: 1. Make Up were a band from Washington DC, consisting of
Ian Svenonius on vocals,
James Canty on guitar,
Michelle Mae on bass, and
Steve Gamboa on drums. The band formed in 1995, with Svenonius, Canty and Gamboa having previously performed together in
Nation of Ulysses and the short-lived
Cupid Car Club. They combined
garage rock,
soul and self-styled 'liberation theology' to make a new genre they called Gospel Yeh-Yeh. They released three studio LPs, two live LPs, and a compilation of singles and B-sides. They split in 2…
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