Come On Baby Light My Fire

Bonfire Madigan
Genre: Other / Punk / Soul From: Brooklyn, California, United States

Bonfire Madigan's Madigan Shive has quite a back story. Saddled with the name Running Pony (saddled geddit?) by her mother until she was six years old she lived in a teepee in Washington for a couple of years and regularly changed her name. Well wouldn't you if your mother kept shouting Running Pony your tea's ready. When she was 14 she finally decided to stick with the name Madigan which no doubt came as a relief for the authorities with their workload halved overnight!

As one half of folk punkers Tattle Tale who released a self-titled demo cassette on seminal US indie label Kill Rock Stars Madigan was a leading light in the early nineties US Riot Grrrl movement. Tattle Tale released before the duo decided to go their separate ways.

After the demise of Tattle Tale in 1995 Shive formed the pioneering chamber punk group Bonfire Madigan with contrabassist Sheri Ozeki, guitarist Shelley Doty, and percussionist Tomas and formed her own music label Moonpuss.

Blending folk, art, punk, classical and avant-baroque styles Bonfire Madigan set fire to convention and hum drum indie schmindie to create a unique and strangely compelling sound like a musical lava lamp. It's as if Kate Bush hooked up with Bjork at a Kronos Quartet concert.

With an EP, 'The Lady Saves', out now and their latest full-length album expected later this year Bonfire Madigan are about to set 2009 alight!

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MP3 - Bonfire Madigan - Lady Saves
MP3 - Bonfire Madigan - Lady Saves (Acoustic Mix)
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