One Last Wish was a short-lived post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C.[1] It was formed in May 1986 by members of Rites of Spring and Embrace, and split up in January 1987.
One Last Wish | |
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| Origin | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1986–1987 |
| Labels | Dischord |
| Past members | Brendan Canty Michael Hampton Edward Janney Guy Picciotto |
History
editAmidst the breakup of Rites of Spring in 1986, three of its four members – Picciotto, Janney and Canty – formed the band, alongside Michael Hampton, former guitarist of the Faith and Embrace.[2] With the name One Last Wish the band began playing shows in August 1986, which were mostly in the D.C. area and included a series of benefit shows.
Their sole recording was done in November 1986 at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia. It was engineered by Don Zientara and produced by Ian MacKaye. One Last Wish broke up shortly after mixing was completed, and as a result the album was not released until much later. Dischord had decided against the release in light of their growing reputation as a label of defunct bands.[3]
Post breakup
editDuring 1987 and 1988, Picciotto, Janney and Canty reunited with Michael Fellows for a quasi reunion of Rites of Spring, taking on the new name Happy Go Licky.
Also in 1987, Canty joined Fugazi (that featured Ian McKaye and Joe Lally). Picciotto joined Fugazi later around 1988.
Hampton formed the band Manifesto in 1988.
One song, "Burning in the Undertow", was released on the Dischord benefit sampler "State of the Union" in April 1989.
Thirteen years after being recorded 1986 was finally released in November 1999, on MacKaye's Dischord Records label.
Influence
editTwenty years after the 1999 release of 1986 material, the song "My Better Half" was listed by Vulture.com as number 81 of the 100 greatest emo songs.[4]
Discography
edit- 1986 Dischord Records (1999)[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "One Last Wish". Allmusic. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ^ Azerrad, Michael (2002). Our Band Could Be Your Life : Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (First Back Bay paperback ed.). Boston. p. 383. ISBN 9780316787536.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "One Last Wish". Dischord Records. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
- ^ Ian Cohen; David Anthony; Nina Corcoran; Emma Garland; Brad Nelson (February 13, 2020). "The 100 Greatest Emo Songs of All Time". Vulture.com. Vox Media. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "1986, by One Last Wish". One Last Wish. Retrieved 2024-05-14.