This Atlanta, GA-based band seemed to have, during their heyday, connected … Read Full Bio ↴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 band & follow his true muse after Mary My Hope's promotional tours with The Godfathers and Jane's Addiction. James moved to New Orleans for a new start, picked up a fine band, recorded solo albums & brought an intense live show wherever he went.
Mary My Hope ventured onward at the insistence of one, Donn Aaron who came aboard to play second guitar. Karl Vone, another Kentucky connection of Clint's came aboard to handle vocal duties after a stint with Nashville's Rumble Circus. New demos were recorded for a proposed seven album record deal with Imago & Chameleon Records. Sadly, no further releases had emerged and the band quietly dissolved.
Clinton Steele performed and recorded with Michael Gira's Angels of Light, Swans & World of Skin and went on to engineering the recordings of prominent Atlanta bands. Karl Vone, Sven Pipien & Steve Lindenbaum hooked up with guitarist Josh Pine to form Caramelize. Pipien & Lindenbaum, further, were in a band called Needle for a short time. Vone and Pipien also had a band called Raybell, before the latter hooked up with Steve Gorman & The Black Crowes, enjoying the fruits of that affiliation, including their stint as Jimmy Page's live Zeppelin tribute band in the late nineties. Lindenbaum played drums for Joybang! in his time before Groupie. Donn Aaron has re-emerged as a singer/songwriter. James Hall morphed his solo act into a full-fledged band named for his underappreciated mid-nineties Geffen debut 'Pleasure Club'. That band fought the good-fight for four great years until dividing in 2005, ending a decade's-plus partnership with bassist Grant Curry. Hall has soldiered on toward rock immortality, with PC's Michael Jerome in tow. Keep your eyes on those guys but do not count out the other principals. One can only Hope for their future.
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 band & follow his true muse after Mary My Hope's promotional tours with The Godfathers and Jane's Addiction. James moved to New Orleans for a new start, picked up a fine band, recorded solo albums & brought an intense live show wherever he went.
Mary My Hope ventured onward at the insistence of one, Donn Aaron who came aboard to play second guitar. Karl Vone, another Kentucky connection of Clint's came aboard to handle vocal duties after a stint with Nashville's Rumble Circus. New demos were recorded for a proposed seven album record deal with Imago & Chameleon Records. Sadly, no further releases had emerged and the band quietly dissolved.
Clinton Steele performed and recorded with Michael Gira's Angels of Light, Swans & World of Skin and went on to engineering the recordings of prominent Atlanta bands. Karl Vone, Sven Pipien & Steve Lindenbaum hooked up with guitarist Josh Pine to form Caramelize. Pipien & Lindenbaum, further, were in a band called Needle for a short time. Vone and Pipien also had a band called Raybell, before the latter hooked up with Steve Gorman & The Black Crowes, enjoying the fruits of that affiliation, including their stint as Jimmy Page's live Zeppelin tribute band in the late nineties. Lindenbaum played drums for Joybang! in his time before Groupie. Donn Aaron has re-emerged as a singer/songwriter. James Hall morphed his solo act into a full-fledged band named for his underappreciated mid-nineties Geffen debut 'Pleasure Club'. That band fought the good-fight for four great years until dividing in 2005, ending a decade's-plus partnership with bassist Grant Curry. Hall has soldiered on toward rock immortality, with PC's Michael Jerome in tow. Keep your eyes on those guys but do not count out the other principals. One can only Hope for their future.
Wildman Childman
Mary My Hope Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Mary My Hope:
needles Those who know They don't let it show They just give you…
Needles In A Camel's Eye Those who know They don't let it show They just give you…
Needles In The Camel's Eye Those who know They don't let it show They just give you…
The lyrics are frequently found in the comments by searching or by filtering for lyric videos
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
Wise up world
The drummer is currently sitting at my dinner table drinking a beer, he's so cool and I didn't even realize
Patrick Kaliski
Being a drummer and a fan of these guys, I wish I could be having a beer with y'all right now!!!
Stephen Lynch
Same here
Zarilya
James Hall is just the man. Hands down! I saw him back in like 2001, I think. He was super intense. At one point while playing black is black (spade) he smacked his face of the mic and another he almost fell off the stage. I have never seen someone that into his music. It was amazing.
TheTomasichek
saw them once, in a dull town north east of France 1989. pitch black, then no sound. then wildman childman.... will never ever forget it! great moment! great band. love this album, every second of it!
robert whaley
One of my favorite pre-grunge tunes! I have the album, but this recording needs a tune up.
Twitting On Trender
120 Minutes, what a great show. Introduced me to a lot of music which I still love.
Z Force
They landed in Atlanta {from Florida, I think} to be part of the scene in the late eighties. After gracefully handling the usual ribbing about pretensions {Carry My Dope, Mary My Hair....and frontman James Hall's Michael DiStiple uber seriousness} we quickly embraced them as our own. The songs on their debut release Museum were dark wonders, well crafted, performed and produced (by Hugh Jones--RCA subsidiary Silvertone), but as with so many during that time, with out the Rick Rubenesque Geffen label support and handling, bestowed only the Robinson brothers of Black Crowes fame, Museum was not as successful as it should have been.
AVOLITE
Spent some of my early years in the concert production business working as this band's lighting director ..... feel very fortunate and remember many wonderful shows. Still miss them to this day.
Patrick Kaliski
Love this album.....I don't remember how I discovered it, but I love it......