Egg Hunt

Egg Hunt was a small project of long time friends Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson. During a 1986 trip to England's Southern Studios to discuss possible European distribution of Dischord releases with owner John Loder, the three decided to make a record together, and the project was dubbed "Egg Hunt", for festive reasons (it was Easter time). John took a seat in the producer's chair, while Ian and Jeff handled all the instruments. Their only release, a self-titled 7", was standard formula for the music coming out of both the DC and Dischord scene, that being a formula of melodic post-hardcore. In fact, the song "We Fall Down", appearing on the second side, was a song that Ian had originally written for his earlier band, Embrace, but was discarded by the band. Although a seemingly small release in comparison to Dischord's significant catalog, this record is still a notable example of MacKaye and Nelson's excellent songwriting abilities, as well as chemistry together as artists. They liked this project so much, actually, that when they returned to Washington, DC, they tried turning Egg Hunt into an actual band. They recruited former Gray Matter members Steve Niles and Geoff Turner, but the band never really took off.

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Ian MacKaye: Ian MacKaye (pronounced Mc-Eye) (b. April 16, 1962) is an American musician, probably best known as the founder and owner of Dischord Records, a Washington, D.C.-based punk rock label, and as the singer for two important punk rock groups: Minor Threat and Fugazi....

Jeff Nelson: Jeff Nelson can refer to different people:...

Southern Studios: Southern Studios is a recording studio in the Wood Green area of London. It was founded in 1974 by John Loder, and came to be the recording studio of choice for Crass and their record label Crass Records....

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