{{short description|American hip hop group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
'''Mad Conductor''' is an experimental hip hop band fronted by MC Devlin (Chris Devlin) and with production by MC Kinney (Dan McKinney).<ref>{{cite web | title = Music: The Mad Conductor - "MC Rises" and "The Devlin Manner Of Speech" | url = http://iheardin.com/2012/07/05/music-the-mad-conductor-mc-rises-and-the-devlin-manner-of-speech/ | date = 5 July 2012 | publisher = Iheardin}}</ref> Their sound mixes hip-hop with a wide array of styles, in a unique and often experimental way.<ref>{{cite web | title = Renegade Space Rock Album Review | url = http://www.punknews.org/review/6567/the-mad-conductor-renegade-space-rock | date = 10 August 2007 | publisher = Punknews}}</ref>
The band formed in 2005 after Devlin's former band, hardcore outfit No Cash, broke up.<ref>{{cite web | title = New Music Roundup: Minotaur Explode, SuperSmashers, The Mad Conductor (ex-No Cash) | url = http://www.punknews.org/article/23977/newmusicroundup-minotaur-explode-supersmashers-the-mad-conductor-ex-no-cash | date = 3 June 2007 | publisher = Punknews}}</ref><ref name=sputnik>{{cite web | title = The Mad Conductor | url = http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/The-Mad-Conductor/8077/ | publisher = Sputnikmusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tweakingtrays.blogspot.com/2010/09/interview-with-mad-conductor.html|title=Interview with the Mad Conductor|date=23 September 2010}}</ref> Originally from Center Valley, Pennsylvania, the band relocated to New Orleans in 2008.<ref name=sputnik />
In 2012 the band successfully raised funds on Kickstarter to record a full-length album titled MC Rises.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/748512700/mc-rises-lp|title=Mc Rises Lp}}</ref>
Mad Conductor reformed in Pennsylvania, from 2016-'18, releasing an EP's worth of singles, performing their final show in August 2018 in Brooklyn.
==Discography==
* Mechanical Claw EP (2005) * Renegade Space Rock (2007) * Members Only EP (2008) * Central America EP (2010) * MC Rises (2013) * Space Rock Steady EP (2015)
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Category:American rap rock groups Category:American reggae rock groups Category:American ska punk musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2005
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