Egg Hunt

{{Infobox album | name = Egg Hunt | type = EP | artist = Egg Hunt | cover =Egg Hunt.album.jpg | alt = | released = October 1986 | recorded = March 1986 | venue = | studio = | genre = Post-hardcore | length = | label = | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}

'''Egg Hunt''' was a one-off band/project of longtime friends and musicians Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, former singer and drummer, respectively, of the hardcore punk band Minor Threat. During a 1986 trip to England's Southern Studios to discuss European distribution of Dischord releases with owner John Loder, MacKaye and Nelson "decided to fuck around in the studio," according to MacKaye.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=MacKaye |first1=Ian |title=The Egg Hunt Story |journal=Loveseat |date=Spring 1987 |issue=5 |page=12}}</ref> The project was dubbed "Egg Hunt" due to the recording session occurring over Easter weekend on March 27, 28, and 30.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dischord Records: Egg Hunt |url=https://dischord.com/band/egg-hunt |website=Dischord Records |access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref> Loder produced the recordings, while MacKaye and Nelson performed the music.

Egg Hunt's only release, a self-titled 7-inch, was, according to retrospective review by Ron DePasquale, an example of "experimental, post-hardcore" music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/egg-hunt-p290119/biography |title=Egg Hunt - Biography |author=DePasquale, Ron |work=Allmusic |accessdate=March 20, 2011}}</ref> "We All Fall Down," appearing on the second side, was originally written by MacKaye for his earlier band, Embrace, but it was rejected by other band members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dischord Records: Egg Hunt |url=https://dischord.com/band/egg-hunt |website=Dischord Records |access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref> Although seemingly a small release in comparison to Dischord's significant catalog, this record is still a notable example of MacKaye and Nelson's songwriting abilities, as well as their chemistry together as artists.

MacKaye and Nelson tried turning Egg Hunt into an actual band after returning to Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dischord Records: Egg Hunt |url=https://dischord.com/band/egg-hunt |website=Dischord Records |access-date=26 September 2024}}</ref> They recruited former Gray Matter members Steve Niles and Geoff Turner, but MacKaye's energy and creativity were soon directed toward the forming of Fugazi, while Nelson, Turner, Niles, and former Gray Matter guitarist Mark Haggerty started the Dischord band, Three.

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Ian MacKaye | headline = Side A | title1 = Me and You | note1 = | length1 = 3:48 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side B | title1 = We All Fall Down | note1 = | length1 = 2:48 | total_length= 6:36 }}

==See also== * List of Dischord Records bands

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://www.dischord.com/band/egg-hunt Band page on Dischord site] *[http://www.dischord.com/release/20 Album on Dischord site] *[http://www.last.fm/music/Egg+Hunt Egg Hunt on Last.Fm] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20190119105240/http://www.sobriquetmagazine.com/music/2009/01/egg-hunt-egg-hunt.html A review of the EP]

Category:American post-hardcore musical groups