Madigan Shive Explained

Madigan Shive
Landscape:Yes
Background:solo_singer
Birth Place:Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Genre:avant-garde
Instrument:Cello, guitar, vocals
Years Active:1992–present
Label:Kill Rock Stars
St. Francis
MoonPuss Music
Associated Acts:Tattle Tale
Bonfire Madigan

Madigan Shive, also known as Bonfire Madigan Shive, is an American songwriter, performing artist, community organizer, and musician.

Shive is a cellist, singer and guitarist, formerly of the band Tattle Tale and now fronting her own ensemble, Bonfire Madigan. She composes symphonic pieces and performs for live theatre and film. She was a part of the riot grrrl movement of the 1990s and her songs have been included in independent feature and documentary films.

Biography

Shive's parents were "intentional future community" people; her mother called her Running Pony until she was about six years old, and regularly changed her name. Shive eventually chose one of them, Madigan, as her permanent name when she was a teenager.[1] The family lived in a teepee in Washington for about two years when she was a child, and moved often. She learned to play cello from age nine.[2]

In 1992, at age 17 she formed the Seattle based duo Tattle Tale with Jen Wood.[3] Tattle Tale were a part of the riot grrrl movement.[4] [5] They released an album, Tattle Tale, on the Kill Rock Stars label[6] and an album on St. Francis Records.[7] The band broke up in 1995.

In 1995, Shive formed her own artist run music label, MoonPuss Music and began solo releases as Bonfire Madigan. She released the Rock Stop EP in 1996. The song "Pity Rock" from the EP featured in the film Sleeping Beauties by Jamie Babbit. Babbit also used Tattle Tale's "Glass Vase Cello Case" as the love theme in her film But I'm a Cheerleader (1999).[4] [8] In 1996 Shive also released the Fortunes From The F-Holes album.

In 1997, she formed the ensemble project Bonfire Madigan with original members contrabassist Sheri Ozeki, guitarist Shelley Doty, and percussionist Tomas (Tomas Palermo).[9] The music has been described as "mixes classical stringed elements with modern beats and percussion into a punk-influenced, emotional concoction."[10] Bonfire Madigan continues as a collaborative effort with other rotating musicians.

In 2001, Shive made news while raising money to fight tenant eviction and trying to raise awareness of tenant's and poor peoples' rights.[11]

Shive says she has been actively hearing voices and having experiences of what mainstream psychiatry would call delusions but that she frames differently, including mood extremes, all her life. In 2003 she became a founding collective member of The Icarus Project alongside Sascha Scatter, Jacks Ashley McNamara and Will Hall. The Icarus Project was a mental health organization and network with the view that many phenomena commonly labeled as mental illness should instead be regarded as "dangerous gifts". She has said "We see our madness as a dangerous gift to be cultivated and taken care of, not a disease to be cured".[12] Hall credits Shive as the conceptual origin of Icarus Project's embrace of the harm reduction framework for psychiatric drug withdrawal.[13]

In 2008, Shive was a contributing author to the anthology Live Through This: On Creativity and Self-Destruction on Seven Stories Press.

Shive has made symphonic pieces and performances for live theatre[4] and film since 2006. Chad Jones, reviewing her performance in 'Tis Pity She's a Whore at the American Conservatory Theater for SF Theatre Examiner, wrote "What makes the play worth seeing is the live music provided by punk cellist/vocalist Bonfire Madigan Shive, a fascinating performer who connects to the play more viscerally than the actors."[14]

She is based in the Mexico / US border region of California.

Discography

With Tattle Tale

See main article: Tattle Tale.

As Madigan

As Bonfire Madigan

Albums

EPs

Contributions to other releases

Theater works

Filmography

Films about Shive

Soundtrack contributions

Other film contributions

Books with contributions by Shive

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pritchett . Jenny . An Interview with Madigan Shive . Posthoc.com . 2002 . 2007-08-05 . https://archive.today/20130131152412/http://www.posthoc.com/madiganshive.htm . 2013-01-31 . dead .
  2. "Bio/Herstory", Madigan Shive. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  3. Web site: Ankeny . Jason . [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p169712|pure_url=yes}} Tattle Tale Biography ]. . 2007-08-05.
  4. Web site: Evan. Greer. 2019-07-05. 12 Freedom Fighting Bands to Get You Through the Trump Years. 27 December 2016. HuffPost.
  5. Web site: Mutha Interviews Bonfire Madigan Shive . Mutha Magazine . May 12, 2014 . January 1, 2015 . Packebush, Nina.
  6. "Tattle Tale – Tattle Tale", discogs.com. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  7. "Tattle Tale – Sew True", discogs.com. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  8. "But I'm a Cheerleader (1999): Soundtracks", IMDb. Accessed 20 June 2014.
  9. Web site: Ankeny . Jason . [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p294523|pure_url=yes}} Bonfire Madigan Biography ]. . 2007-08-05.
  10. "Bonfire Madigan To Play Confab ", MTV News. Accessed 27 June 2014.
  11. News: Bonfire Madigan's Shive Fights Eviction . Aversion.com . 2001-07-03 . 2007-08-05.
  12. "Mad Pride at Virginia Tech", American Public Media. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  13. "Making of the Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs", Harm Reduction. Accessed 6 November 2022.
  14. "[ACT's 'Whore,' Aurora's 'Busy World' take theater to church]", Examiner.com. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  15. Web site: Archive-Chris-Nelson. 2019-07-07. Bonfire Madigan Ignite Passions On New Album. https://web.archive.org/web/20190707174645/http://www.mtv.com/news/500070/bonfire-madigan-ignite-passions-on-new-album/. dead. July 7, 2019. MTV.
  16. "Easter Vigil: A Dramatic Presentation", The Episcopal Church and Visual Arts. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  17. "A.C.T. History", American Conservatory Theater. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  18. " Twisted Christmas - 2008 ", Barbican Centre.
  19. "Theater review: 'Elektra' at the Getty Villa", Los Angeles Times. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  20. "Sophocles' Elektra Staged at the Getty Villa", Huffington Post. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  21. "The Venerable Brought to Vivid Life", Wall Street Journal. Accessed 25 June 2014.
  22. Web site: 2019-07-05. Whisper Rapture - Ken Paul Rosenthal. www.kenpaulrosenthal.com.
  23. " But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)", IMDb. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  24. "Chain Camera Transcription ", Kirby Dick. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  25. " Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)", IMDb. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  26. " D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist (2002) ", IMDb. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  27. "Angel Food", International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  28. "Angel Food (2003)", IMDb. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  29. "Urban Cowgirl Productions: Don't Need You", Urban Cowgirl Productions. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  30. "Transliminal Criminal (2009)", IMDb. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  31. "Credits", Ken Paul Rosenthal. Accessed 26 June 2014.
  32. "Crooked Beauty", Ken Paul Rosenthal. Accessed 26 June 2014.

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