Forging a union of post-punk noisemaking and soul-baring angst, down MF starts with a voice that oozes melancholy, contempt, and mordant wit all at once. Combine the voice with the sound of a jagged electric guitar that prefers to avoid the low end and lay it over a steaming bed of stark, pounding rhythms. The result is a singularly powerful band whose accomplishment was often in inverse proportion to their public recognition or commercial success. down MF was formed by Michigan native Scott Sendra in 1991, after his prior noise-punk band Snake River imploded following a brief relocation to San Francisco.

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