current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin name
ian mackaye michael hampton ivor hanson chris bald fugazi minor threat egg hunt 1985 -- 1986 dischord records embrace -lrb- american band -rrb-
 group_or_band post-hardcore , emo , hardcore punk washington , d.c. , u.s. embrace
embrace -lrb- american band -rrb-

embrace was a short-lived post-hardcore band from washington , d.c. , which lasted from the summer of 1985 to the spring of 1986 and was one of the first bands to be dubbed in the press as emotional hardcore , though the members had rejected the term since its creation .
the band included ian mackaye of minor threat with three former members of his brother alec 's band the faith : guitarist michael hampton , drummer ivor hanson , and bassist chris bald .
hampton and hanson had also previously played together in s.o.a. .
the only recording released by the quartet was their self-titled album `` embrace '' being influenced by the faith ep subject to change .
following the breakup of embrace , mackaye rejoined former minor threat drummer jeff nelson to form egg hunt .
bald moved on to the band ignition , and drummer ivor hanson paired up with hampton again in 1992 for manifesto .
during the band 's formative years , some fans started referring to them and fellow innovators rites of spring as emocore -lrb- emotive hardcore -rrb- , a term vocalist ian mackaye publicly disagreed with .
