After the Faith broke up, guitarist Eddie Janney formed Rites of Spring with Guy Picciotto ; while Hampton, Bald, and Hanson went on to join Embrace with Ian MacKaye on vocals. When Embrace broke up in early 1986, Chris Bald rejoined Alec MacKaye in Ignition (with Alec on vocals); meanwhile,…
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The Faith was short lived; following the seminal split LP with Void, they played their last show in August 1983 and their EP was issued four months later. According to Ian, “People were very unhappy; they just loved that band.”
In 1983 the Faith released an eight-song twelve inch EP called Subject to Change . It was produced by Ian MacKaye and showed the band progressing into more melodic territory with the addition of a second guitarist. Edward Janney , formerly of the Untouchables and Ian MacKaye’s short-lived Skewbald/Grand Union…
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Filling part of the void left by Minor Threat’s hiatus, the Faith quickly became one of the most popular bands in D.C. After recording a demo in December 1981, the band released a split LP with fellow D.C. hardcore band, Void . It was released by Dischord Records, a local…
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The band formed as a four-piece in the summer of 1981 and featured Alec MacKaye , former vocalist for the Untouchables , on vocals, Michael Hampton and Ivor Hanson of Henry Rollins ‘ first band, State of Alert on guitar and drums respectively, as well as Chris Bald on bass.…
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