Madigan Rachel Ruth Shive is an American composer, performing artist, community organizer and international touring musician based in San Francisco. She is an innovative cellist, singer and guitarist, formerly of the band Tattle Tale and currently fronting her own ensemble, Bonfire Madigan (or BMad to fans).

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Biography

Shive's parents were "intentional future community" people and 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. At the age of seventeen, she formed the Seattle based duo Tattle Tale with Jen Wood. ^[2] The band broke up in 1995. She formed Bonfire Madigan with contrabassist Sheri Ozeki, guitarist Shelley Doty, and percussionist Tomas. ^[3] Also in 1995 Shive formed her own artist run music label, Moonpuss Music. Her songs have appeared in films including Sleeping Beauties (1999), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Better Luck Tomorrow (2002), Chain Camera (2001), Don't Need You: A History of Riot Grrrl , D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist (2002) and Divided States of America: The 2004 Laibach North American Tour (2005) . In 2001, Shive made news while raising money to fight tenant eviction and trying to raise awareness of tenant's and poor people's rights. ^[4]

Discography

• 1993: Julep (Compilation) (with Tattle Tale) – Yoyo Recordings
• 1994: Tattle Tale (with Tattle Tale) – Kill Rock Stars
• 1994: Move into the Villa Villakula (Compilation) (with Tattle Tale) – Villa Villakula Records
• 1994: Post 10: Early daze (with Tattle Tale) – Pillarbox Red Records
• 1994: Unknown cassette
• 1994: Periscope (with Tattle tale) – Yoyo Recordings
• 1995: Alderwood Mall/Loose lips (aka The Alderwood Mall Ep (with Tattle Tale) – Chou Chou records
• 1995: Sew True (with Tattle Tale) – St. Francis
• 1996: Rock Stop – MoonPuss Music
• 1998: ...From the Burnpile (with Bonfire Madigan) – Kill Rock Stars
• 2000: Saddle the Bridge (with Bonfire Madigan) – Kill Rock Stars
• 2002: 88 (EP, with Bonfire Madigan) – MoonPuss Music
• 2003: Plays for Change (with Bonfire Madigan, live) – MoonPuss Music
• 2004/08: I Bleed: a decade of song – MoonPuss Music
• 2009: Lady Saves (EP Single], with Bonfire Madigan Remixed by Neotropic and Dub ID) – Moonpuss Music

References

1. An Interview with Madigan Shive
2. Tattle Tale Biography
3. Bonfire Madigan Biography
4. Bonfire Madigan's Shive Fights Eviction