Mac DeMarco: Difference between revisions

DeMarco was born in [[Duncan, British Columbia]] on [[Vancouver Island]], and raised in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]. His great-grandfather is [[Vernor Smith]], Alberta's former Minister of Railways and Telephones, for whom DeMarco was named,<ref name="redbull"/> and his grandfather (also named Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith) was a judge of the [[Court of King's Bench of Alberta]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?pid=120210855 |title=Vernor Smith Obituary - Edmonton, AB &#124; Edmonton Journal |website=[[Legacy.com]] |access-date=February 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210002315/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?pid=120210855 |archive-date=February 10, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His mother, Agnes DeMarco, later changed his name to McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco, after his father left when Mac was 4 and refused to pay child support.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/06/mac-demarco-this-old-dog-interview-ive-been-trying-not-to-turn-into-my-father|last=Bromwich|first=Kathryn|title=Mac DeMarco: 'I've been trying to not turn into my father'|website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |date=May 6, 2017|access-date=August 11, 2020}}</ref> DeMarco is also of [[Italians|Italian]] descent.<ref name=YouTube>{{cite web|last=DeMarco|first=Mac|title=RE: RYAN PARIS: SAY THANKS TO MAC DEMARCO ABOUT THE DOLCE VITA TRIBUTE VIDEO|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=661Uy3fu-5w|website=[[youtube.com]]|access-date=March 31, 2016|date=March 31, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Italian>{{cite web|last=DeMarco|first=Mac|title=MAC DEMARCO|url=http://www.capturedtracks.com/mac-demarco|website=[[Captured Tracks]]|access-date=August 11, 2018|date=August 11, 2018}}</ref>

Mac DeMarco attended McKernan School for [[Junior High|junior high]]. Around this time he started playing guitar, with lessons from his grandmother.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.konbini.com/en/entertainment-2/interviewed-agnes-demarco/|title=We Interviewed Mac DeMarco's Mum|website=Konbini - All Pop Everything!|language=fr|access-date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> During high school he was in several bands, including [[indie rock]] band Thethe Meat Cleavers, [[alternative R&B]] group Thethe Sound of Love and [[post-punk]] band Outdoor Miners (along with current keyboardist, Alec Meen), which was named after "[[Outdoor Miner]]", a song by English rock band [[Wire (band)|Wire]].<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|author=Kathryn Bromwich|title=Mac DeMarco: 'I live like a scumbag, but it's cheap'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/mar/22/mac-demarco-salad-days|website=[[theguardian.com]]|access-date=March 23, 2014|date=March 22, 2014}}</ref><ref name=redbull>{{cite web|last=Sharp |first=Elliott |title=The Big Story: 2 Sketchy Days With Mac DeMarco |url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/2-sketchy-days-with-mac-demarco |website=[[Red Bull]] |access-date=March 23, 2014 |date=October 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/2017.05.13-210801/https://www.redbull.com/us-en/2-sketchy-days-with-mac-demarco |archive-date=May 13, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He started smoking cigarettes as a teenager, which has now become a big part of his image.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Storm |first1=Rebecca |title=Mac DeMarco's Slacker Wisdom (interview) |url=https://www.ssense.com/en-gb/editorial/music/mac-demarcos-slacker-wisdom |website=SSense |date=March 27, 2017 |publisher=SSense |access-date=November 5, 2019}}</ref>

On March 5, 2019, DeMarco announced his fourth studio album, ''[[Here Comes the Cowboy]]'' and shared the first single off the album, "Nobody". The album was released on May 10, 2019, on Mac's Record Label{{sic}}.<ref name="hctc">{{cite web |last1=Bloom |first1=Madison |last2=Blais-Billie |first2=Braudie |title=Mac DeMarco Announces New Album Here Comes the Cowboy, Shares Video for New Song "Nobody": Watch |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mac-demarco-announces-new-album-here-comes-the-cowboy-shares-video-for-new-song-nobody-watch/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=March 5, 2019 |date=March 5, 2019}}</ref> A controversy emerged once it was pointed out online that DeMarco's album shared a similar title to the 2018 album ''[[Be the Cowboy]]'' by [[Mitski]] and that her album had also included a single called "[[Nobody (Mitski song)|Nobody]]". According to ''Pitchfork,'' DeMarco had "never listened to Mitski's album and learned about her album and song title only after determining his own album title and single".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/mac-demarco-announces-new-album-here-comes-the-cowboy-shares-video-for-new-song-nobody-watch/|title=Mac DeMarco Announces New Album Here Comes the Cowboy, Shares Video for New Song "Nobody": Watch|website=Pitchfork|date=March 5, 2019|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2019}}</ref> Mitski responded to the controversy on Twitter, stating, "I'm 100% sure mac & I just went fishing in the same part of the collective unconscious!".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/mitskileaks/status/1102939302407872512|title=haha! I'm 100% sure mac & I just went fishing in the same part of the collective unconscious! What's wild is we have the same PR, so I LOVE my personal conspiracy theory that she heard the album+track titles but kept quiet thinking maybe some Mac fans will mistakenly find me loll |date=March 5, 2019|website=@mitskileaks|language=en|access-date=March 5, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320133526/https://twitter.com/mitskileaks|archive-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref> The album received mixed reviews from critics and audiences upon release. It marked his first top ten appearance in the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] at number 10.<ref name="BB200">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8512095/logic-confessions-of-a-dangerous-mind-third-no-1-album-billboard-200|title=Logic Scores Third No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=May 19, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

*Daryl Johns -— bass guitar, backing vocals <small>(2021–present)</small>

*[[Domi and JD Beck|JD Beck]] -— drums <small>(2021–present)</small>