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Nov 17, 2023 · Mark Lightcap, the guitarist for Acetone, greets me outside a pub in Sierra Madre, California. Nestled in the foothills of the towering San Gabriel Mountains, it’s a small town just a short drive...
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Jan 26, 2024 · Shortly after graduating from Springfield High School in 1984, an 18-year-old Mark Lightcap left Delaware County for the California Institute of the Arts, nurturing the typical rock ’n’ roll dream. He got to live that dream in the 1990s as the guitarist for the critically acclaimed band Acetone.
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The group consisted of Mark Lightcap on guitar, Richie Lee on bass and Steve Hadley on drums. It disbanded after Lee’s suicide on July 23, 2001, aged 34. The group's influences included The Beach Boys, Gram Parsons and the Velvet Underground.
Nov 16, 2023 · Mark Lightcap of Acetone joins us to discuss the southern California slowcore's new career spanning boxset, i'm still here.
May 23, 2014 · Mark Lightcap began working for Mike Kelley Studio in 2005 and was the head of fabrication until it closed in 2013. Lightcap discusses the process behind Kan...
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Nov 17, 2023 · November 17, 2023. “It’s amazing to me how much love there is for Acetone out in the world, especially considering how few records we actually sold at the time,” says Mark Lightcap, guitarist for...
Mar 28, 2022 · A blissful reunion of Acetone drummer Steve Hadley and guitarist Mark Lightcap, "Dorothy's On Island Time" sways like a leaf on the air, barely suspended. From it the recently released Volume 1, the song allows Lightcap to get generously far out, playing it woozy and open.
