During high school he was in several bands, including indie rock band The Meat Cleavers, alternative R&B group The Sound of Love and post-punk band Outdoor Miners (along with current keyboardist, Alec Meen), which was named after a song by English rock band Wire. Around this time he started playing guitar, with lessons from his grandmother. ĭeMarco attended McKernan School for junior high. 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. His great-grandfather is Vernor Smith, Alberta's former Minister of Railways and Telephones, for whom DeMarco was named, and his grandfather (also named Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith) was a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. Life and career 1990–2008: Early life and educationĭeMarco was born in Duncan, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. His style of music has been described as "blue wave" and "slacker rock", or, by DeMarco himself, "jizz jazz". DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut Rock and Roll Night Club (2012), 2 (2012), Salad Days (2014), Another One (2015), This Old Dog (2017), and Here Comes the Cowboy (2019). McBriare Samuel Lanyon " Mac" DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer.
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