Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole is an EP by Martha Wainwright, with five tracks. It was released independently in 2004. The title track disparages what she perceives to be the poor parenting skills of her father, Loudon Wainwright III. Despite the sentiment, she collaborated a year earlier with Loudon on the song "You Never Phone" on his So Damn Happy album.

*Note: Released originally as a 4 song EP (When The Day Is Short omitted) on the Drowned in Sound label (DiS0009).

Covers

The title song "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" has been translated into a Swedish version by Caroline af Ugglas. The song, in Swedish called "Vill inte spela glad" ("Don't Want to Act Happy"), can be found on her album Så gör jag det igen, released March 18, 2009.

Personnel

*Martha Wainwright – vocals, Guitar, Additional Vocals (Track 4) and Producer.

*Brad Albetta – Bass (Tracks 1 and 2), Keyboard (Track 1), Organ (Track 2), Producer.

*Cameron Grider – Electric Guitar (Track 3).

*Paul Bryan – Bass (Track 3), Mellotrons (Track 3).

*Bill Dobrow – drums (Track 3).

*Lily Lanken – Additional Vocals (Tracks 3 and 5).

*Tom Mennier – Piano (Track 5), Rhodes (Track 5).

Category:2004 EPs

Category:Martha Wainwright albums

Artist/Band Information

Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of American folk singer and actor Loudon Wainwright III and Canadian folk singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle. With her older brother, Rufus Wainwright, she was raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in a musical family.

Early musical development

Wainwright released an independent cassette, Ground Floor, in 1997. The following year, her song "Year of the Dragon" appeared on The McGarrigle Hour, an album released by Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Shortly after this recording, Martha began singing backup vocals for her brother, and released the six-song EP Martha Wainwright in 1999.

Following her drama classes at Montreal's Concordia University, she moved to New York City, where she established herself as singer and songwriter. She made contacts within the industry, one of whom was producer Brad Albetta, who worked with Wainwright to produce her self-titled debut album, Martha Wainwright (released April 12, 2005 by MapleMusic Recordings).

Albetta worked again with Wainwright to produce her second album, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too, released in Canada on June 10, 2008. Artists contributing to the album include Pete Townshend (The Who), Donald Fagen (Steely Dan), Garth Hudson (The Band), as well as her mother, brother and aunt.

Wainwright is signed with the independent record labels Rounder Records in the United States, DiS in the United Kingdom, MapleMusic Recordings in Canada, V2 Records in Europe and Shock Records in Australia.

She performed "Tower of Song" and "The Traitor" at the Cohen tribute concert which became the film and album Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man.

Performance and media attention

In 2001, Wainwright recorded "Star Crossed Lovers" with Propellerheads for the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Red Hot + Indigo, a tribute to Duke Ellington, which raised money for various charities devoted to increasing AIDS awareness and fighting the disease

Since the release of her album, I Know You're Married..., Wainwright toured in Europe, Canada, the United States and Australia. She has positive reviews; Tricia Summers, of Spin.com, describes Wainwright's stage presence, of July 23/08, as: "Slowly strumming her guitar and along on stage with a powerful voice, she knew she had the crowd wrapped around her finger".

Wainwright has received positive reviews for her performances. She appeared at the 2007 Bonnaroo and at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, Inverness-shire in August 2007. She duetted with Snow Patrol at the V Festival and Lollapalooza, and performed with her brother at the Hollywood Bowl in September 2007.

Annie Lennox joined Wainwright and 22 female artists to raise awareness of the transmission of HIV to unborn children in Africa. The single "Sing" was released on World Aids Day on December 1, 2007, when Lennox appeared at the Nelson Mandela 46664 concert in South Africa.

On November 18, 2009 she appeared on the BBC Two TV music show Never Mind the Buzzcocks where she was confused with Cerys Matthews by Dappy of N-Dubz.

In 2009 she appeared in episodes 2 and 3 of the BBC series Transatlantic Sessions 4.

She recorded the song "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" with Snow Patrol in 2007. The song reached the top 100 on iTunes.

In 2010, Martha contributed background vocals on Hole's album "Nobody's Daughter".

Personal life

She married her producer Brad Albetta in September 2007. They have a son, Arcangelo, born at University College Hospital, London on 16 November 2009.

Discography

*Martha Wainwright (2005)

*I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (2008)

*Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record (2009)

References