Mac Blackout (born Mark Dunihue McKenzie on June 17, 1977) is an American visual artist and musician based in Chicago. The founding member of The Functional Blackouts, Daily Void, Mickey, New Rose Alliance, and Armageddon Experimental Band, he's also known as a prolific solo recording artist. His projects have been released by Sacred Bones, HoZac, FDH, Pelican Pow Wow, Trouble In Mind, and many other prominent independent record labels (see discography). These genre defying recordings range from experimental improvisations to lo fi punk and glam anthems.
Mac was born in Bedford, Indiana, later attending college at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis, Indiana where he graduated with a BFA in 1999. During his high school and college years he became a well known street artist in the midwest underground. In 1999 he moved to Chicago, Illinois channeling his creative energies into music and the music related art of posters and album covers. From 2000 to present day he has formed several bands releasing more than 10 full length albums as well as a slew of singles. He continues to create music with the avant garde multimedia project, Armageddon Experimental Band and recently released “Love Profess”, his first solo album in seven years on Trouble In Mind Records. Mac is currently a muralist and multimedia artist creating large scale public works with a studio focus in painting, drawing, sculpture and mixed media art.
Contact:
macblackout@gmail.com
Social Media:
Instagram (main account): @macblackout
Instagram (music focused, bands/groups): @macblackoutmusic, @chicagoavantgarde, @experimentalsounds
Instagram (art blog): @eyeandearinstitute
Facebook www.facebook.com/macblackout
DISCOGRAPHY
Mac Blackout (solo) (2008 – present)
(2008) Mac Blackout – Mac Blackout – 12” LP – Dead Beat Records
(2008) Mac Blackout – The Rabid Babies – CD (full length album) – Dead Beat Records
(2009) Mac Blackout – The Western Blue – 12” LP – FDH Records
(2010) Mac Blackout – Don’t Let Your Love Die – 7” Single – Sacred Bones Records
(2011) Various Artists – Tarantisimo Summit Volume 2 – 12” Comp – Bat Shit Records
(2011) Mac Blackout – America Stole My Baby – 12” LP – Burka for everybody Records
(2013) Mac Blackout – American Loser – 7” Single – JukeBox Records Music Company
(2015) Mac Blackout – American Loser (recorded 2013) – Cassette (full length album) – Flesh Wave Tapes (100 copies)
(2020) Mac Blackout – Love Profess – 12” LP, Cassette, and Digital – Trouble In Mind Records
(2021) Mac Blackout - Medium Sound Program 2 (compilation) – Cassette, Digital – Medium Sound
(2022) Mac Blackout - Brood X: Live Improvisation with 2021 Great Eastern Brood Cicadas - Digital macblackout.bandcamp.com
Chicago Avant-Garde Street Ensemble (2021 - present)
Mac Blackout and Landon Caldwell (2020 - 2021)
(2021) Mac Blackout and Landon Caldwell - Linear Revolution - Cassette, Digital – Trouble In Mind Records
Armageddon Experimental Band (2018 – 2020)
(2018) Armageddon Experimental Band – Transit Meditations - Digital macblackout.bandcamp.com
(2019) Armageddon Experimental Band – Dreamways - Digital macblackout.bandcamp.com
(2019) Armageddon Experimental Band – Sonic Pathways - Digital macblackout.bandcamp.com
(2019) Armageddon Experimental Band – Medium Sound Program 2 (compilation) – Cassette – Medium Sound
(2020) Armageddon Experimental Band – Cries From Planet Earth – Cassette (full length album) – Trouble In Mind Records (limited 300)
Mac Blackout Band (2012 – 2017)
(2012) Mac Blackout Band – Black Knight – 7” Single – Diversey Records (Limited to 300 Glow In The Dark Vinyl singles)
(2013) Mac Blackout Band – Heartbreaker – 7” EP – Pelican Pow Wow Records (Limited to 400 hand-numbered copies)
(2014) Mac Blackout Band – Mac Blackout Band – 12” LP – Pelican Pow Wow Records (Limited to 300 copies)
(2015) Mac Blackout Band - City Lights EP - Cassette EP - Rainy Road Records (200 copies)
(2017) Mac Blackout Band - Burning Alive (recorded 2015) - 12" LP - Heavy Dose Records (100 red, 200 black)
Mickey (2009 – 2012, 2014)
(2010) Mickey – She’s So Crazy – 7” Single – Hozac Records
(2010) Mickey – Electric Dreams – 12” EP – FDH Records
(2010) Mickey – Highway Bound – 7” – Florida’s Dying Records
(2011) Mickey – Rock n Roll Dreamer – 12” LP – Hozac Records Daily Void (2006 – 2010)
Daily Void (2007 – 2010)
(2007) Daily Void – Surprise – 7” – Hozac Records
(2007) Daily Void – Mass Communication Culture – 7” – Boom Chick Records
(2007) Daily Void – ID Code – 12” LP – Dead Beat Records
(2008) Daily Void – Man Machine – 7” – Florida’s Dying Records
(2008) Daily Void/Ovoids – Split – 7” – Don’t Hit Records
(2010) Daily Void – Civilization Dust – 7” – Ken Rock Records
(2010) Daily Void – Eclipse EP – 12” LP – Sacred Bones Records
Functional Blackouts (2001-2008)
(2002) Functional Blackouts – Razorblade Blues – 7” EP – Electroshock Records
(2003) Functional Blackouts – 1-900-GET-INSIDE – 7” – Goodbye Boozy Records
(2003) Functional Blackouts – Functional Blackouts – 12” LP – Criminal IQ Records
(2005) Functional Blackouts/Fashion Fashion – Split – 7” – Florida’s Dying Records
(2005) Functional Blackouts – Raw Dawg – 7” – Wrench Records
(2006) Functional Blackouts – Severed Tongue – 12” LP – Criminal IQ Records
(2007) Functional Blackouts – The Very Best Of The Monkees – CD (full length singles/rarities album) – Dead Beat Records
(2007) Functional Blackouts/KK Rampage – Split – 7” – Big Neck Records