Acetone (band)

Acetone were an American alternative rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles from the three core members of the group Spinout, formed in 1987.^[1][2] 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.^[3]

Acetone
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock
Years active	1992 (1992)–2001 (2001)
Labels	Vernon Yard Virgin Vapor
Past members	Richie Lee Mark Lightcap Steve Hadley

The group's influences included the Beach Boys, Gram Parsons and the Velvet Underground.^[4] Establishing themselves as an alternative rock group, they incorporated genres ranging from neo-psychedelia to roots rock and country into their music.^[5] Acetone has performed on few occasions since Lee's death, most notably with Mazzy Star's lead singer Hope Sandoval in 2017.^[6]

Members activity outside of Acetone

Hadley and Lightcap formed The Ecstasy of Gold in 2012,^[7] releasing their first album Vol. 1 October 6, 2022.

One of Lightcap's endeavors was the Dick Slessig Combo,^[8] with himself on guitar, bassist Carl Bronson, and drummer Steve Goodfriend formerly of the band Radar Brothers. Lightcap's credits include electronic duo Matmos' albums The West (1999),^[9] A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure (2001),^[10] The Civil War (2003),^[11] and The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast (2006)^[12], performing electric, slide and acoustic guitar, ukulele, banjo, tuba, trumpet, bass trumpet, plastic tube, and peck horn.

Band members

• Richie Lee – bass guitar, vocals
• Mark Lightcap – guitar, vocals
• Steve Hadley – drums

Discography

Studio albums

• Cindy (Vernon Yard, 1993)
• I Guess I Would (Vernon Yard, 1995)
• If You Only Knew (Vernon Yard, 1996)
• Acetone (Vapor, 1997)
• York Blvd. (Vapor, 2001)

Compilations

• Acetone 1992–2001 (Light in the Attic, 2017)

EPs

• Acetone (Vernon Yard, 1993)