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Mac McCaughan was born on 12 July, 1967 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, is a Ralph Lee Mac" McCaughan is musician and record label owner. Discover Mac McCaughan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

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Occupation Musician, songwriter, co-founder of Merge Records
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 12 July, 1967
Birthday 12 July
Birthplace Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Nationality United States

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1967

Ralph Lee "Mac" McCaughan (born July 12, 1967) is an American musician and record label owner, based in North Carolina.

1989

His main musical projects have been Superchunk since 1989 and Portastatic since the early 1990s.

In 1989 he founded the independent record label Merge Records with Superchunk bandmate Laura Ballance.

McCaughan is a founding member of the rock band Superchunk.

Formed in 1989, they are one of the bands that helped define the Chapel Hill music scene of the 1990s.

Their energetic, high-velocity style and do-it-yourself ethics is influenced by punk rock.

The band released a string of full-length albums and compilations throughout the ‘90s.

Along with his Superchunk bandmate Laura Ballance, he founded the successful independent record label Merge Records in 1989 as a way to release music from Superchunk and music created by friends.

The label has expanded to include artists from around the world and records reaching the top of the Billboard music charts, including the highly successful band Arcade Fire.

1990

In the early 1990s he was also the original drummer in the band Seam, which was formed in 1991 with former Bitch Magnet front man Sooyoung Park.

He played on their debut album Headsparks and the Kernel EP.

He graduated from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1990.

All releases on Merge Records.

2001

After releasing their eighth studio album in 2001, the band went into a period of reduced activity.

2002

In 2002, McCaughan teamed up with Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices to form the group Go Back Snowball.

The duo recorded and released an album in 2002, titled Calling Zero.

In the same year, he composed the score for Matt Bissonnette and Steven Clark's film Looking for Leonard.

2007

On October 24, 2007, McCaughan gave expert witness testimony in the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on the topic "The Future of Radio".

McCaughan lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife and children.

2009

McCaughan was a co-contributor to the book Our Noise - The Story of Merge Records by John Cook, released in 2009.

2010

In 2010, the band released a new studio album Majesty Shredding and followed it up in 2013 with their tenth studio album, I Hate Music.

He also heads the band Portastatic, which began as a lo-fi side project from Superchunk and has blossomed into his main musical project.

Prior to this, he was the head of another lo-fi band named Bricks with Andrew Webster of Tsunami, Josh Phillips and Laura Cantrell.

Other bands he played with prior to Superchunk include Slushpuppies, Wwax and Metal Pitcher (with Ballance).