31 Facts About Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco has released five full-length studio albums, his debut, 2, Salad Days, This Old Dog, Here Comes the Cowboy and Five Easy Hot Dogs.

Mac DeMarco additionally released the mini-albums Rock and Roll Night Club in 2012 and Another One in 2015, along with the compilation One Wayne G in 2023.

Mac DeMarco's great-grandfather is Vernor Smith, Alberta's former Minister of Railways and Telephones, for whom DeMarco was named, and his grandfather was a judge of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta.

Mac DeMarco started smoking cigarettes as a teenager, which has now become a big part of his image.

In January 2023, Mac DeMarco said he no longer smokes cigarettes.

Mac DeMarco was joined by Alex Calder and Jen Clement, signed to Unfamiliar Records, and toured with Vancouver band Japandroids in 2009.

In 2011, Mac DeMarco moved from Vancouver to Montreal to begin recording as a solo artist.

On January 21,2014, Mac DeMarco announced the release of his upcoming second album, Salad Days, along with debuting the lead single "Passing Out Pieces".

Mac DeMarco made his first talk show appearance when he performed the song "Let Her Go" on Conan on March 30,2015.

On July 8,2015, Mac DeMarco released a 9-track instrumental album titled Some Other Ones and called it a "BBQ soundtrack".

On January 31,2017, Mac DeMarco announced his third studio album, titled This Old Dog.

Mac DeMarco released two singles from the album on the same day.

On October 10,2017, Mac DeMarco appeared on Charlie Rose, in which the two discussed the new album, as well as Mac DeMarco's relationship with his father.

On March 5,2019, Mac DeMarco announced his fourth studio album Here Comes the Cowboy and shared the first single off the album, "Nobody".

On September 7,2020, Mac DeMarco was featured on a collaboration with English artist Yellow Days, entitled "The Curse".

On October 28,2020, Mac DeMarco was again featured on French musician Myd's single "Moving Men".

An animated version of Mac DeMarco appeared in the music video for the single.

Mac DeMarco contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Enter Sandman" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist, released in September 2021.

In October 2021, Mac DeMarco returned to live performances following a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mac DeMarco released an instrumental album, Five Easy Hot Dogs, on January 20,2023.

Mac DeMarco's style employs the use of flat drums, chorus and vibrato effects on the guitar and a generally lazy atmosphere a la soft rock records, muted and low frequency bass guitars.

Mac DeMarco has mentioned Shuggie Otis, Black Sabbath, Christopher Cross, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Jonathan Richman, Genesis, Sting and Weezer as favourite artists.

Mac DeMarco has cited Japanese musician Haruomi Hosono as his favourite artist.

Mac DeMarco's music has been generally termed as Indie rock, psychedelic rock, jangle pop, and lo-fi.

Mac DeMarco's guitar-based compositions have moved from glam-inspired works to what reviewers describe as "off-kilter pop" or "folk rock".

Mac DeMarco mainly played on a $30 Teisco electric guitar that was already in poor condition, and stopped playing it live since it would often break apart.

Mac DeMarco additionally uses Fender guitars, such as a 1970s Stratocaster, a 1960s Mustang, a 1990s Squier Stratocaster and an HSS Shawbucker Stratocaster, of which his live band were given 11 as a result of an endorsement deal with Fender.

Mac DeMarco uses vintage Japanese synthesizers, including a Yamaha DX7 and a Korg Microsampler.

Amplifiers used include a 1970s Fender Twin Reverb, a Roland JC-120, and both a small Fender Vibro-Champ and a large Roland KC-550; Mac DeMarco uses them during stage performances by hooking his keyboards with the vibro-champ amplifier which was linked to the KC-550.

Mac DeMarco uses a Neumann U87 condenser mic, a Royer R-121 ribbon mic, and a four channel Neve Portico preamp strip with his Ableton setup.

In 2018, DeMarco launched his own record label aptly titled 'Mac's Record Label'.