following the breakup of embrace, mackaye and ex-minor threat drummer, jeff nelson, tried turning their recent one-off musical experiment in england, dubbed "egg hunt", into an actual band, but the project never surpassed the rehearsal stage. hampton, for his part, teamed up with former members of rites of spring to form the short-lived post-hardcore outfit one last wish, while bald moved on to the band ignition. mackaye eventually directed his energy and creativity toward the forming of fugazi in 1987, and ivor hanson would pair up with hampton again in 1988 for manifesto.