#mission of burma

[chasgow]

Insert from the 1981 Mission Of Burma EP Signals, Calls And Marches - Peter Prescott, Clint Conley, Martin Swope and Roger Miller.

[jt1674]

[spilladabalia]

Mission of Burma - Peking Spring

[infinitefreefall]

"Belief Systems" by Infinitefreefall the 3rd full-length album now available everywhere

RIYL: Stereolab, Thee Oh Sees/Osees, Can, Deerhoof, Squid, Bloc Party, Fugazi, Mission of Burma, Gang of Four, Parquet Courts, Radiohead, Xiu Xiu, Holy Fuck, My Bloody Valentine, LCD Soundsystem, Ringo Deathstarr, Liars, Sonic Youth, Queens of the Stone Age, TV on the Radio, Ty Segall, The Fall, Wand, NEU!

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[allmusic]

AllMusic Staff Pick: Mission of Burma The Horrible Truth About Burma

Posthumous live album from this Boston-based post punk band was recorded on five dates of their final tour in 1983 and released two years later. Though not as clean and streamlined as their studio work, the album highlights the wilder, more experimental side of their sound that often came out in the live setting.

- Fred Thomas

[big-low-t]

Mission of Burma - Max Ernst

[radiophd]

mission of burma -- what we really were

[bandcampsnoop]

11/16/24.

Middle Class were part of the vibrant California punk scene in the late 1970s/early 1980s (they formed in Santa Ana and moved to nearby Fullerton). I would say this sounds like the perfect combination of Dead Kennedys with Mission of Burma. There were times that I thought of Utah's Foster Body as well.

Frontier Records released this full length compilation of Middle Class' early work (singles, etc.). Their debut 12" "Homeland" is also available streaming on Bandcamp.

While there were times that Middle Class reminds me of the speed and intensity of Husker Du, I felt that the quote on the front of Savage Young Du reminded me of Middle Class: We didn't know what hardcore was. We just got up there and played real fast and loud." (Greg Norton)

[postgoblin]

[napunk-history]

Forced Exposure #9 (1986)

Mission Of Burma

[jt1674]

[nedison]

Rocky & Bullwinkle Theme - Birdsongs of the Mesozoic (1984)

A little manic energy to get you through the rest of your day.

[spilladabalia]

Mission Of Burma - That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate (live Boston 1983)

[yesmayhemblog]

If you think that I can let go of a grudge, just know that I am still pissed off that Moby changed the lyrics to "That's When I Reach for My Revolver" to get MTV airplay in 1996.

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

Dredd Foole & The Din - We Will Fall (1983) / See God (1985/1986)

A whole lotta Dredd! The always awesome Corbett vs. Dempsey label continues its valuable excavation of the Dredd Foole & The Din (AKA The Greatest Band In Hell) archives with these two monstrous collections.

The 1983 volume captures the original group (which is essentially Mission of Burma with Foole as frontman) in at the end of their run/rope — indeed the live recording that makes up most of We Will Fall kicks off with a version of the Doors' "The End" that is alternately hilarious and terrifying. The set that follows delivers unhinged, blown-out, go-for-broke thrills, with the Burma Din following their leader straight into the heart of darkness. Apocalypse ... NOW?!

See God picks up the story a few years later, when Foole teamed up with Peter Prescott's Volcano Suns to keep the Din alive. Featuring radio broadcasts and proper studio sessions (alongside some vital live tapes), the two discs here see this iteration of the band becoming a bit more like a conventional band ... but just a bit. Foole's madcap energy couldn't really be tamed — check out the fully combustible "Heroin"-esque trip of "Believe" or the insanity of "Paralyze" for proof. Beautifully presented with extensive liner notes, you need both We Will Fall and See God ... no Foole-in'!