Mission of Burma

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Mission of Burma is an influential American post-punk band from Boston, known for their innovative use of noise, tape loops, and dynamic song structures in the early 1980s underground rock scene.

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instanceOf post-punk band
rock band
activeInPeriod early 1980s
associatedAct Birdsongs of the Mesozoic NERFINISHED
Consonant
Kustomized NERFINISHED
Volcano Suns NERFINISHED
basedIn Boston NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
debutAlbum Vs.
debutEP Signals, Calls, and Marches NERFINISHED
disbandedInYear 1983
formedIn Boston NERFINISHED
formedInYear 1979
genre alternative rock
indie rock
noise rock
post-punk
hasFormerMember Martin Swope NERFINISHED
hasMember Clint Conley NERFINISHED
Martin Swope NERFINISHED
Peter Prescott NERFINISHED
Roger Miller NERFINISHED
hasTouringMember Bob Weston NERFINISHED
influenced Nirvana NERFINISHED
Pixies NERFINISHED
R.E.M. NERFINISHED
Sonic Youth NERFINISHED
influencedGenre alternative rock
indie rock
post-punk revival
languageOfWork English
notableFor dynamic song structures
innovative use of noise
use of tape loops
notableSong Academy Fight Song NERFINISHED
That’s When I Reach for My Revolver NERFINISHED
This Is Not a Photograph NERFINISHED
notableWork ONoffON NERFINISHED
Signals, Calls, and Marches NERFINISHED
The Obliterati NERFINISHED
Unsound NERFINISHED
Vs. NERFINISHED
partOf American underground rock scene
recordLabel Ace of Hearts Records NERFINISHED
Matador Records NERFINISHED
Rykodisc NERFINISHED
reformedInYear 2002

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Rykodisc releasedMusicOf Mission of Burma
Matador Records notableArtist Mission of Burma
Bob Weston – bass and vocals associatedAct Mission of Burma
subject surface form: Bob Weston