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	Matador Records \| Mission Of Burma
		Discussing Boston's Mission Of Burma in the context of their being one of the most influential groups of the past 30 years is all fine and good, but it does a slight disservice to their status as a living, breathing, insanely-vibrant rock'n'roll band in the year 2006.
		Mission Of Burma will be playing Democratic Gain's "Jumpoff" party, happening July 25 at Boston's Avalon amidst all the DNC hoopla.
		Mission of Burma will be performing January 17 in New York City at Irving Plaza, in March at the SXSW convention in Austin, and in April at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Camber Sands.
	www.matadorrecords.com /mission_of_burma (4491 words)

	Mission of Burma
		Mission Of Burma's most obvious innovation was the band's ability to operate in this gray area, combining rock 'n' roll's traditional fetish for pure, unmediated feeling, with a more modern sort of artistic calculation.
		The year 1979 was the perfect moment for Mission Of Burma, four geeky guys who loved punk and basked in its aftermath, but weren't afraid to dirty their hands with rock 'n' roll.
		Crucially, however, Mission Of Burma was an American band; it was as uniquely redolent of its surroundings and intoxicated by rock's manic rush as the Ramones or the Stooges.
	www.angelfire.com /de/blacksquare/salon.htm (2738 words)

	Mission Of Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Boston's Mission of Burma didn't last long as a band (1979 though 1983), but their impact on rock music was immense.
		Mission of Burma drew on the music of proto-punk bands like The Stooges, first wave punk bands like The Buzzcocks, and peers like the Mekons, and threw it even further off-kilter with a dark, sometimes ominous flavor, unexpected tempo changes, layers of feedback, tape loops, and assorted sound manipulation.
		Mission of Burma played together for only about four years before guitarist Roger Miller's extreme tinnitus (ringing of the ears -- the unfortunate result of extremely high stage volumes) led the band to call it quits.
	www.epitonic.com /artists/missionofburma.html (259 words)

	Mission Of Burma - Music Downloads - Online
		Burma's music is vintage early-'80s post-punk: jittery rhythms, odd shifts in time, declamatory vocals, an aural assault similarly employed by bands such as Gang of Four, Mekons, and Pere Ubu -- Burma's peers as well as their influences.
		The massive volume, a key element in Burma's sound, had taken its toll on the bandmembers, especially Miller, who developed a severe case of tinnitus that hastened the band's demise.
		Later that year, Mission of Burma was featured prominently in Michael Azerrad's book on the indie rock scene of the 1980s, {-Our Band Could Be Your Life}, and Conley began writing and performing music again with the band Consonant.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/029/Mission-Of-Burma/10891002.html (490 words)

	Mission of Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mission of Burma owed its origins to a short-lived Boston rock group called Moving Parts, which included Miller (a recent transplant from Ann Arbor, Michigan) and Conley (from Darien, Connecticut via the University of Rochester), keyboardist Erik Lindgren and drummer Boby Bear.
		Burma made their debut in April 1979 as a trio, but later that month Miller wrote a song ("Nu Disco") that he felt would be improved by a tape loop.
		Mission of Burma were rather popular in and around their hometown, and made frequent trips to New York and Washington DC.
	www.artistopia.com /mission-of-burma (1268 words)

	Matador Records \| Mission Of Burma Biography
		Mission of Burma formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1983, after establishing themselves as one of the most progressive, important, and loud bands in American rock.
		During Mission Of Burma's brief tenure, circa '79-'83 they released one album, one EP and two singles for Ace Of Hearts, all of which were later reissued on CD by Rykodisc.
		Mission Of Burma pulled the plug right on the brink of critical and commercial acceptance, and since the split, their musical influence has taken on mythic form.
	www.matadorrecords.com /mission_of_burma/biography.html (1046 words)

	Ace of Hearts Records - Mission of Burma
		Simply stated, Mission Of Burma were, and remain, one of the most important American rock bands of the last 20 years.
		M.O.B. worked as a trio until the summer of 1979, when they drafted Martin Swope to provide what was commonly seen as the "x- factor" in their sound.
		Like such truly seminal artists as the Velvet Underground and the Stooges, Mission Of Burma's stature and influence continue to grow; their material remains of a caliber that is rarely paralleled in creativity or integrity.
	aceofheartsrecords.com /burma.html (709 words)

	EvilSponge: Concert: MISSION OF BURMA w/ Heros Severum and Martyr & Pistol
		I mean, I like Mission of Burma well enough and I’m quite familiar with their music, but it wasn’t something I just had to see.
		The thing that struck me most about Mission of Burma during their first 45 minute set was the level of energy the band brought to the stage.
		I went into the Mission of Burma show not understanding the High Holy Day mentality around me. After seeing them live and witnessing the strength of their performance, I think I get it.
	www.evilsponge.org /concert/MissionOfBurma__20Feb03.htm (1085 words)

	Mission & Justice » Burma
		Maung Maung Than, the secretary of the Australian Coalition for Democracy in Burma who fled to Australia in 1988 after the regime crushed the student-led democracy uprising, said yesterday he was “very scared” to learn of Australia’s assistance.
		Burma’s military regime spends 40 per cent of its budget on the military and less than 3 per cent on health.
		Burma appeared ready to buckle under renewed pressure from the Association of South-East Asian Nations last night, as Amnesty International continued its attack on the country’s human rights record and Amnesty said the human rights situation had continued to deteriorate in Burma in 2005, with increasing use of the judicial system to stifle peaceful dissent.
	www.missionandjustice.org /?cat=41 (1193 words)

	Mission Of Burma - Vs. Review from Music Emissions
		The second was the more obvious reason, Mission of Burma's main man, Roger Miller was suffering from severe hearing problems (tinnitus) and decided to call it quits while he still had some hearing left.
		Mission of Burma is that rare case of the right people melding together and creating a masterpiece.
		Mission of Burma is a band that belongs in every alternative rock/punk collection.
	www.musicemissions.com /artists/albums/index.php?album_id=2133&artist_id=1806 (404 words)

	Mission Of Burma: The Obliterati (2006): Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Obliterati succeeds in proving that Mission of Burma is not only capable of a comeback and a return to form, but also has exponential potential to evolve and thrive as a working band.
		Mission of Burma, however, always has, and they've now proven it with three masterpiece albums.
		Mission of Burma pulled this trick geniously on one of the greatest songs of all time, "That's When I Reach For My Revolver," and they pull it off again on "Donna Sumeria." But that's not to say that the rest of this album doesn't kick every listener, male of female, in the figurative balls.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/missionofburma/obliterati (889 words)

	Mission of Burma
		Mission of Burma (1979–1983) was a post-punk band from Boston, formed by guitarist Roger Miller, bassist Clint Conley and drummer Peter Prescott.
		For several months Burma rehearsed as a trio, until Miller wrote a song that he thought would be improved by a tape loop.
		Mission of Burma worked within and outside the confines of punk rock's themes of rebellion and alienation.
	en.mcfly.org /Mission_of_Burma (718 words)

	Amazon.com: Onoffon: Music: Mission of Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Burma's left-leaning politics were aligned to the anti-authoritarian stance that inspired post-punk bands like the Gang of Four, the Mekons, Au-Pairs and even the Clash in the late Seventies.
		Mission of Burma 2004 remains unafraid to enter the eye of the hurricane.
		Mission of Burma was a power trio with an added twist; and that was one of things that separated them from most of the other punk bands at the time.
	www.amazon.com /Onoffon-Mission-Burma/dp/B0001U1QB6 (2075 words)

	Boston Rock Storybook - Mission of Burma
		Burma's cover versions transcended the boundaries of the originals, added something absolutely unique, specifically because their sound was so defined, so highly original and representative of them and noone else, that the band owned any tune they played.
		Part of his avoidance of the "classic" Burma din could be due to his tinnitus, which was the reason that the band shit the bed in the first place in '83.
		The assaulting volume of MOB's live shows turned out to be the group's biggest problem, as Miller's tinnitus cut short what could easily have been a much longer career for a band who were still coming into their own at the time The Horrible Truth About Burma was recorded.
	www.rockinboston.com /moburma.htm (3506 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Burma: Orwellian state, with teashops
		Despite spending more than 10 of the last 17 years as a prisoner, she remains the main symbol of resistance against the military regime that has ruled Burma for four decades, and which often uses fear and intimidation to keep people in line.
		I was only in Burma for a short time, but I quickly found out how uncomfortable it is to be under surveillance - albeit by a somewhat amateur spy.
		They told me about their healthcare system, their schools, their views on the government and the extraordinary decision to move the country's capital to what was, until a few years ago, a rural backwater.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/5071288.stm (900 words)

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		The Security Council's most effective intervention in Burma will be accomplished pursuant to Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which articulates the UN's scope of authority to react to “a threat to the peace”.
		In response to Burma's urgent human rights crisis, Vacláv Havel (former President of the Czech Republic) and Bishop Desmond Tutu (Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town and Nobel Peace Laureate) commissioned an influential report entitled “Threat to the Peace: A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in Burma”.
		It is also incumbent on Burma’s other significant neighbours, such as India and the countries comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to take a stand on human rights violations by the Burmese junta.
	www.hrdc.net /sahrdc/hrfeatures/HRF144.htm (1519 words)

	Mission of Burma News
		Mission Of Burma Have New DVD, Not A Photograph Friday October 20, 2006 @ 06:30 PM By: ChartAttack.com Staff Mission Of Burma Mission Of Burma 's story is well-known to those who know their indie rock history,...
		Mission of Burma is back in Philly this weekend, playing the Church with NYC rock outfit Pela.
		Were it not for the past two years, during which Mission of Burma proved that one of the most ferocious and visionary bands of the punk era could return after a 20-year layoff with the same fervor that made it...
	www.topix.net /who/mission-of-burma (691 words)

	The History of Rock Music. Mission Of Burma: biography, discography, reviews, links
		Boston's main punk group was Mission Of Burma, that were not properly hardcore, but rather a mixture of punk-rock, pop, heavy-metal and progressive-rock.
		I Mission Of Burma erano un gruppo di Boston che associava al classico power-trio rock (Roger Miller alla chitarra, Clint Conley al basso e Peter Prescott alla batteria) un manipolatore di nastri, Martin Swope.
		Mission of Burma reunited in 2001 as a quartet (guitarist Roger Miller, bassist Clint Conley, drummer Peter Prescott and Bob Weston on electronics) and released OnOffOn (Matador, 2004).
	www.scaruffi.com /vol4/misburma.html (1118 words)

	Mission of Burma - Vs.
		MOB created one of the better albums of the 1980's, and they certainly created the best album to come out of the Boston area in the said time.
		The drummer pounds a beat that doesn't match the rest of the players, the entire band starts screaming, and just when you start to think they've lost it entirely, they suddenly snap out of their catatonia and flawlessly continue the song, sans the musical and mental abrasion.
		Mission of Burma not only contributes to the fact that talent is more than an anomaly in punk music, but they also provide an amazing sonic experience for the listener.
	www.thewrit.org /reviews/mission_of_burma.htm (526 words)

	Big Static: Mission Of Burma - Obliterati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I suspect Mission Of Burma's reunion years back was quite a surprise for the people who'd been around for their band's original cult success.
		However for the many music obsessed teenagers who knew little to nothing about the band, the revival was little more than a case of being told that Mission Of Burma were and are incredibly important and it would be in their best interest to become familiar with their back catalogue.
		Some loosing interest in what they were obsessed with in their younger years and bar the occasional aging elitist prick, I can't imagine any of the bands fans not wanting to see Mission Of Burma appealing to a new generation, passing the torch down if you will.
	bigstatic.blogspot.com /2006/05/mission-of-burma-obliterati.html (931 words)

	MISSION OF BURMA
		Burma's music is vintage early-'80s post-punk: jittery rhythms, odd shifts in time, declamatory vocals; an aural assault similarly employed by bands such as the Gang of Four, Mekons, and Pere Ubu Burma's peers as well as their influences.
		The massive volume, a key element in Burma's sound, had taken its toll on the bandmembers, especially Miller, who developed a severe case of tinnitus that hastened the band's demise.
		Later that year, Mission of Burma were featured prominently in Michael Azerrad's book on the indie-rock scene of the 1980's, Our Band Could Be Your Life, and Conley began writing and performing music again with the band Consonant.
	www.taang.com /bands_burma_body.html (482 words)

	The Blog \| Roger Miller: Mission of Burma \| The Huffington Post
		Mission of Burma is a classic rock trio - guitar/bass/drums - but has a fourth 'invisible" member, the tape loop player (this was Martin Swope from 1979-1983).
		what makes MoB different is that their "comeback" album of last year, OnoffOn, was not just a great record, but seemed to be on the standard continuum from their last record, in spite of 20 years of time having elapsed.
		One of my favorite things to do is listen to MOB with headphones on, and discover new things amidst the many layers of each song.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /roger-miller/mission-of-burma_b_9500.html (1031 words)

	Mission of Burma - The Obliterati \| KPSU
		Welcomed as resurrected saviors during a dearth of decent anti-rock, the original manifestation of Mission of Burma countered a preponderance of prissy clothes, 45-degree bangs and sunglasses mirroring the insubstantial Boston times.
		However, Burma maintain excellence and trounces obsolescence because their typical peak moment is a flash of hard truth about a situation, a bolt of clarity about action to be taken.
		That puts Mission of Burma in a very select group indeed, and rock, however defined, rarely seems and sounds so important, so vital, and so impossible to resist or ignore as on The Obliterati.
	www.kpsu.org /review/mission_of_burma_the_obliterati (393 words)

	Mission of Burma proves its time is now - The Boston Globe
		Mission of Burma proves its time is now - The Boston Globe
		The Mission of Burma reunion is over, and its second run as a working, creative band has begun.
		If the astoundingly solid and artful sold-out show at the Paradise was anything to go by, Burma is now far removed from the nostalgia circuit.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2006/07/15/mission_of_burma_proves_its_time_is_now (314 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Mission of Burma - OnoffOn
		It's ironic that a band as important as Mission of Burma came to wider public attention, years after they split, through a cover of one of their own songs.
		Since Mission's split in 1983, their influence has reverberated through countless bands worldwide and they are one of those outfits whose music is crucial to a particular era but also remains timeless.
		The reason for their break-up over 20 years ago was singer-guitarist Roger Miller's tinnitus, so their reunion for 'OnoffOn' suggests either remarkable advances in dealing with the condition, unfinished business or maybe a bit of both.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2004/0603/missionofburma.html (265 words)

	* Dusted Features [ Mission: Improbable - An interview with Mission of Burma ] *
		In 2002, the reformed Mission of Burma (minus original tape manipulator Martin Swope) embarked on the Inexplicable tour, a nation-wide series of shows that grew out of two successful reunion shows in Boston; Inexplicable was followed by appearances at separate All Tomorrow’s Parties festivals in 2002 and 2003.
		When I mentioned to Conley that a 2002 Mission of Burma performance in Chicago seemed to be split between college kids and “original fans,” he replied that in Chicago, in the early ‘80s, there were rarely more than a handful of people at their shows.
		I asked Conley how this material fits with the existing Mission of Burma catalog, (which led him to joke about “that vast Mission of Burma catalog you were referring to”).
	www.dustedmagazine.com /features/251 (1066 words)

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