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About Me

The Definitive Editions:
Vs. - Order it here.
The Horrible Truth About Burma - Order it here.
Signals, Calls and Marches - Order it here.
Below is footage from the vinyl mastering sessions for The Mission of Burma Definitive Editions:
click here to watch a video of MOB playing "Eyes Of Men" [The Space & Underground, Boston, 1979-90]
click here for a video of "Red" live at the Bradford, March 12, 1983 (extract from the Vs. companion DVD)
Not A Photograph is now available through MVD. You can pick up a copy right here .
'The Obliterati' has arrived.
Order it here.

"They're making their noise their way, the same way they did some two decades ago. And it's a sound as vital and inspirational as ever." - Pitchfork
"The Obliterati is powerful, smart and noisy, and, in a perfect world, would be enough to re-start the whole punk thing back at 1975 ground zero." - Aversion
"The Obliterati succeeds wildly: These 14 all-new songs might even take 1983s legendary Vs. in a fair fight." - Time Out New York
"Mission of Burma have made their best record ever. Not kidding. It's incredible...simply too many beautiful moments to tell you about here. This year's best album, yo."- The Weekly Dig
"Two albums into its second life, Mission Of Burma is making its legendary early days seem like a prelude. (A-) - The Onion
"Sonic rabble-rousing doesn't get much better than this." ****1/2 - All Music
"How the hell do these 40-something Massholes rock with the urgency of Fugazi and the intelligence of Gang of Four (not just the basslines)? And where do these guys get off taking a 20-year hiatus only to return like Lazarus with a volume fetish?" - Filter
"Theyve managed to produce the best American rock record of the year so far; not bad for a bunch of middle-aged guys from Boston with a nasty case of tinnitus." - Cokemachine Glow
"...a maelstrom of music that comes after you like a police dog on a bloody scent. Its flat out fabulous." - The Big Takeover
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Three brand new t-shirt designs for the Definitive Editions are now available in our on-line shop .
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The three following shirts are double-sided, with a small MOB insignia on the back. Here's what we've got:
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These designs will be available as part of a limited run. If anything catches your eye, it might be worth picking up sooner than later.
And we think the world might finally be ready for Roger's 'No New McCarthy Era' Burmug.
Management:
Mark Kates
Fenway Recordings
Contact: [email protected]
Booking:
Lisa O'Hara
High Road Touring
Contact: [email protected]
Euro Booking:
Jodie Cox
[email protected]
The rest of the horrible truth can be found at www.missionofburma.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/3/2005
Band Website: missionofburma.com
Band Members:
Roger Miller
guitar/vocals

other projects:
M3/Sproton Layer
Maximum Electric Piano
NO MAN/No Man's Band
Binary System
Alloy Orchestra

Clint Conley
bass/vocals

other projects:
Moving Parts
Consonant

Peter Prescott -
drums/vocals

other projects:
the Molls
Volcano Suns
Forcefield
Kustomized
Peer Group

Robert Weston -
tape loops/manipulations

other projects:
Shellac
Volcano Suns
Rachel's
Crush Senior

Use of all photographs above courtesy of Tim Bugbee Â© www.tinnitus-photography.com
Influences: A smattering of interests:

Clint -

Bass influences:
Jack Bruce
Paul McCartney
Charlie Haden
Brian Wilson

Songwriting:
Robert Wyatt
Ray Davies
Lennon/McCartney

General Music:

Kinks
Velvet Underground
Hendrix
Miles
Iggy
Roxy Music
Ornette Coleman
Beach Boys
Beefheart
PJ Harvey
Cream

Peter -

Influences:

Eno
Bowie
Iggy
Kinks
Wire
Pil
the Move
Neu
Velvet Underground
Pink Floyd

Influential Thinkers:

Hunter S.
Ian Mckaye
Andy Rooney
Burroughs
David Cronenberg
Jim Thompson
Lester Bangs
Kubrick
Steve Albini
Mark E. Smith
Judge Judy

Roger-

Music:

Pink Floyd (with Syd Barrett)
Wire
the Ramones
the Kinks
Roxy Music
Hendrix
the Beatles
Eno's No New York
Bela Bartok
John Cage
Sun Ra

Visual Artists:

Max Ernst
Marcel Duchamp
Sounds Like: Mission of Burma.
Record Label: Matador
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Shirts, plus US Tour begins this week

Mission of Burma has created three new t-shirts to celebrate the recent reissues as well as their upcoming US tour, which begins this Thursday, June 12th with the first of two shows at The Paradise in...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:56:00 PST

Roger’s Euro Blog 10

June 8:"Excellent French wine......" We said our goodbyes to Shellac, who made this happen by tacking us on to their tour. Hell, we had been unable to get any...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:17:00 PST

Roger’s Euro Blog 9

June 7: After a series of unremarkable events, which of course felt momentarily important to us, we arrive in Paris. We drive past Rue Edgard Varese, which ...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:09:00 PST

Rogers Euro Blog 8

June 6:This is the first night (Bordeaux, FR) that I actually got enuf sleep. In Bilbao there was the Guggenheim Museum (building designed by Gehry) with a surrealist exhibit and a superb instal...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:13:00 PST

Rogers Euro Blog 7

June 5:"Despite impressions, Shellac members Bob and Todd do like bright colors...."Burma vs. Shellac(audience members were polled in both Spain and France, and despite - or because of - the language ...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:28:00 PST

Roger’s Euro Blog 6

June 4: Today was typical. Pete rose, brushed his teeth, then went back to bed. He has an interesting structure he builds every day from hotel hangers, ...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:51:00 PST

Roger’s Euro Blog 5

June 3: Food: cost money this time. Coffee: situation same as food. Talking: yes. Gear safe in van: no need to move. Get in van. Drive. ...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PST

Rogers Euro Blog 4

June 2: 1. Not enough sleep, blah, blah, blah 2. Hotel breakfast was good, blah, blah, blah 3. See other guys: can actually talk after drinking coffee, blah, blah, blah 4. Pac...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:27:00 PST

Roger’s Euro Blog 3

June 1: We could've slept in later - we certainly needed the sleep after a late night - but no musician can resist a free breakfast, so we stoked up on the pretty decent ho...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:01:00 PST

Roger’s Burma Euro Blog 2

May 31: 9am soundcheck. 6 hours of sleep. That's why rock festivals are so much fun. But we drank enough espresso to keep us too awake to go back to sleep...
Posted by Mission of Burma on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:25:00 PST