Great band names of the '80s too.
'Incorporating the avant-rock of underground Cleveland bands like Pere Ubu, the angular slash-and-burn of the English post-punks, the trance repetition of German bands like Can and Neu, and the aggressive propulsion of The Ramones, Mission of Burma , invented a new way to snarl, wrote critic Rob Sheffield, 'the sound that American bands have been tinkering with ever since.'
From Michael Azerrad's indispensable 'Our Band Could Be Your Life'.
Hey, I know Rob Sheffield. We were friends in graduate school. He's a lovely man.
ReplyDeleteCool. Do you have that book?. I think it's great. And what do you think of Mission of Burma?
ReplyDeleteI don't. I like Mission of Burma, at least in their first incarnation. I didn't hear their comeback stuff, I don't think.
ReplyDeleteNeither have I. The book is wonderful. An education. Beautifully written.
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