The members of Mission of Burma, as well as manager Mark Kates, politely declined to speak for this story. 64 on the list.Ĭonsider this a quiet, fond adieu to a loud, cacophonous band. This June marks 40 years since the release of the band’s first single, “Academy Fight Song.” Last month, Rolling Stone named it one of the greatest 100 debut singles of all time - coming in at No. They played 20 songs, beginning with “Fun World,” following with some of their best-known numbers: “Trem Two,” “That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate,” “Max Ernst,” “Academy Fight Song,” “This Is Not a Photograph” and, what’s probably viewed as their “biggest hit,” “That’s When I Reached for My Revolver.” At the end, “The Ballad of Johnny Burma.” “Where opposing forces met at a cross-roads and energy buzzed.” “Seems like an appropriate location to me,” Miller muses now. Mission of Burma took their final bow, though no one knew it at the time, April 25, 2016, at a Berlin club. The three guys - guitarist-singer Roger Miller, bassist-singer Clint Conley and drummer-singer Peter Prescott - remain good friends, two still happily immersed in music and the other continuing work as a producer at WCVB-TV’s “Chronicle.” There was no acrimony amongst its members, either. But Mission of Burma - Boston’s acclaimed post-punk band of the early ‘80s and early 2000s - has quietly exited stage left. There was no farewell show, no farewell tour, no farewell at all, really. (Courtesy Jon Strymish) This article is more than 2 years old. Left to right, Peter Prescott, Clint Conley, Bob Weston (as the "monk") and Roger Miller of the post-punk band Mission of Burma.
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