Mission of Burma, "Peking Spring"

[danlo215]

Timeless



[danlo215]

Timeless



[moshmartyr]

quality is amazing for its vintage

[ezandycle]

As this clip proves, Mission was laying the foundation for Alternative and beyond before punk rock had run its course.

[rockbottomriser80]

yes!



[offensive80]

Shit yeah.

[logicalcorrelation]

that was just magnificent. there's no other word for it.

[testoster1]

Fuck, that is rock!

[tbzeee]

never thought they would reunite ever, but we got lucky. REAL lucky, because their new stuff rocks too, so it's not just a big nostalgia trip for us old farts. it's incredible that they can still be creative after all the time spent apart. they didn't sell out, they are men of integrity

[drososap70]

ahhh the memorys of the stains opening for mission of burma awesome shows great vid thanks tony from dorchester masshole

[GLUEBAGxZACKx666]

off on off is a really good record

[smialek316]

We Sure could use music like this these days!

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

read the book OUR BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE

where is the samples, loops ect...

[Lilbalot223]

I'm reading the book right now, and I would guess that this is before they truly integrated that into their live show. This looks like it was filmed at very small club that might not have had the capability of supporting those kind of effects.

[Alienpelvis86]

@TEMPmichaelhansen I know fuck, he described these guys like they were noisy as fuck, but this sounds like plain old punk (nothing wrong with that, just sayin)

[askl23]

@Alienpelvis86 They were sort of the odd band out in that book, almost all of the rest discussed were mid to late-'80s, but Mission of Burma goes back to the late '70s. From what I remember, their whole chapter just harps on about what a shame it was that Mission of Burma started and ended so early in the burgeoning post-punk scene.

[ryanarchy422]

@askl23 A lot of the best post punk was from the late 70s and early 80s. Just start with Gang of Four, Wire, Joy Division, Minutemen, The Sound and look at people they played with and you'll find a ton of bands.

[EightFiftyRyan]

@ryanarchy422 - Thanks for mentioning The Sound. Incredible band that really doesn't seem to get enough recognition. You should check out Fingerprintz too if you haven't already. Cheers!

[Fugeeu]

It's amazing to think that this was the first song Clint Conley ever wrote. So very good.

[brickfailstudios]

@Fugeeu So good.

[DeathMetalDouglas68]

Roger Miller looks like he's 15 here yet he was about 28 or 29. Hard to believe he had Sproton Layer ten whole years earlier. He was the bassist with his brothers and his bass playing was pretty advanced as Clint is here.

[PositivelyBored]

@DeathMetalDouglas68

If I did the math correctly 22 in this video.

[rudievan]

ACE!!! i'd forgotten about this song!!!

[Cornychan]

this is my favourite video of Mission of Burma, they rock SO hard in this one

[supergeniustheband]

Holy shit.  No one is this good now.

[hirofan]

I'm gonna see them for free in September!!

[juliandunn]

mission of burma is that good now!

[noraid12]

Yes yes yes!

[genomvenom]

u said!

[PantsMenace]

aag the lyrics for this do not exist on the internet

[ZRN959]

I've listen to Signals, Calls and Marches, Vs., ONoffON, The Obliterati and The Horrible Truth about Burma. NOT A BAD SONG ON ANY OF THEM.

[projectno5]

cos bands dont try as hard at song writing as they used too

[PantsMenace]

nicotine bomb isn't very good, but generally yeah, mission of burma is absolutely astounding

[ZRN959]

I love Nicotine Bomb!

[KoolidgeMEL]

Aww whats wrong with Nicotine bomb? =[

[AndersenCouncil]

@ZRN959 You need to listen to The Sound, The Speed, The light too then. You'll still have the same response.

[ZRN959]

@AndersenCouncil I did.

And are going to see them tomorrow night.

[CutterSk]

Pete has hair! :D

[vaspers]

hey, this video got selected by the NYC Punk Rock Evolution Foundation, in their blog, so congratulations you punkazoids!

[PositivelyBored]

I had the pleasure of meeting Roger Miller last winter. I enjoyed this video!

[kerrisavage]

Oh how I love this. Thank you!!!!

[wayoutjake]

Holy god! Thanks for this...

Look how young they were!

[drewl64]

I love these guys

[iskandertime]

Awesome..love the stripy shirts! My Co-worker Jordan (Billy Daffodil from The Transplants) has some great stories and footage from The Space..