User:Gaohoyt/M.I.A. (band)

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M.I.A. was a 1980s punk rock band from Orange County, California. Its members were Chris Moon, drums; Paul Schwartz, bass; Nick Adams, guitar; and Mike Conley, vocals. Moon and Conley were from Las Vegas, Nevada, where they were in a band called The Swell.

The band's sound was generally hardcore and thrasher, though they produced more melodic and progressive sounds in their later albums. All Music Guide called M.I.A. "one of the 50 best So-Cal punk bands of the great early-'80s second wave explosion." [1] [2]

[edit] Discography[3]

  • Last Rites (1982)
  • Murder in a Foreign Place (EP, 1984, Alternative Tentacles)
  • Notes From the Underground (1985)
  • After the Fact (1987)
  • Lost Boys (CD, 2001, an Alternative Tentacles reissue of Last Rites, Murder in a Foreign Place, and several additional tracks)

[edit] Compilation Appearances

  • Maximum Rock N Roll (1982)
    • Includes "New Left"
  • Life is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Foods? (1983)
    • Includes "Last Day at the Races" and "Missing or Captured"

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ [1], Christopher M. True, review of M.I.A., retrieved 2008-01-17.
  2. ^ [2], Jack Rabid, review of Lost Boys, retrieved 2008-01-16.
  3. ^ [3], expanded FLEX discography.