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] [3]

Paul Schwartz currently lives in Cedar City, Utah where he plays guitar and sings in The Western Bone Cleavers. [4]

On February 28th, 2008 vocalist Mike Conley was found dead in a Chicago hotel parking lot. Conley was taken to Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, where he was pronounced dead at 6:25 a.m.[5]

On April 27th, 2008, there was a secret warm-up show at Detroit Bar featuring Todd Sampson of Self Abuse and Samson's Army on vocals, Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys on guest vocals, Chris Moon and Larry Pearson on drums, Nick Adams on guitar, and Bob Thomson on bass. On April 28th, 2008, the "Beautiful Noise" benefit show took place at the Anaheim House of Blues with Jigsaw, Naked Soul, Cadillac Tramps, Social Distortion and MIA with the same lineup as the previous night, but adding Kevin Seconds of 7 Seconds on guest vocals. The proceeds of "Beautiful Noise" went to Mike Conley's family.</ref>


[edit] Discography[6]

  • Last Rites (1982)
  • Murder in a Foreign Place (EP, 1984, Alternative Tentacles)
  • Notes From the Underground (1985)
  • After the Fact (1987, Flipside Records)
  • 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's Not So Quiet on the Western Front (1982)
    • Includes "New Left"
  • Half Skull 7" EP (1984)[7]
    • Includes "Turning Into What You Hate"
  • Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Vol. 2 (1985)[8]
    • Includes "Just A Dream"
  • O.C.'s 5400 Day Revolution (1999)[9]
    • Includes "Boredom is the Reason"


[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] Report on Conley's death, containing a retrospective of him and the band, retrieved 2008-03-02.
  4. ^ [4] The Western Bone Cleavers.
  5. ^ [5] MIA Singer Mike Conley Found dead from head trauma for slipping on ice and hitting his head on the pavment In Chicago
  6. ^ [6] expanded FLEX discography.
  7. ^ [7] Discography page on official band website.
  8. ^ [8] Discography page on official band website.
  9. ^ [9] Discography page on official band website.

Official band web page