Word: burma
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some, the genre means smooth pop, to others L.A. noise, ask, regae, whatever. Burma hates the New Wave label, but that's what sells in a lot of places today. Burma aspires to solvency, and the band members can adjust equally well to Jasper's and White Russians or to the Paradise and crazy kid punks, though it seems they might prefer a melding of the two: enthusiastic dancing-types who can afford to pay real cover charges. Capitalism doesn't pose problems for Burma, as it does for some hands they play with. At Jasper's the opening group...
...Says Burma's Conley. "You can call it whatever you want; it doesn't have any bearing on what...
...Burma has toured a little bit out of the Boston area, getting as far as Largo, Texas, at one point, but Capitol isn't begging for their next effort, an L.P., due out this spring. The musicians discuss making it "big," but they never drop their facetious, safe attitude. "I'm going to be fathering children all over the country, says Miller, who wears a tee-shirt marked. "Not a Member of Mission of Burma." "Conley reads Yeats between sets...
...band seems to appreciate the admiration they get from their number-one fan, Psycho. Burma's music isn't nearly as threatening as that of The Damned or Flipper or other stalwarts in the New Wave's big noise division. But she loves them all the same, like groupics have always loved bands, regardless of what's the latest on FM radio...
Psycho reports that she's starting a group of her own in Somerville. The outfit will be called Romper Room and if it ever gets off the ground, you can bet Psycho will cover a few of Burma's big hits...