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Mission of Burma

Blake Gumprecht, Alternative America, Winter 1983

COMING TOGETHER in Boston four years ago, Mission of Burma's first single, 'Academy Fight Song', was released by Ace of Hearts a year after the band's live debut, April Fool's Day 1979. Response to that 45 and their growing live reputation led to part of a New York Rocker cover spot a year later.

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