Mars (band)
Mars | |
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Past members | Sumner Crane Mark Cunningham China Burg Nancy Arlen Rudolph Grey |
Website | markcunningham |
Mars were an American, New York City-based
History
Mars played live about two dozen times, all in
In 1978, Mars appeared on the influential
Post-breakup
In 1985, China Burg collaborated with Lunch on the album The Drowning of Lucy Hamilton.[7]
Due to complaints about Thirlwell's modifications on 78/78+, the full studio recordings of Mars (totaling about 30 minutes) surfaced in 2003 on the Spanish labels G3G and Spookysound. Cunningham ran both Hyrax Records and Spookysound Records. (To clarify: 78, 78+, and Mars LP: The Complete Studio Recordings, NYC 1977–1978 all feature essentially the same half-hour batch of music, but with very slight auditory differences.) After the breakup of Mars, Cunningham was part of the bizarre John Gavanti "no wave opera" project with Crane, Arto Lindsay, and others. He has also worked with the band Don King, and with his current outfit, Convolution. The MARS EP, on Charles Ball’s Lust/Unlust label, was recorded in December 1978 in one live session and was the last time the band played together. The songs included on the EP were: N.N. End, Scorn, Outside Africa, Monopoly and Immediate Stages of the Erotic.[citation needed]
Crane died of lymphoma on April 15, 2003. Arlen died on September 17, 2006, following heart surgery.[8]
Discography
- "3-E" (b/w "11,000 Volts") – 7", 1978 (Rebel Records, RB 7802) (later released as a 12" on ZE)
- No New York – LP, 1978 (Antilles/ Island) (split compilation with three other bands)
- Mars – 12" EP (live), 1979 or 1980 (Lust/Unlust/Infidelity)
- John Gavanti – LP, 1980 (Hyrax) (CD reissue on Atavistic) (featured Crane, Cunningham, Berg)
- 78 – LP, 1986 (Widowspeak)
- Live Mars 77–78 – CD, 1995 (DSA) (France)
- 78+ – CD, 1996 (Atavistic)
- Mars LP: The Complete Studio Recordings, NYC 1977–1978 – CD, 2003 (G3G/Spookysound) (Spain; limited edition) (later released on LP by Important) (reissued by No More in 2008)
- Live at Artists Space – LP (live), 2011 (recorded May 6, 1978) (Feeding Tube/Negative Glam)
- Live at Irving Plaza – LP (live), 2012 (recorded August 4, 1978) (Feeding Tube/Negative Glam)
- Rehearsal Tapes and Alt-Takes NYC 1976–1978 – 3-cassette box set, 2012 (recorded between Summer of 1976 and November 1978) (Anòmia; limited edition)
References
Notes
- ^ "Life on Mars: The Surviving Members of the Earliest No Wave Band Talk Muggings, Warhol, and 1977 | NOISEY". NOISEY. September 28, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
- ^ Masters 2007, pp. 42–46
- ^ Masters, Marc. No Wave. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2007, pp. 42-52
- ^ Masters, Marc. No Wave. London: Black Dog Publishing, 2007, pp. 42-52
- ^ Masters 2007, pp. 13–14
- ^ "No New York - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ Payes, Robert; Sheridan, David; Grant, Steven; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Lydia Lunch". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ^ Patterson, Phast Phreddie (May 2003). "Mars' Sumner Crane 1946-2003". www.rocksbackpages.com. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
Bibliography
- Masters, Marc (2007). No Wave. London: Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906155-02-5.
External links
- How Mark Cunningham Blitzed the Bowery With No Wave Icons Mars (Observer, 2017)
- LIFE ON MARS: The Surviving Members of the Earliest NO WAVE band Talk Muggings, Warhol, and 1977 an interview with Mark Cunningham
- Interview with live gig recollections
- Clocktower - Radio Mars is the second track on Clocktower's Colab Vinyl Mix (aired 5/9/16)