MVD
Admit it: Mission of Burma is one of those bands you know next to nothing about, but you nod and say they rule whenever their name comes up. It’s cool; you’re not alone. If everyone who claimed to love this seminal Boston art-punk band actually owned the group’s records, Mission of Burma’s members would be rich — and they’re not. But do yourself a favor and check out this straightforward doc about the group’s reunion after two decades of inactivity and influence. It’s great and so is the music the act made before breaking up due to guitarist Roger Miller’s tinnitus. (The stuff they’ve done since reforming in ’02 is so-so at best.) Yeah, Moby’s in it, but it’s worth enduring him to find out more about one of the handful of groups that defined college rock. 4 stars
This article appears in Dec 20-26, 2006.
