Mission of Burma, "Peking Spring"

[@ezandycle]

As this clip proves, Mission was laying the foundation for Alternative and beyond before punk rock had run its course.

[@michaelkelly697]

My God. This song. They mean every word and every note of it.

[@chrismorrison2805]

well said mate!

[@JazzMachine77]

Can you imagine that this footage was in 1979??? They were way ahead of the time! Definitely my favorite band.

[@TheStonyB]

Wish I had discovered this band, and this song, many years ago. F'ing brilliant. Paraphrasing previous from Kyle x, this song is pure punk, in the truest sense. Love it.

[@Fugeeu]

It's amazing to think that this was the first song Clint Conley ever wrote. So very good.

[@DMGregAdventure]

What can one say?..incredible sound and energy. Tough stuff-I love it.

[@krissisu1111]

MOB - pride of Boston, MA!!

[@logicalcorrelation]

that was just magnificent. there's no other word for it.

[@11raljr11]

Fuck this is so goddamned good.....i hate getting old....fuck fuck fuck

[@BabylandStudio]

Holy shit. No one is this good now.

[@johnanewquist]

All my Gods are on the wall.....The words leave me hungry...

[@cpkuhnen]

damn Tinnitus made Roger Miller stop MoB. If they would've still been around in the Grunge-era they would've hit really big

[@billkeon880]

MoB forever.

[@tony0000]

Thanks for posting this historic footage.

[@ryanarchy422]

@askl23 A lot of the best post punk was from the late 70s and early 80s. Just start with Gang of Four, Wire, Joy Division, Minutemen, The Sound and look at people they played with and you'll find a ton of bands.

[@SScampers]

pure rock n roll

[@drewl64]

I love these guys

[@askl23]

@Alienpelvis86 They were sort of the odd band out in that book, almost all of the rest discussed were mid to late-'80s, but Mission of Burma goes back to the late '70s. From what I remember, their whole chapter just harps on about what a shame it was that Mission of Burma started and ended so early in the burgeoning post-punk scene.

[@danlo215]

Timeless

[@rudievan]

ACE!!! i'd forgotten about this song!!!

[@alphatyrone]

This has always been my favorite flavor of punk rock.

[@bobbyrawson]

Holy shit, I can't believe this is the same version that's on my Itunes!!!

[@carolerawson5924]

I listened...but what am I missing here? Sent from my iPhone

[@MrBobbydanger]

pictures of marx and chairman mao

[@rferg4308]

Best band out of Boston including Aerosmith, absolutely fu---kicked ass in concert, they could've led the charge like SexPistols if they had mgmt...

[@juliandunn]

mission of burma is that good now!

[@hirofan]

I'm gonna see them for free in September!!

[@CutterSk]

Pete has hair! :D

[@ZRN959]

I've listen to Signals, Calls and Marches, Vs., ONoffON, The Obliterati and The Horrible Truth about Burma. NOT A BAD SONG ON ANY OF THEM.

[@ZRN959]

@AndersenCouncil I did. And are going to see them tomorrow night.

[@testoster1]

Fuck, that is rock!

[@vaspers]

hey, this video got selected by the NYC Punk Rock Evolution Foundation, in their blog, so congratulations you punkazoids!

[@chrismorrison2805]

Mission of Burma: Accept no substitutes.

[@AndersenCouncil]

@ZRN959 You need to listen to The Sound, The Speed, The light too then. You'll still have the same response.

[@offensive80]

Shit yeah.

[@PantsMenace]

aag the lyrics for this do not exist on the internet

[@ZRN959]

I love Nicotine Bomb!

[@cebailey5920]

CONSONANT!

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

Roger Miller looks like he was 15 in this. Yet I think he might have been literally twice that age as he recorded Spronton Layer almost 10 years before this.

[@michaelgraham9774]

By my estimation, he was like 26 or 27 when this show happened

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

@@michaelgraham9774 I was gonna say closer to 30 than 25. 28 or 29.

[@projectno5]

cos bands dont try as hard at song writing as they used too

[@PantsMenace]

nicotine bomb isn't very good, but generally yeah, mission of burma is absolutely astounding

[@Boris.Becker.]

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