MARS,3E / 11,000 VOLTS.12",PICTURE COVER,NO WAVE.RARE PUNK.INDIE,1979,ZE RECORDS
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MARS,3E, // .11,000 VOLTS.12",PICTURE COVER,NO WAVE PUNK.POST PUNK.INDIE,1979,ZE RECORDS.THE VINYL RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND THE PICTURE COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT BLEMISHES.GET THIS RARE PUNK NO WAVE GEM NOW
Mars was a New York City rock band formed in 1975 when China Burg (née Constance Burg; a.k.a. Lucy Hamilton) (guitar, vocals) and artist Nancy Arlen (drums) brought Mark Cunningham (bass) and vocalist Sumner Crane together to talk about music.[1] They were joined briefly by guitarist Rudolph Grey.[2] The band played one live gig under the name China before changing it to Mars. They played a mixture of angular compositions and freeform ambient noise music jams, featuring surrealist lyrics and non-standard drumming. All the members were said to be completely untrained in music before forming the band.
Mars played live about two dozen times, all in Manhattan. Their first show was at CBGB's in January 1977; their last one was at Max's Kansas City on December 10, 1978. Their recorded debut was the "3-E"/ "11,000 Volts" 7-inch single, released by Rebel Records/ ZE Records.
In 1978, Mars appeared on the influential No New York compilation LP produced by Brian Eno, along with DNA, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, and James Chance and the Contortions, which helped to bring the nascent No Wave genre into the foreground.[3] An All Music reviewer wrote of their controbutions: "Mars creates interesting music out of apparent chaos; the vocals are babbled and the guitars, bass and drums sound like they're weaving in and out of the song while going in several different directions at once, yet the band is oddly compelling in its crazed, cacophonous way."[4]
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