Mars (band)

Mars (band)
Mars
Origin New York City, New York, USA
Genres No wave
Experimental rock
Post punk
Noise rock
Years active 1975–1978
Labels Rebel Records
ZE Records
Widowspeak
Atavistic (reissues)
G3G (reissues)
Members
Sumner Crane
Mark Cunningham
China Burg
Nancy Arlen
Past members
Rudolph Grey

Mars was a New York City No Wave band formed by vocalist Sumner Crane in 1975.[1] He was joined by China Burg (née Constance Burg; a.k.a Lucy Hamilton) (guitar, vocals), Mark Cunningham (bass), and artist Nancy Arlen (drums), and 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. The group then released a single live EP in 1979 or 1980, though they had broken up in 1978. Both recordings were compiled by Lydia Lunch's self-run label, Widowspeak Records, in 1986, as 78; the songs were slightly remixed and tweaked by Jim Thirlwell (a.k.a. Foetus). It was reissued by Atavistic Records on CD in 1996 as 78+.

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]

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.[1] 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 break-up 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.

Crane died of lymphoma on April 15, 2003. Arlen died on September 17, 2006, following heart surgery.

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)

References

  1. ^ a b 2004 article about Mars & interview with M. Cunningham
  2. ^ Marc Masters, (2007) No Wave London, Black Dog Publishing, pp. 42-46
  3. ^ Masters, Marc (2007), No Wave London, Black Dog Publishing, pp. 13–14 

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