Band Quote by Anthony Fantano

Tightly embracing guitar effects and tape loops, Mission of Burma made sound an important commodity in rock 'n' roll, and its members carried that…

— Anthony Fantano

The group disbanded prematurely in 1983, but its records made a sizable mark: Mission of Burma became a band's band; leaving noticeable impressions on…

— Anthony Fantano

Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men…

— Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Sadly, I have very vague memories of Burma. The family was forced to leave when the generals took over.

— Dick Strawbridge

Can you imagine in 1968 some band being like, "Vietnam is the place to be!"

— Josh Jones

I claim we got a hell of a beating. We got run out of Burma and it is as humiliating as hell. I think…

— Joseph Stilwell

We became a band that was kind of a big band, kind of a band that quite uncool people listen to, people a lot…

— Torquil Campbell

The band was rejuvenated by that wonderful day. It breathed new life into us.

— John Deacon

Forgetting your mission leads, inevitably, to getting tangled up in details-details that can take you completely off your path.

— Laurie Beth Jones

One of the things I feel very strong about is the achievement of the Band really being a complete band.

— Robbie Robertson

A lot of the time bands make a record, tour a little bit then kinda fall back satisfied: oh well do a new record…

— Gym Class Heroes

It was always going to be a risk to go away, reinvent the band, and come back and release this new stuff, which has…

— Calum Hood