M.I.A. (American band)
M.I.A. was a 1980s punk rock band from Orange County, California. Its members were Chris Moon, drums; Paul Schwartz, bass; Nick Adams, guitar; and Mike Conley, vocals. Moon and Conley were from Las Vegas, Nevada, where they were in a band called The Swell.
The band's sound was generally hardcore and thrasher, though they produced more melodic and progressive sounds in their later albums. All Music Guide called M.I.A. "one of the 50 best So-Cal punk bands of the great early-'80s second wave explosion." [1] [2]
Paul Schwartz currently lives in Cedar City, Utah where he plays guitar and sings in The Western Bone Cleavers. [3]
On February 28th, 2008 vocalist Mike Conley was found murdered in a Chicago hotel parking lot. Conley was taken to Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, where he was pronounced dead at 6:25 a.m.[4]
Discography[5]
- Last Rites (1982)
- Murder in a Foreign Place (EP, 1984, Alternative Tentacles)
- Notes From the Underground (1985)
- After the Fact (1987, Flipside Records)
- Lost Boys (CD, 2001, an Alternative Tentacles reissue of Last Rites, Murder in a Foreign Place, and several additional tracks)
Compilation Appearances
- Maximum Rock N Roll (1982)
- Includes "New Left"
- American Youth Report (1982)
- Includes "Tell Me Why"
- Life is Beautiful So Why Not Eat Health Foods? (1983)
- Includes "Last Day at the Races" and "Missing or Captured"
Notes
[6] Official band web page