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Miller Miller Miller & Sloan
OriginNew York City, New York, United States
GenresFunk
Rap
Blue-eyed soul
Pop
Years active1979–1993
LabelsMeaningful Records

Miller Miller Miller & Sloan was an American funk/Pop band, based in New York City, that reached its zenith in the early 1980s.[1] The band was made up of the three Miller brothers Dan, C.B. "Barney" and Mike, plus and their childhood friend, Blake Sloan. The band opened for The Clash,[2] as well as Tom Tom Club and Chaka Khan, playing prominent venues such as The Ritz and CBGB's.

The band was the subject of the documentary film, Miller Miller Miller & Sloan: We Don't Wanna Make You Dance, by director Lucy Kostelanetz.

Miller, Miller, Miller & Sloan appear (as Miller, Miller, Miller & Sloane) in the Jonathan Lethem novel, "Fortress Of Solitude".[3]

Mike Miller, the band's vocalist/percussionist is now a solo artist known as Mr. Shy.[4]

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