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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam
Obviously I voted yes because I nominated them, but I think a lot of people are downplaying the influence they had upon the emerging indie rock scene of the 1980s. To put it in perspective, Mission of Burma had the same effect upon indie rock in America that the Buzzcocks had upon post-punk in Britain. As in, it wouldn't have existed without them.
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Honestly, I think you're overplaying their influence on indie rock in the States. They were one of the key figures in the college rock movement, but they had contemporaries who I would argue were at least as if not more influential than Mission of Burma. Pylon's first two albums (1980 and 1983), namely, as well as The Feelies' 1980 debut record, and R.E.M.'s Murmur plus Chronic Town (1982) and their earlier singles.