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Miss Black America
formed in the sleepy English town of Bury St Edmunds in October 1999.
Influenced as much by drum 'n' bass, The Stone Roses and dEUS as The
Clash, their sound was a direct reaction to the boredom and frustration of
small-town life, and their incendiary live shows quickly earning them a
rabid and loyal fan base.
Debut single, the self-financed
'Adrenaline Junkie Class-A Mentalist EP', sold out within weeks of release
after legendary DJ John Peel began to champion the band on his Radio One
show. Over the next couple of years, the band recorded numerous sessions
for Peel, and in 2003 were invited by the man himself to play at the
Eurosonic Festival in Groningen, Holland.
MBA signed to Integrity Records (home to
Million Dead, Reuben and Katastrophy Wife) in 2001, and debut album 'God
Bless Miss Black America' won widespread critical praise (Rolling Stone's
Michael Krugman and Jason Cohen voted 'God Bless?' Album of the Year
2002); all five singles from the album ranked highly in John Peel's
Festive Fifty and live favourite 'Talk Hard' was Virgin Radio's Single Of
The Week.
The band's hefty touring schedule and
close association with Rock Against Racism also saw them playing
high-profile supports with The Libertines, Buzzcocks, Eighties Matchbox
B-Line Disaster, The Others, Doves, Billy Bragg, Cornershop, Alabama 3,
The Dears, The Dandy Warhols, Kinesis, Therapy?, Reuben and Ms Dynamite.
After a year's break from touring to
write and record, Miss Black America signed to London-based Ruby Slippers
Records in August 2005. Following a series of riotous gigs in the capital,
new album 'Terminal' once again attracted praise from the UK press,
backed up with enthusiastic radio support and sessions for XFM and BBC
6music. The first single from the album, 'Dot Dot Dot', was Rock Sound's
Single Of The Month, while follow-up 'Drowning By Numbers' was The
Independent's Single Of The Week.
Miss Black America's frontman Seymour
Glass is a good friend of earwax and has been a guest in the studio
several times as well as appeareing live at various earwax events. Here
you can download a few session highlights from MBA and Seymour's solo
project Open Mouth.
Miss Black America
formed in the sleepy English town of Bury St Edmunds in October 1999.
Influenced as much by drum 'n' bass, The Stone Roses and dEUS as The
Clash, their sound was a direct reaction to the boredom and frustration of
small-town life, and their incendiary live shows quickly earning them a
rabid and loyal fan base.
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