Bands, DJs and Performers • C14
Who is Missile Command, one may ask? If the first thing you think about is that really awesome game from the eighties, you're only half right. They are awesome, but they are not to be confused with a mere 8 bit Atari creation. Oh, no... Missile Command in its newest incarnation is much more fun than you could have in your mom's basement.
Missile Command consists of two core members, Andrew Lent and Jim Maynard, who hail from a plethora of musical influences. This synth based outfit got its start in 2003 with the idea of creating a new voice in the oft underrated electronic music scene. Starting slowly to ensure that they could work well together, they began by lending their production and remixing talents to other local artists. Finding that the partnership was to their satisfaction, they went about creating music with the idea that boundaries would only be observed when they went beyond the realm of what sounds good. By adding the talents of several local vocalists, Adam Boose, Dawn Mitchell, and Lori Rogers, they rounded out what is now Missile Command.
Being as obnoxiously broad in the term "electronic" as possible, Missile Command spans the gamut from operatic ambient sounds to crazed power noise ditties to raucous synthpop extravaganzas. Whatever your tastes, there's a good chance that Missile Command has it down, mulched, mowed down, and rebuilt into a 7 foot tall cyborg you can call "mommy."