MX-80 - We're An American Band - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

'After a 10-year absence from recording, MX-80 returned this Fall with what may well be their finest hour, the glittering 'We're An American Band'. Hypnotic, subconsciously inflammatory and packed with top-end musicianship, it coalesces all their experience into a potent mind bomb encased in candy apple sweetness.MX-80 album.' -- Dennis Cook, Signal to Noise, Issue #40 About MX-80 * Cited as an influence by a wide range of artists from Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth to recordist Steve Albini * MX-80 has been called 'either the most Heavy Metal art band or the most arty Heavy Metal band in the world' (Interview) * MX-80 Founder Bruce Anderson was labeled as one of America's 'Unknown Greats' by Guitar Player Magazine. * Rock writer Chuck Eddy included three MX-80 albums in his classic tome 'Stairway to Hell The 500 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the Universe'. * 'We're An American Band' is MX-80's first studio album in a decade. MX-80 is Bruce Anderson, Dale Sophiea, Rich Stim, Marc Weinstein and Jim Hrabetin. Foreign Buyers Beware The FTC Has Barred Export of the New MX-80 (See article below) How American is 'American'? San Francisco -- The Federal Trade Commission has announced it's preliminary ruling barring export of the new MX-80 album, 'We're an American Band.' The ruling, one of the first under the recently enacted 'Made in America' Act will remain in place unless the band, or it's record tag, Family Vineyard, can provide 'demonstrative evidence as to the national origin' of band members. So far, the band and it's tag have refused to participate in the FTC proceedings. Under the legislation, effective June 1, 2005, companies advertising products with the term 'America' or 'American' must file certification documentation with the FTC and U.S. Customs demonstrating that 'all or virtually all' of the product-including processing and labor that go into the product-must