简介：NOTAPHOTOGRAPHdocumentstheresurrectionoftheseminalpost-punkbandMissionofBurma,beginningin2002andcontinuingtothepresent.Forabanddeemed'tooahead-of-their-time'duringtheirinitialexistence,NOTAPHOTOGRAPHfollowsMissionofBurma'sstruggletobreathenewlifeintoatalethat'salreadybeenrecordedinrock'shistorybooks--onethat'splacedthemunderthebrightlightsofacclaim,influenceandlegend.MissionofBurmaepitomizestheage-old,artisticquandaryofbeinginfluentialbutnotfamous;tohavecriticalbutnotcommercialsuccess.Thoughrelativelyfewsawthemduringtheirshortbutburningcareer(1979-1983),MissionofBurmainspiredcountlessartistsovertheyears,including80'scollege-rockersR.E.M.,SonicYouth&ThePixies,90'salternativeartistsMoby,Nirvana&Blur,andbandsfromthepost-Nirvana/indierockexplosionsuchasYoLaTengoandSpoon.Afternearlytwentyyearsandinexplicablecircumstances,MissionofBurma'sreunion-beginningasahandfulofperformancesin2002andsincecatapultingintoaninternationaltourandtheirfirststudioalbumsince1982-hasleftmanybeggingthequestion:wasthebandtrulyaheadoftheirtime,andhastimefinallycaughtupwiththem?NOTAPHOTOGRAPHoffersasnapshotofatimebeforecompactdiscsandMTV,whenrock&rollstillhadsometricksupitssleeve,andwhenagroupofsmart,youngartist/musiciansformedabandTheNewYorkerwouldlatercall"themostcriminallyundersungbandofthe1980s."Andthen,whentheywouldreincarnatetwodecadeslater,tofindanaudienceofstill-rockingfortyyear-oldsandastutetwentyyear-oldsstandingsidebyside,anticipatingtheirband'sreturntoform.(WrittenbyJohnSuvannavejh)…