Long before said reunion or Shellac, Weston was a member of Boston trio Volcano Suns, a band formed by ex-Mission Of Burma drummer Peter Prescott ... This post is Members Only.

But Volcano Suns are still notable for what they inspired in the decade following, as other, better bands realized the benefit in making head-banging safe for art students.

Volcano Suns was not the same animal as its alleged progenitor. And the phoenix is far too majestic an image to apply to a band whose musical legacy remains as wild, wooly and bumptious as that of ...

On these albums, the band's propulsive sound mines similar influences as contemporaries in Husker Du but the Volcano Suns also added a definitive stamp to their work.

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When MoB dissolved in ’83, Prescott honed his songwriting sleight, added gruff yelps to his repertoire and hatched Volcano Suns, his noise-drenched, sonic-driven pop beast of a band.

Phoenix Suns are honoring 'AL' on a jersey band to honor 'The Voice of the Suns' Al McCoy, who passed away September 21 at the age of 91. "It means something to me, it means a lot to me," Suns ...

In honor of the late Al McCoy, the Suns say a jersey band with the word "Al" will be worn by players for the entire 2024-25 season.

For those unfamiliar with the Volcano Suns, here s a little glowing praise courtesy of the press release: "Both these albums are irresistible rock documents of a band at its vigorous, pulsating best.

Led by former Mission of Burma drummer/vocalist Peter Prescott, the Volcano Suns were prolific, clumsily poetic, joyfully unrefined, full of beery enthusiasm and cynical wit. The band was probably ...

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns will pay tribute to Ring of Honor member and legendary radio play-by-play announcer Al McCoy with a jersey band that will be worn by the team for the entire 2024-25 ...

The most powerful instrument of its kind has now taken its first picture of the sun. Although the Inouye Solar Telescope began operating from its perch on the Hawaiian volcano Haleakala in 2022, the ...