M3 was an American
experimental rock group, founded by the brothers
Roger Miller
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,
Ben Miller and
Larry Miller. Their name is a dual reference to the three M surnames, and also
pun on the
musical notation
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for a
minor third.
All three Miller brothers are longtime fixtures on the
Detroit/
Ann Arbor
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,
Michigan music scenes. M3 is a quasi-reunion of
Sproton Layer, a short-lived group the Miller brothers formed in the late 1960s. Afterwards, Roger was active with several groups (notably
Mission of Burma and
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic), as were Ben and Larry (notably
Destroy All Monsters).
M3 is primarily a studio recording and experimental project, although it has been known to play live to appreciative audiences. Critic Richard Foss describes their self-titled debut as "without a doubt some of the strangest music ever to be even vaguely classified as rock."
According to their website, in December 2011, M3 was planning to record a new studio album. It would have been their first album in over ten years.
Although the band went into recording a new album, the idea was scrapped and the brothers ended the band permanently.
Discography
* 1993 - ''M-3''
* 2001 - ''Unearthing''
References
External links
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Rock music groups from Michigan
American experimental rock groups