Moving Parts was a late 1970s Boston-based

rock music Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdo ...

band. Though short-lived and little noticed during their career, the band's members went on to form parts of the more influential bands Birdsongs of the Mesozoic and

Mission of Burma Mission of Burma was an American post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts. The group formed in 1979 with Roger Miller (rock musician), Roger Miller on guitar, Clint Conley on bass guitar, bass, Peter Prescott (musician), Peter Prescott on drum k ...

. The band's members were

Roger Miller Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country hits " King of the Road", "Dang Me", and " England Swing ...

(guitar),

Clint Conley Clinton J. Conley is an American post-punk musician and journalist from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as a co-founder, bassist, and vocalist of Mission of Burma. Early life and education Conley was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduate ...

(bass guitar),

Erik Lindgren Erik Lindgren (December 15, 1954) is an American composer and pianist. He runs Arf! Arf! Records, and has led or been a member of several ensembles, such as The Space Negros and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. Early life Lindgren was born in Har ...

(keyboards), and Boby Bear (drums); all but Bear shared songwriting and singing duties. Their main release, the archival 1992 compilation ''Wrong Conclusion'' features previously unreleased tracks from 1978 that range from absurd synthpop ("Good Oscillations") to artsy abstraction ("Max Ernst") to driving guitar rock ("Talk Talk").Wrong Conclusion
/ref> After Moving Parts broke up due to creative disagreements, Conley and Miller founded

, Miller and Lindgren co-founded Birdsongs of the Mesozoic.

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