Miracle Legion was a Connecticut-based jangle pop band begun in 1984, consisting of singer Mark Mulcahy, guitarist Mr. Ray Neal, drummer Jeff Wiederschall, and bassist Stephen West. Constant comparisons to R.E.M. were largely inaccurate due to the fact that, other than a few similarly sounding songs, the respective bands' sounds were largely dissimilar lyrically and musically. Their first released EP, The Backyard, was released by Incas Records in 1984 and became a college radio hit. Their first full-length album, Surprise Surprise Surprise, was released in 1987 on Rough Trade Records. Released in 1988 was Glad, a mixture of new songs and live tracks (which included a guest appearance by Pere Ubu). State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell Official languages English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ... Jangle pop was an American musical genre that arose in the middle of the 1960s, combining angular, chiming guitars and power pop structures. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark Mulcahy was the front-man for the New Haven, Connecticut based Miracle Legion in the 1980s to mid 1990s. ... R.E.M. is a rock band formed in Athens, Georgia on April 5, 1980 by Michael Stipe (vocals), Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), and Mike Mills (bass). ... EP can stand for: European Parliament. ... College radio (also known as university radio or campus radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college or university. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rough Trade Records was a British record company. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pere Ubu are an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. ...

With the departure of their rhythm section in 1988, Mulcahy and Neal changed the direction of the band, becoming a duo and touring as the opening act for The Sugarcubes. Their 1989 release of Me and Mr. Ray (recorded at Prince's Paisley Park Studios) led to the band finding a new rhythm section (drummer Scott Boutier and bassist Dave McCaffrey) and signing with the now defunct Morgan Creek label, who funded their 1992 album Drenched with producer John Porter (of Roxy Music and The Smiths note). 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic rock-pop band formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The cover to Princes 2004 album Musicology. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For others with this name, see John Porter. ... The reunited band in 2004 – from left: Paul Thompson – drums, Phil Manzanera – guitar, Bryan Ferry – vocals and piano, Andy Mackay – saxophone Roxy Music is a British art-rock group founded in the early 1970s as a collaborative project between art school graduates Bryan Ferry (vocals, keyboards) and Brian Eno (electronic... This article is about the English rock band, for other uses of Smith or Smiths, see Smith The Smiths were a hugely influential British rock group and indie music pioneers. ...

After Drenched, legal problems with the label left the band and its name in limbo. But interest continued, notably with a Nickelodeon offer for the band to write music for a television show (The Adventures of Pete and Pete). Neal, disillusioned with the label experience, declined the offer; but Mulcahy accepted, and he and the band's rhythm section did the project under the name Polaris, which lasted three years and included at least one episode (Season 1, "Hard Day's Pete") in which Neal appears with the rest of the band. Nickelodeon (Nick for short) is an American cable TV network for children. ... The Adventures of Pete and Pete was an American television series about two brothers named Pete which aired on the Nickelodeon cable channel. ... Polaris was a one-off musical project in the mid-1990s involving members of the Connecticut indie rock band Miracle Legion. ...

In 1996, the band's legal issues resolved, Miracle Legion released Portrait Of A Damaged Family on the Mezzotint label. Since then, Mulcahy has released three solo lps, and Mr. Ray has recently begun to play shows again in the Northeast, both solo and with Jellyshirts. Their Drenched-era rhythm section Scott Boutier and Dave McCaffrey have been staples as the rhythm section for Frank Black and the Catholics. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Mezzotint is a printing process of the intaglio family, in which the surface of a metal plate is roughened evenly; the image is then brought out by smoothing the surface, creating the image by working from dark to light. ... Frank Black, also known by the stage name Black Francis (real name Charles Michael Kitridge Thompson IV, born April 6, 1965 in Boston), is an American musician. ...

In recent years, reruns of Pete and Pete on the Noggin channel has unexpectedly renewed interest (and led a new generation) to the music of Miracle Legion. The Adventures of Pete and Pete was an American television series about two brothers named Pete which aired on the Nickelodeon cable channel. ...