Miss Black America (band)

Miss Black America
Seymour Glass performing with the band Miss Black America at Manchester Academy 3 on the 12th February 2003. Photograph © Emma Farrer and used with her permission.
Background information
Origin	Bury St Edmunds, England
Genres	Punk
Years active	1999 - 2006
Past members	Seymour Glass Mat Anthony Mike Smith Neil Baldwin Gish Ryan Banwell Simon Chapple Simon Cooper Laura Kidd Richard Phillips Dan Smart Jonny Steele

Miss Black America (MBA) were a punk-influenced rock band formed in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England in 1999.

Following early patronage from BBC Radio One DJ John Peel, the band received press attention as part of NME magazine's short-lived 'No Name' scene. They released two albums: God Bless Miss Black America (2002) and Terminal (2005), and recorded four Peel Sessions before splitting in 2006.

The band's line-up changed frequently, with lead singer/guitarist Seymour Glass the only constant member.

Baldwin, Smith and Gish played together as My Hi-Fi Sister from 2003-2006.

Glass, Baldwin and Smith played together as Ten City Nation from 2007-2012. They released three albums.

Seymour Glass released a solo album, Import/Export, under the moniker 'Open Mouth' in 2007. He has contributed guitars to the second album by former The Dawn Parade frontman Greg McDonald; bass guitar for country band The Blazing Zoos, alongside journalist Andrew Mueller and members of Jesus Jones; and guitar and piano for singer-songwriter Lewis Mokler . He currently plays guitar with three-piece indie-rock band Horse Party and in artist/musician Kate Jackson's touring band The Wrong Moves.

Gish has continued to record and release as a solo artist and producer, latterly under the moniker Hypermagic.

Mat Anthony has since been involved in drum & bass project Baron Greenback, fronted hard rock outfit Alita's Curse, and played lead guitar with singer songwriter Elena and hard rock solo artist Curran.

Laura Kidd works as a session musician (previously playing bass for Tricky, Alex Parks and Lil' Chris), filmmaker and photographer and has released two solo albums under the name She Makes War. Performing solo on Telecaster, ukulele and loop pedal she has toured supporting Chris T-T, Midge Ure and Viv Albertine as well as performing with Viv Albertine and Carina Round.