Laurence Bond Miller

OFFICIAL WEBSITE

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"Forever tending the many creative irons in the fire"

"This statement proves positive the very root to all my troubles. Even with
the support & tolerance of family and friends, there's nowhere near
enough time in the day for all these ideas."

LBM

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This website lists every significant creative project Laurence Bond Miller has ever been
involved with. Music, video & film, artwork, biographies, discographies, photos, reviews, CDs,
vinyl records, merchandise, etc. Currently, Miller's main focus is recording and performing original children's music with his wife on keyboard and voice, along with Oso the drumming bear.
To learn more about his eclectic if not eccentric kids band, click HERE.

Laurence also spends time these days painting in water color, shooting experimental
short films, and considering the rebirth of his family's band, SPROTON LAYER.

Ann Arbor AGENDA Music reviews by Alan Goldsmith

......if there is any one greatest injustice on the local music scene, it’s the fact that Laurence Miller isn’t world famous by now. Laurence Miller is probably the only Ann Arbor rock genre guy who deserves to have a multi-record boxed set devoted to his work. From his pioneering days in the original lineup of Destroy All Monsters, to his quirky but structured pop recordings with Nonfiction and Empty Set and on to his other-planet ravings over-the-edge days as Larynx Zillion's Novelty Shop, Miller has proven to be another one-of-a-kind performer of world-class talents and brains and is one of the singer/songwriters in this town who can honestly be called a genius.

His musical vision is so complex, from pure pop to space music, and it all seems to tie into one grand THING that only a research career COLLECTION would give you an idea of how amazing he is. Two bits of news on the Miller front. One, his new tape, "Plague of Love (love, lust and lunacy) is a more hard-edge rock side of his persona that spotlights Miller's voice and grunge guitar skills. The other scoop -- Miller is now gigging as a singer with David Swain's big band II-V-I Jazz Orchestra, as Mr. Yours Truly. I've told you for years, Laurence Miller is a genius. Wake up!..."

March 1997

COMPLETE CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF BANDS

1960s
THE KIDS
SKY HIGH PURPLE BAND
FREAK TRIO
FOREST
THE SUGAR SQUAWK PEACH FARM
THE THREE BUTTER BOYS
SPROTON LAYER
THE AMBASSADOR

1970s
SPROTON LAYER
(continued)
GOLDEN EMPIRE
BRAINAL UNIT
MASTER AND THE URBATIONS
MARSH CRABBITS AND HIS CLAPFOLD PLATUNE
THE MOZAIC PLANTATION
THE HALLUCINATIONS
THE CRUZONICS (ESP thru Drugs)
BOSTON DRUG ENSEMBLE
THE NOVA MOB
FOURTH WORLD QUARTETTE (1)
FOURTH WORLD QUARTETTE (2)
TRIPOD SKRIMAGE
THE POST MEAT REVIEW
EMPOOL
DESTROY ALL MONSTERS
XANADU

1980s
THE SAME BAND
THE OTHER BAND
NONFICTION
LOW INCOME ZONE
RADIO SILENCE
G.K.W. (God Knows Who)
THE EMPTY SET
LAURENCE BOND "Unplugged"
LARYNX ZILLION'S NOVELTY SHOP

1990s
LARYNX ZILLION'S NOVELTY SHOP
SIX MINUTES TO THINK
GORDON GIGANTIC
MEZZANINE
THE SUICIDE DOORS
II-V-I JAZZ ORCHESTRA
LAURENCE BOND "Unplugged"
LAURENCE BOND MILLER AND THE REFRACTIONS
MISTER LAURENCE AND HIS PLAY MONEY BAND

2000s
MISTER LAURENCE AND HIS PLAY MONEY BAND continued
VELVETEEN BLUE
MILLER & KATSUMI
LAURENCE BOND MILLER "Unplugged"
MY BIOGRAPHY
THE MISTER LAURENCE EXPERIENCE

2010s
THE MISTER LAURENCE EXPERIENCE continued
PHOENIX METRO
BLUESHOUSE 313
SPROTON LAYER / The Rebirth

THE SKY HIGH PURPLE BAND
Photograph May 1967

This was the first actual MILLER band, playing mostly covers, with one or two embarrassing originals.
Laurence as "Larry" back then, at the tender age of 13, seen here banging the tambourine.

David Rogers Ben Miller Roger Miller Tom Grimes Laurence Miller
drums rhythm guitar bass & vocals lead guitar percussion & harmonies

( Notice the curtains in back ~ those ended up as material for Larynx Zillion's stage costume in 1992! )