Members: The Brogues (2)

The Miss was formed in 2000 from the ashes of Baltimore club scene stalwarts the Brogues when drummer Damir Marusic and bassist/singer Hank Baker sought a new guitarist. A plan for a rotating six-string player abruptly ended when Brendan Bartow of the Fuses joined and it became immediately obvious that no further searching was needed. The Miss played local small clubs and art galleries for two years and an early one-off in Baker's native Louisville, Kentucky, and closed their brief career by playing Princeton University's 2002 back-to-school event, after NO RADIO spent a summer in constant rotation on WPRB 103.3. John Peel played a few songs from the album on his legendary show in early 2003, after the band had stoped playing. Always the way, right? Afterwards, Bartow went on to play in Greg Preston's Mean Spirits and later, the Advlts. Marusic pursued a solo project, Hot Pigeon, and Baker provided vocals for Seattle's Iarvles.