"The group later known as Mars came together in late 1975 through a chance meeting of those involved... After a year of cooking up a sound, we played our first gig at CBGBs (under the short-lived name China) in January '77 with Sumner, China and I alternating on Silvertone guitars and bass through tube amps, and Nancy on drums... The first single (3E/11,000 Volts) was recorded and mixed by Jay Dee Daugherty under the impulse of Lenny Kaye for their label with Patti Smith, Mer..." -Mark Cunningham