Editing Mars (band) (section)

=== Post-breakup ===
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Due to complaints about Thirlwell's modifications on ''78''/''78+'', the full studio recordings of Mars (totaling about 30 minutes) surfaced in 2003 on the Spanish labels G3G and Spookysound. Cunningham ran both Hyrax Records and Spookysound Records. (To clarify: ''78'', ''78+'', and ''Mars LP: The Complete Studio Recordings, NYC 1977–1978'' all feature essentially the same half-hour batch of music, but with very slight auditory differences.) After the breakup of Mars, Cunningham was part of the bizarre ''[[John Gavanti]]'' "no wave opera" project with Crane, [[Arto Lindsay]], and others. He has also worked with the band Don King, and with his current outfit, Convolution. The ''MARS EP'', on Charles Ball’s Lust/Unlust label, was recorded in December 1978 in one live session and was the last time the band played together. The songs included on the EP were: ''N.N. End'', ''Scorn'', ''Outside Africa'', ''Monopoly'' and ''Immediate Stages of the Erotic''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Crane died of [[lymphoma]] on April 15, 2003. Arlen died on September 17, 2006, following [[Cardiac surgery|heart surgery]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Phast Phreddie |date=May 2003 |title=Mars' Sumner Crane 1946-2003 |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/mars-sumner-crane-1946-2003 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=www.rocksbackpages.com}}</ref>