Do you like Japanese bands?

I release all girl bands in Japan. My label is very small in Japan but lots of people visit my site
and buy Japanese girls bands like Petty Booka, Lolita No.18, Mummy the peepshow, Kokeshi Doll ..CDs from all over the world. Arigato!
One of the bands from my label TsuShiMaMiRe is touring with Suicide Girls.
Have you seen them? or have you heard about them?

Tell me the name of the Japanese bands you know or you've seen!

I am coming to west coast, LA, SF, Arcata, Portland with Tsushimamire and 2 other all girl Japanese all girl bands next week!

http://www.sister.co.jp/english/index.html

See ya!

No.

I did thoroughly enjoy Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re... other japanese bands I thoroughly enjoyed
Envy, Melt Banana, Boris, Acid Mothers Temple(all these bands I have the pleasure of seeing) I have heard Merzbow but that can make you psychotic after a while of listening.

Petty Booka is pretty damn cute. I also like Electric Eel Shock and Ex Girl.

Melt Banana is pretty good, there's another one I've listened to that I can't remember the name.

-TM

I love puffy ami yumi





[Edited on Oct 24, 2005 by Oracle]

Yes, could they get anymore bite size and cute?

mong hang!

peelander-z!

cornelius!

mmmm... bite size...

*CRUNCH!*

deerhoof (even though only the singer's japanes)
the pillows
the polysics?

Jackie and the Cedrics rule! Best live show ever!

I've seen X-Girl and Shonen Knife and the 5,6,7,8's and a couple others

*cringe* hell no

No offense, of course.

how could there be

I listen to the Takeshi Terauchi and the Bunnys tracks that were posted on the newswire a while ago all the time, but beyond that I don't listen to anything Japanese.

Hellchild are my favorite Japanese band ever

Envy are up there also

Melt banana own live
as do the Pillows

and Number Girl (and the band they went on to form known as Zazen Boys)

and Gauze

and the Stalin

and Garlic Boys

and Minor League

and State Craft

and Loyal to the Grave

and Deadman, the only current "visual kei" band worth anything

[Edited on Oct 25, 2005 by KMFCM]

Fuck yes.

Wow, how do you know Hellchild?
I love them too. Japanese hard core bands are really great.
I also like Envy and Gauze. I have know Michiro Endo from Stalin for long time.
He is not only the legend of Japanese Punk history are great singer.

Mono
Ruins
Ikue Mori
Ground Zero
Melt Banana
...and others.

Wow... i'm suprised it took so long for someone to list MONO. I adore them. On a whole other end, I also like Pine AM.

Nitro Micrphone Underground.

Saw Supersnazz recently and they were FUN!

Two recent favorites--but just about anything on Zorn's New Japan series is very unique and exciting...
Love RUINS, Boredoms, so many great acts coming out of the underground scene....
I will repost this here as well...since no one clicked the topic....
For all of our Euoro friends in SG land...do not miss this festival starting Halloween night:


JAPANESE NEW MUSIC FESTIVAL EUROPE TOUR ver.4
In 1997,1999 and 2003, a set of performances aroused a storm of frenzy and shriek in Europe... and they will be back with even greater power.
This time 3 musicians (YoshidaTatsuya/Tsuyama Atsushi/Kawabata Makoto) form 7 units!! A cappella, comic free form, progressive core, troubadour, cosmic psychedelic......
you'll be experiencing the essence of all kinds of extremes in the current new music scene in Japan on a single night.
Never miss it.


schedule
October 200531 GothenburgNovember 200501 Stockholm02 Tampere03 Oslo04 Copenhagen05-08 Poland09 Koln11 Brusselles12 Paris13 Baecerona15 off16 Zurich17 Bern20 Rome22 London
ZUBI ZUVA X (Yoshida/Tsuyama/Kawabata)
Eccentric poly-rhythmic a cappella ensemble. It covers from Gregorian chant to ethnic music, to do-wop to hardcore screaming, heavily using irregular rhythms and polyrhythm. All sorts of ideas and aberrant musicality overturn the image of a cappella. their totally meaningless lyrics and desperate performances throw the audiences into the abyss of the laughter and admiration. it makes the concept of "singing ability"nonsense.
AKATEN (Tsuyama/Yoshida)
Formed in 1995 with the motto of "irresponsibleness" and "perfunctoriness." They easily free themselves from the spell of the traditional seriousness of the art. Using daily commodities like scissors, toothbrush, zipper, camera, and plastic bottle as percussions, and shouting their brand names over and over as the "songs," the show is performed under the concept of low cost and maximum sound effect. AKATEN is the experimental convenience store punk band that provides the sound images of cheap and simple daily lives.
RUINS ALONE (Yoshida)
RUINS is pioneer of Drum & Bass duo. Tunes are complicated and mysterious, and songs are sung in the language of their own invention. It's high-tension, wild, heavy, speedy, acute, and powerful tremendous ensemble never sounds like they are only two players. since last bassist left Yoshida still seeking a bassist and currently he has been playing as RUINS ALONE. playing RUINS songs with sampling bass. this time Yoshida will play songs from Koenji Hyakkei and Korekyojinn too.
ZOFFY (Tsuyama/Kawabata)
Formed in 1998. Zoffy's music hints both at the members' deep musical knowledge via their improvised performances of troubadour music and European trad, and also at their deep love for rock via their destructivist covers of classic rock songs, that no longer sounds like anything but ZOFFY. The group believes that humor is essential in music, and their unprecedented performances stray far from the beaten track. Is this the Ultima Thule that rock music has long been aiming for?
SHRINP WARK (Kawabata/Yoshida)
A new improvising duo consisting of Yoshida from Ruins and Kawabata from AMT. group inspired by This Heat and band name taken from their song "Shrink Wrap". Cosmic chemical reaction sound that embraces a multidimensional chaos based upon the principles of minimalism, an anarchistic warping of the time axis, and ultra-accelerated revolving of time particles.
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR (Kawabata/Tsuyama/Yoshida)
Acid Mothers Temple have rapidly become acclaimed as the greatest, most extreme trip psychedelic group in the world. Releases have appeared on labels around the world at an amazing pace, and the magnificence of their live performances is already being whispered of as legendary. SWR is the AMT Family's most powerful battle-formation yet. featuring Tsuyama and Kawabata from the original AMT and Yoshida from Ruins. their crushingly acute freakout sound will pulverize the world's legions of wannabe psych groups.
SEIKAZOKU (Kawabata/Tsuyama/Yoshida)
Formed in 1996. The expansive musicality of the group, which nonchalantly references classic prog and rock, ethnic music, jazz and contemporary composition, is backed up the three members' impressive backgrounds and the depth of their musical knowledge. Improvised music for holy trinity heresy that runs the full gamut of ethnic and electric instruments, primitive stupidity, the suspicious stench of medieval alchemy, the raw power of early rock music, all leavened with a pinch of cosmic incoherency.

Much, much love for Ghost. One of my absolute favorite bands.

Also
Magic Lantern Cycle
Shonen Knife
Cibo Matto
Melt Banana
Guitar Wolf
Pizicatto Five