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Thursday, August 27, 2009

News Let's Knife!

Posted by Mark Lore on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 3:14 PM

I am a sucker for Japanese rock music: Melt-Banana, Guitar Wolf, hell even some Loudness if I'm feeling really crazee. Then there are the Godmothers...

Osaka's Shonen Knife formed in 1981 (goddamn 1981!) and became Japan's answer to the Ramones while later getting lots of love from a couple of so-so bands in Nirvana and Sonic Youth. Now, 28 years later, Naoko Yamano is still keeping the trio's "super-eccentric-pop-punk-cult-band-shonen-knife!" alive. The band just released its sixteenth (goddamn sixteenth!) full-length Super Group on Good Charamel. Ahh... good, wholesome punk rock. Still gets me.

Best of all, Shonen Knife will perform at the Doug Fir on October 27th with Explode Into Colors and Panther (goddamn Explode Into Colors and Panther!).

 

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first raincoats and then shonen knife two weeks later? i guess we know who the go to opening bands are when legendary bands come to town...
Posted by bp baggins on August 28, 2009 at 9:12 AM · Report
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yeah! Legendary OPENING bands!
Posted by jfk on October 27, 2009 at 1:57 PM · Report

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