Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the beach boys, and early punk rock bands, such as the ramones, the trio. Formed in osaka by guitarist and chief songwriter naoko in 1981, japans shonen knife rose from humble diy beginnings crafting their own idiosyncratic songs, and fashioning their own brightly coloured outfits, to sharing a stage with nirvana on their nevermind tour, trailblazing a path for women in music and inspiring legions of bands. Shonen knifes profile including the latest music, albums, songs, music videos and more updates. Shonen knife is an alternative rock band formed in osaka, in 1981. Shonen knife jump into the new world damnably 2016 by. The japanese trio shonen knife have made major fans out of altrocks elite sonic youth, nirvana, and redd kross, among others and built a solid, worldwide cult following with their ramones meets the beatles brand of sticky sweet punkpop. Japanese cult pop punk trio shonen knife celebrate their 35th anniversary this year with a brand new album adventure released 323 in japan via pvine, 41 in the ukeurope via damnably, and 41 in the us via good charamel. Rock facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Top shonen knife mp3 downloads and best shonen knife.
Gabba gabba, we accept you we accept you, one of us. It was released on april 14, 2014 in europe, and on april 16, 2014 in japan. According to band leader naoko yamano, because their album free time was heavily influenced by punk rock, and pop tune had explored a more poporiented sound, overdrive was a chance for the band to. According to band leader naoko yamano, because their album free time 2010 was heavily influenced by punk rock, and pop tune 2012 had explored a more poporiented sound, overdrive was a chance for the band to explore a more hard rock sound. Actually, the numeric insignia was derived by taking a contraction of seven nana, one ichi, and two futatu to create the naifu, the japanese word for knife. Anyone could join in from whatever part of the fringe they lived on. Shonen knife biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Shonen knife continues to leave a smile on my face every time i see or hear them. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Stream shonen knife when you sleep yellow loveless album by damnably records from desktop or your mobile device. Unlike lets knife and brand new knife, rock animals slows down a bit but doesnt lose one ounce of the magic that makes shonen knife unique.
Forgive me for stating the obvious here, but if you make it as far as a nineteenth fulllength record, you must be doing something right. Shonen knife discography shonen knife original lineup 198199 performing at the town pump, vancouver. In the context of shonen knifes overall catalogue, you cant expect or ask for much more with overdrive. Shonen knife to tour usa in fall contributed by alex101, posted by john gentile 4 years ago japans shonen knife will tour the us this fall, celebrating their 35th anniversary. Get shonen knife setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other shonen knife fans for free on. Sometimes they also perform as a ramones cover band, under the name osaka ramones. That message found an unlikely reception in osaka, japan. They became popular in us due to constant namechecking by various alternative acts of the early 90s. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the beach boys, and early punk rock bands, such as the ramones, the trio crafts strippeddown songs with simple, yet unconventional lyrics sung both in japanese and english the trio maintains a distinctly underground garage rock sound rooted in d. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Features song lyrics for shonen knifes overdrive album. On pinhead, the ramones explicitly summed up the promise of the diy punk ethos.
Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the beach boys, and early punk rock bands, such as the ramones, the trio crafts strippeddown songs with simplistic lyrics sung both in. Japanese pop punk band, shonen knife, is alive and well after more than thirty years with the overdrive north american tour in support of their new album. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Only 50 copies were issued by the band themselves, although a small number of reissues were released via zero records soon after. Stops on the outing include san francisco, chicago, baltimore and philadelphia.
It was a special treat because two original members naoko and michie were onstage with outgoing dynamo drummer emi. Now, they return with overdrive, studio album number 19. They even toured the effort, opening up for a thenunknown nirvana. Shonen knife listen and stream free music, albums, new. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the beach boys, and early punk rock ba. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Shonen knife have survived all manner of drama behindthescenes lineup changes, fatal car crashes, highprofile support slots to nirvana and sonic youth to make it as far as overdrive. Discover top playlists and videos from your favorite artists on shazam. Shonen knife was formed in 1981 by naoko yamano, her friend michie and sister atsuko. Shonen knife concert setlists sign in to get statistics for your attended concerts. New album releases download full albums, daily updates.
Shonene knife performs black crow at the waiting room on june 3rd, 2015 in buffalo, ny. Shonen knife when you sleep yellow loveless album by. The trio have long been at the forefront of asian musical exports, famously gatherign support from the likes of nirvana and john peel earlier in their longstanding career continuing defiantly to produce exuberant underground pop punk which not only spans decades but. Shonen knife then launched a twentynine show tour through the united states and canada spanning april 14 to may 25. Granted, singer naoko yamano is their sole remaining founder member. The tunes have a genuine charm in their strippeddown evocation of a sound and an era, and charm has long been a. Shonen knife celebrates its 35th year with a trek across the u. Overdrive is the 19th studio album by pop punk trio shonen knife. They started gaining overseas recognition in the late eighties and early nineties when such notable figures as kurt cobain and john peel brought them into the limelight, and since then theyve had a respectable fanbase. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Shonen knife played lots of these tunes at their american tour appearance in columbus, ohio, so i already knew id love this latest album. I think shonen knife is like the cats they sing of.
Shonen knifes musical influences were all from overseas and include the beatles, the ramones, the buzzcocks, xtc and jonathan richman. Create an account help customer service mobile version affiliate program. This is the comprehensive listing of releases by japanese poppunk band shonen knife. See who else is listening to and discuss the latest tracks, news, and features with fans at. When i finally got to see them live, i was transformed into a hysterical nineyearold girl at a beatles concert. Influenced by acts like the ramones and the buzzcocks, their bouncy tunes are all hooks, simple, speedy chords and giddy, playful vocals. Bad luck song from the album overdrive by shonen knife written by naoko directed by akio takimoto ayano tateiwa art yard, tetsuo kitamura art yard masahiro noda lighting craft kazutaka. Shonen knife, written in japanese as, which transliterates as shonen naifu, literally boy knife, is an allfemale japanese poppunk band formed in osaka, japan, in 1981. The first shonen knife release to be issued outside of japan was a 1990 selftitled compilation that featured the entire burning farm and yama no attchan albums, as well as three tracks that were only previously available on the obscure japanese comp aura music. Most north american fans were introduced to the ladies of shonen knife via the cryptically titled 712 1991. The ever adventuring naokopowered wonderbeast of japanese sugar pop rockin fun shonen knife return to australia for the fourth time in 30 years since their debut visit to this far away land on the big day out back in 1997 where they also played a string of shows together with rocket from the crypt. Overdrive pop tune osaka ramones fun fun fun english version free time english version super group proudly powered by weebly. Rightfully refusing to relent releasing material, japanese cult outfit shonen knife are back with their twentieth studio album. The show at brighton bar was the last for the 2016 us tour, and founder noako was rejoined by her sister and original member atsuko on bass and new drummer risa.
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