SHONEN KNIFE
SHONEN KNIFE
Written in Japanese as 少年ナイフ, which transliterates as Shōnen Naifu, literally "Boy Knife," is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands, such as the Ramones, the trio crafts stripped-down songs with simplistic lyrics sung both in Japanese and English.
Despite their pop-oriented nature, the trio maintains a distinctly underground garage rock sound rooted in edgy instrumentation and D.I.Y. aesthetics, which over the course of their long career has earned them a solid, worldwide cult following and made avid fans out of seminal '90s alternative rock bands such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and Redd Kross. The band has been credited with making "the international pop underground more international" by "opening it up to bands from Japan". They have also performed as a Ramones tribute band under the name The Osaka Ramones.
SHONEN KNIFE
YAMANO Naoko / なおこ Vocal, Guitar
TANEDA Ritsuko / りつこ Bass, Vocal
MORIMOTO Emi / えみ Drum, Vocal
少年ナイフは、Naokoを中心に大阪で結成される。ちなみにバンド名は、彼女が見つけたポケットナイフの銘柄。1983年に1stアルバム「Burning Farm」をインディーズのZero Recordからリリース。同アルバムは1985年にアメリカのインディーズ・K Labelより発売される。そのオリジナルなサウンドはアメリカ・イギリス・ヨーロッパで人気を博し、1992年に日本・アメリカ・イギリスでメジャーデビュー。以後、アルバムリリースとワールドツアーをコンスタントに続ける。
Official website:
http://www.shonenknife.net/index.html
UK/EU label
http://www.damnably.com/
Written in Japanese as 少年ナイフ, which transliterates as Shōnen Naifu, literally "Boy Knife," is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands, such as the Ramones, the trio crafts stripped-down songs with simplistic lyrics sung both in Japanese and English.
Despite their pop-oriented nature, the trio maintains a distinctly underground garage rock sound rooted in edgy instrumentation and D.I.Y. aesthetics, which over the course of their long career has earned them a solid, worldwide cult following and made avid fans out of seminal '90s alternative rock bands such as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, and Redd Kross. The band has been credited with making "the international pop underground more international" by "opening it up to bands from Japan". They have also performed as a Ramones tribute band under the name The Osaka Ramones.
SHONEN KNIFE
YAMANO Naoko / なおこ Vocal, Guitar
TANEDA Ritsuko / りつこ Bass, Vocal
MORIMOTO Emi / えみ Drum, Vocal
少年ナイフは、Naokoを中心に大阪で結成される。ちなみにバンド名は、彼女が見つけたポケットナイフの銘柄。1983年に1stアルバム「Burning Farm」をインディーズのZero Recordからリリース。同アルバムは1985年にアメリカのインディーズ・K Labelより発売される。そのオリジナルなサウンドはアメリカ・イギリス・ヨーロッパで人気を博し、1992年に日本・アメリカ・イギリスでメジャーデビュー。以後、アルバムリリースとワールドツアーをコンスタントに続ける。
Official website:
http://www.shonenknife.net/index.html
UK/EU label
http://www.damnably.com/
Shonen Knife Interview 26/09/2013
Shonen Knife live at Lantaren Venster - Rotterdam
Shonen Knife Gallery
