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Great Japanese Hardcore

C. Cook | Florida | 06/15/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great all-girl punk/hardcore band from japan. Most of the songs are a bit short and about some pretty ridiculous stuff, from french toast to eat hat fat, but they're a talented band and are a pleasure to listen to. The price is a little steep cause its an import but unfortunately i havent been able to find them anywhere in america, which is a shame cause theyre such a good band. Check them out if youre into hardcore."

Unleashed in the East

Patrick Stott | Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand | 05/16/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Let's see... Three Japanese girls playing punk. Great! Another Shonen Knife-type, happy poppy punk band, right? Japanese girls are all sweet, innocent and demure, right? Wrong!The racket these three girls produce is about as far removed from Shonen Knife as The Exploited is from Green Day. Imagine a faster Fudge Tunnel with harsher female vocals, and you'll be somewhere near the mark. This is music stripped back to it's barest skeleton, as dangerous and tough as the titanium remains of Big Arnie's original Terminator incarnation after it's run in with a blazing petrol tanker. The riffs are enormous, and used sparingly. Each song seems to be built around one huge riff, and follow a fairly consistent pattern- the riff stomps through the introduction, then the whole band spazzes out, with the vocalist ranting and groaning over everything. From time to time the odd minimalist solo is dropped in, just to break things up a little. It may sound formulaic, but it's anything but.The lyrics? Oh dear, the lyrics... These make Lawnmower Deth seem positively Shakespearean in comparison! "I knocked my ass/but I didn't have pain/but I had a tail!/oh, my god!/why have I bear's tail?/I wannadog's tail" (Hip Tail) or "More eat hat fat, eat hat fat/fortune cookie agreeable to me" (Eat Hat Fat). While the lyrics are absolutely laughable to English speakers, they're spat out with venom and conviction by Kaori Okumura. She sounds permanently pre-menstrual... and you would honestly want to ask her what she means when she's screaming "I'm not you, you're not I/live in somewhere/die in somewhere" (I Know), you'd just accept it. Her throaty roar on "Iron Woman" would make even a seasoned shouter like Billy Milano envious. It seems like the band must have written the lyrics in their native language and translated everything literally with a dictionary. It fits the music perfectly though."

Yellow Machinegun-Spot Remover

Eric Cullmann | Bensalem, PA United States | 01/14/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you thought females were confined to primarily the pop, rock 'n' roll, and sugar-coated markets, then you're in for a big surprise when Japan's Yellow Machinegun comes into contact with your ears. Bleeding, screaming, tougher-than-sh%t metal is what this three-piece all girl combo excels at, as you'll quickly realize with one listen to SPOT REMOVER.



"Home Alone," "Something Enormous," "Shut Your Mouth," and "Iron Woman" all beat down any doubters with pure, venom-filled, testosterone creating metal. And, what's better, is these girls get right to the point. With the average song lasting only a minute and a half, they get in and out before you even know what hit you.



Here is an act sure to take the metal world by storm with their latest. Power, ambition, and nothing sort of leaving you speechless, Yellow Machinegun are one of the best metal bands around in a long, long while.



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