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Women in Japanese Punk

Page history last edited by PBworks 15 years, 5 months ago

 

The 5678's

 

  • formed as a band in 1986 and take their name from 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's music
  • they're best known in America for their guest spot as the house band at the House of Blue Leaves in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1
  • music inspired by old school punk, surf, doo-wop, rhythm and blues, etc.

 

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Shonen Knife

  • main influences include 1960's girl groups and early punk like the Ramones
  • formed in 1981
  • toured with Nirvana
  • front woman Naoko Yamano believes in the power pf positive music.  ''Sweets make me happy, and I like to eat, so I write songs about food." She also writes about food, she confesses, because she's too shy to write love songs.

 

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Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re

 

  • formed in 1999
  • they blend energetic hard rock with japanese pop-punk and incorporate quirky, idiosyncratic  lyrics.
  • their name comes from a mix of all the band members names put together.  "mamire" also meaning mixed up.
  • labeled as one of the best Japanese girl-bands

 

 

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American music with Japanese front women

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Overview

 

Punk music was a huge outlet, in general, for women because it was the first time women could make rock music without help from men with an agenda.  Punk music in Japan helped women break out of the stereotypical submissive female role and became an outlet for creative production.  In recent years there has been a huge outbreak of women fronted and all girl punk rock bands and in that particular scene the idea of submissive, passive women has been broken.  Women in punk could also be seen as breaking stereotypical gender roles in punk music.

 

 

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