Super Junky Monkey
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Super Junky Monkey was a Japanese rock group.
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[edit] History
Super Junky Monkey was a Japanese all-girl rock group, whos style touched upon punk, hardcore metal, rap, jazz, noise, and funk. Influences on the various members of the band range from Steve Vai to Jaco Pastorius, with the end result sounding perhaps like a more eclectic version of early Mr. Bungle.
Mutsumi died on February 5, 1999. The band broke up at this point, pursuing individual projects, which are listed below.
In Japan, the band released quite a few EPs and two full length albums (both of which were also distributed internationally), as well as 3 concert videos. A few years after Mutsumi's death, the band released the material they were working on at the time as the EP E-KISS-O and the greatest hits Songs of Our Universe. E-KISS-O includes 3 songs with Mutsumi vocals and 2 instrumentals. Songs of Our Universe includes a few videos as well as music. The band ended at a point where they were starting to mature as a whole and explore new directions. Their last album was the video-game concept album Super Junky Alien.
The group did the opening and credits music for the second season of the American animated series Skysurfer Strike Force. "Skysurfers!!" was played during the opening while "I Call Myself Sliced Ice" played during the credits.
[edit] Members
- Mutsumi ‘623’ Takahashi--vocal
- Keiko--guitar (later joined eX-Girl)
- Shinobu Kawai--bass (many projects, include Tricomi)
- Matsudaaahh!!--drums (in a band called Weeee?)
[edit] Discography
[edit] US CDs
- 1995.05.30 - アルバム「SCREW UP」全米リリース TRISTER MUSIC WK35015
- 1996.08.06 - アルバム「PARASITIC PEOPLE」全米リリース - TRISTER MUSIC
[edit] Japanese release CDs
- 1994.03.20 - ライブCD「キャベツ」- RIOT LABEL RICD-001
- 1994.10.21 - アルバム「SCREW UP」- SONY RECORDS SRCL3028
- 1995.04.21 - 4TRAC CD「あいえとう/A.I.E.T.O.H」- SONY RECORDS SRCL3192
- 1996.04.21 - アルバム「地球寄生人/PARASITIC PEOPLE」- SONY RECORDS SRCL3484
- 1996.12.01 - ミニアルバム「SUPER JUNKY ALIEN」- SONY RECORDS SRCL3720
- 2001.04.21 - 未発表音源集「E・KISS・O」 - CODR-623 Released by CONDOR RECORDS
- 2001.07.20 - ベスト盤「SONGS ARE OUR UNIVERSE」- CODR-624,625 Released by CONDOR RECORDS
[edit] Japanese release Videos
- 1994.11.01 - ライブVIDEO「キャベツビデヲ」- RIOT LABEL RIVD-001
- 1995.04.21 - VIDEO「DEATHI」- SONY RECORDS SRVM444
- 1996.04.21 - ライブVIDEO「HOLY MOTHER OF MEATLOAF」- SONY RECORDS SRVM514
