When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert. Kurt Cobain
…and that’s Shonen Knife for you. A pop-punk band without compare who’ve now been around for 30 years, wore more colourful dresses than the powerpuff girls, recorded 16 albums, been adored by their contemporaries and as this snippet of their biography will inform you…everybody loves Shonen Knife:
1989 saw the crme of the alt. rock scene (including Sonic Youth, L7 and Redd Kross) covering their favourite Shonen Knife songs on the tribute album ‘Every Band Has A Shonen Knife Who Loves Them’. They toured with Nirvana (on the ‘Nevermind’ tour), The Breeders and as part of Lollapalooza. They recorded sessions for John Peel and appeared on MTV’s ‘Beavis and Butthead’ . Last year the band played Matt Groening’s curated ATP, extensively toured the UK/Europe/North America/China and Taiwan! 2011 marks the 30th year of the band Shonen Knife and Naoko said she is ready to ROCK! We hope you will come see the band this year and soak up some magic from one of the greatest bands the world has ever seen!
Support comes from Gelbart, our favourite experimental trickster.
Here’s Ah Ah Ah and a sugarsweet video for Daydream Believer and below those Gelbart’s I’ve Seen Him Rising from his Banjo Tapes EP and him live in black and white fuzziness:
