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| Melt Banana (sometimes known as MxBx) is a Japanese punk/noise rock group that rock very hard. They met while studying foreign cultures at a Japanese University. The current lineup of the band is: YaSuKo O (vocals) Agata (guitar) Rika mm' (bass) and Oshima (drums). They have a very percusive sound and nonsense english words for lyrics. But that dosen't stop them from being a great band. I unfortunately have never been to a Melt-Banana live show, I do however have the privilage of having a recording of one of their live shows from Jacksonville, Florida. Click here to go get it.
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| What are they singing?
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| The lyrics are any english words that come into YaSuKo O's head when she is writing them. That is how the lyrics are made.
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| Can the band speak english?
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| Yes, in fact. Yasuko speaks english very well and so do most of the band.
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| How do they get their unique sound?
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| The guitar is usually played with lots of distortion. He also does alot of pic scratching and palm mutes. The bass is play often very roughly to get a poping sound. The drums are very sqaure rythems most of the time. But occasionly play very fluid jazz rythms. Mix that in with a load of random screeching lyrics and you have the sound of Melt-Banana.
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| Another FAQ can be read here
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| Synthesis Melt Banana Interview An interview by Max Sidman for Synthesis |
| Goblin Magazine Melt Banana interview From around the release of Speak Squeak Creak |
| Melt Banana Interview An interview for Ink Nineteen by Matthew Moyer |
| Interview
An interview with Yasuko from 1996 |
| Interview With Melt Banana
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