SORE DIAMONDS:

The Unofficial BOREDOMS Side Projects/Cameos Discography

(HTML Version 3, Part 1 of 4)

File collated by Dave Watson of the Severed Heads Liberation Front.

NOTE: Send updates and corrections (there's always going to be more) to me at the address link in this paragraph. I am looking for as much detail as possible. If you have any information about band line-ups, song titles and lengths, print status and collector variations (Limited editions? Different artwork?), please e-mail me with it (be sure to remove the spam trap first) so I can include it. You will be credited and be alerted about updates if you like (if you are receiving updates and don't want them, let me know). Thank you.

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BOREDOMS MEMBERS IN LINE-UPS INDICATED BY **.

1

LINE-UP: YAMATAKA EYE**; ??

Eye's new hardcore band. Eye describes 1as HxPxIxL (Hard Core Punk Is Love). 1 opened for A.C. in April (1997?).

Compilation Appearance

-Music for Retards (Lost Frog Productions (Japan?)--#?--cass) 1997; (#?--CD) 1998
"Pay Buy Boy"
Cover of the DESTROY 2 song.
 Music for Retards CD cover

AKABUSHI [RED SAMURAI]

LINE-UP: YAMAMOTO**; YOSHIKAWA [Instruments?]; other members joined them for live shows.

Akabushi Chon-Mage coverChon-Mage [Topknot; the traditional samurai's hair style] (Satsugai Enka Vinyl (Japan)--MSCD-13--3" CD EP) 1994

1. Tono to Gyoi [Feudal Lord and Will]; 2. Terebijion [Television]; 3. HARAKIRI (PART 1); 4. HARAKIRI (PART 2); 5. Nanisha [translation?]; 6. Hitobashira [Human Pillar; Human Sacrifice]; 7. Tsujigiri (Saibou Ryouri Otoko) [Killing a passerby to test a new sword (Cell Cooking Man)] ; 8. Oooku (Chuuou Freeway) [Shogunate Harem (Central Freeway)]; 9. Jizou* no Bakuhatsu (Saike/Chii Ne Baajon) [Jizou's Explosion (Psyche/Small Sound Version)]; 10. Jizou* no Bakuhatsu (Saike/Dai Ne Baajon) [Psyche/Big Sound Version]; 11. Shippai Shinken Hakujin Tori [Failure to Take a Drawn Sword Seriously]; 12. Kusoboke Kaidou Gojuusantsugi (or Gojuu Sanji ) [Kusoboke Highway 53 Tokaidou Stages/50 Three Times] ; 13. RED SAMURAI; 14. Bushi Bushi [Samurai Knot]

Out of print. [Track times? If you can tell me the correct Romanizations/translations of these titles, please get in touch.]
* Definitions I found for "Jizou": Ksitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); the Receptacle of Earth.
Akabushi Live coverLive: T-Shirt Kau te Kure!! [Live: Please Buy Our T-Shirts!!] (Satsugai Enka Vinyl (Japan)--MURDER-3535CD--CD EP) 1995

LINE-UP: SHIOTA--Drums; MIYAGI--Bass; FUJIMOTO--Guitar; YAMAMOTO**--Vo.; TAKASE--Screamer

1. Gyoi (1:18); 2. A.G.F. (Hitobashira) [Human Pillar; Human Sacrifice] (0:47); 3. 1.2.3.4. Iggy! (0:10); 4. Count Down for Vegetalians (sic) (0:17); 5. Jet (0:44); 6. Red (3:08); 7. Dokata no Eiyuu ga Bejitarian ? Na Tsu Ne Gaa Ju ni Uta [Construction Worker/ of/ Hero/ Osu/ Vegetarian/ ?/ Sound/ Grinding Noise/ Go In/ of/ Song] (0:51); 8. Rasta Far Away (3:25); 9. T-Shirt Kau te Kure!! (2:01); 10. Okann (Beji Kari) [Veggie Hunting] (0:55); 11. Tokyo ni Yakyuu Kenga Aru Tedouiiukotoya (?)? [Tokyo/ Baseball/ ?/ To Have/Be/ ?] (0:22) [stage patter]; 12. Oooku [Shogunate Harem] (3:38); 13. Ga Ga Ga (0:20)

Credited to Akabushi With Bonjour! Mademoiselle. Includes colour sticker (of the cover photo), cardboard 3D "glasses" (no bows to hook them on your ears) and a menu from the family restaurant Royce in Nishi-Ku, Osaka. Matt Exile can be heard talking in his inimitable New York whine to someone about seeing Boredoms at Lollapalooza in Montreal after the song "Jet" (and boy, did it blow his mind when I played him the disc!). If you can tell me the correct Romanizations/translations of these titles, please get in touch.

Both titles were released in limited quantities. Yamamoto formed Akabushi to have an outfit he could just sing lead for, and they are no longer active. According to Yamamoto, "All of the members ran away!"

AOA

Open (Comma (Japan)--MKCC-2001--CD EP) 1998

LINE-UP: Eda**; HIRA**; MIYA; TATEYAMA; KIYO; YOSHIMI**

1. Open (33:28)

In Print
 AOA Open cover
Domegapeace (Comma (Japan)--MKCC2002--CD) 1999

LINE-UP: E-DA**--Kick and beat effects; HILAH**--Psychedelic bass effect; MIYA--Winds dealer; TATEYAMARS--Freaky electro; KIYO--UFO; AI--Mother djembe; NAHO--Baby djembe; BRAVO KOMATSU--Rockaholic guitar; SHINKICHI--Space treatment;
(Listed underneath: "Yoshimi P-WE**, ATR**, AB, Yo-chan, Pon 2, Ukon, Shimizu, Soga, Daichi, Nobu, Yuki, Naho Uchida, Izupon, Tokichan, Sia, Kiyoshi Izumi ... and you!")

1. New Free (10:15); 2. New Bravo (8:32); 3. USAOA (8:05); 4. ASAOA (12:37); 5. GOAOA (17:16)

In print.
 AOA Domegapeace cover
Surfin Alright (Comma (Japan)--MKCC2005--CD) 1999

Line-up: MIYA--Digeradoo; AI--Percussion; IZUPAN--Percussion; BRAVO KOMATSU--Guitars; E-DA**--Many; SHINKICHI--Many; TATEYAMAB--Many; HILAH**--Many

1. Cosmo Pacifica; 2. Dream Airline; 3. Ocean Magic Bird; 4. Corona Pipeline; 5. Meditation Wipeout; 6. Swimming Saucer; 7. World All Light; 8. New Wave Surf Riders; 9. Surfin' Alright (Pet Bottle Green Tea Mix)

In print.
 AOA Surfin Alright cover
21 Century Super Fly? (Comma (Japan)--COMMA-04--CD) 2000

(Line-up?)

1. Ecstaseed; 2. 21 Century Super Fly?; 3. EL Dragon

In print.
 AOA 21st Century cover
Emotion Vacation (Comma (Japan)--IDCC-1005--CD; Psy-Harmonics (Australia)--PSY047--CD) 2001

(Line-up?)

1. PASSPORT FOR LIFE (Ready to Go?); 2. QUIET BEACH FILM (Daydream Groover); 3. ZOO ZOO B.B.Q (Drive Through Party Underground); 4. WHAT'S THIS HEAT? (What's This Meat?); 5. DOLPHIN RIDER (Silent Summer's Theme); 6. NEW BORN NEW LIFE (Still Walking) (Psy-Harmonics version substitutes "NEW BORN LIFE PHYSICAL HARMONIC REACTION (exclusive Australian version)".)

In print.
 AOA Emotion Vacation cover

Compilation Appearances

-Boogiepop Phantom Original Soundtrack (Media Works (Japan)--MNCA-3001 (TGCS-836~837)--2CD) 2000; (Animetrax (US)--AT-9310--2CD) 2002
"Stormy Soup" (9:05)
Soundtrack to the animated TV series. It has been licenced and released on video in North America (dub VHS/bilingual DVD) by The Right Stuf International, Inc.. Here's their mailorder page for the CD.
 BPP OST cover
-Experience--Psy-Harmonics Volume Five (Psy-Harmonics (Australia)--PSY046--2CD) 2001
"New Born Life Physical Harmonic Reaction" (7:44)
In print.

-Man Drive Trance Compilation Vol. 1 (Wonderground (Japan)--wrd-2--CD) 2002
"Apaman in the Sky" (8:13)
 Experience coverMDTrance 1 cover
Comma's AOA website: In English. Includes RealMedia song samples.

ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY

Hana [Flower] (Hot-Cha (Japan)--IDCH-1002--CD EP) 2001
"Hana" [Flower]/"Jippun" (Leaf (UK)--DOCK32--Ltd. ed. 12" picture disc) 2002
Jun Ray Song Chang (Leaf (UK)--BAY22V/BAY22CD--LP/CD) 2002

YOSHIMI P-WE** appears on sampled voice on "Hana" (6:43)

In print. The Song Chang CD is a compilation of Asa-Chang's Japanese releases to that date, including the Hot-Cha EP, and "Jippun" is also on it (but not on the LP version). As far as I can see, all the versions of "Hana" are the same.
Here's Asa-Chang's official website (Japanese and a bio in English) and Leaf's website.
Asa-Chang Hana EPAsa-Chang Hana 12in singleJun Ray Song Chang cover

ATR**

Compilation Appearance

-Tribute to Nippon (Ummo (Japan)--UOCA-1007--CD) 2000
"Eagle Eye" (8:45)
[Print status?]		 Nippon cover

AUDIO SPORTS

A hip-hop band. Real names of the line-up are Eye (vocals only, and judging by the "Eat+Buy+Eat" single, not his usual histrionics), Onda (ex-HANATARASHI) and Ochiai (ex-JARLING KARLING). Eye is no longer involved with them, but they have other more current recordings available.

3-6-9* (Bron Records (Japan)--no catalog #--12" EP) 1991

LINE-UP: ODD BODYSUIT E.Y.E.** (Dad); LOVE UNLIMITED ON-D (Mam); BULLFROG 1000 BPM (Baby)

1. 3: Future Ball (Let It Cosmicbleed Mix); 2. 6: Cosmic Boatpeople (Space Maggots Mix); 3. 9: Ape Is High (Chebb Leftover Mix)

* The title is pronounced "mi-ro-ku," which also means "the sacred existence of Buddha."
 AS 3-6-9 cover
"Eat+Buy+Eat" single (All Access (Japan)--AACD-001--CD; #?--promo 12" single) 1992

LINE-UP: AQUI ONDA; DJ KOOL JAZZ TAKEMURA; EYE**

1. Eat&Buy&Eat (featuring MC Twigy) [Album Version] (4:05); 2. Eat&Buy&Eat (featuring MC Twigy) [Bad Taste Mix] (3:36); 3. We've Got You [Sweetie Mix] (5:06); 4. We've Got You [Original Mix] (6:15); 5. Eat&Buy&Eat [Instrumental] 4:02
NOTE: EYE appears on tracks 1 & 2 only (the rest are instrumental).

Vinyl out of print. CD print status?
 Audio Sports E+B+E cover
Era of Glitterring [sic] Gas (All Access (Japan)--AACD 002--CD) 1992

LINE-UP: Same as "Eat+Buy+Eat".

EYE appears on the following tracks: 1. Mental Jam (4:52); 2. Eat + Buy + Eat (4:04); 3. Violent Evolution (3:16); 6. Outlaw in Wonderland (5:25); 7. AirBone (5:16)

[Print status? Collector variations?]
 Audio Sports Era cover

Compilation Appearance

-Dance 2 Noise 006 (Victor/Invitation Xeo (Japan)--VICL-23081--CD) 1993
"Kitty Bay" [Is EYE involved with this track?]

BASE OF FICTION

Base of Fiction (God Mountain (Japan)--GM 013--CD) 199?

LINE-UP: [Names?]: Bass, violin, viola, violoncello; GUESTS: TATSUYA YOSHIDA--Drums, voice; SEIICHI YAMAMOTO**--Guitar; HOPPY KAMIYAMA--Keyboards, samples, voice, gram-pot [others?]

In print. Please mail me if you can fill me in on the missing details.
 Base of Fiction cover

CHILDREN COUP D'ETAT

Twin Black Buss (Hosoi Koubou--#?--cassette) 1989

YOSHIMI** guests on trumpet and vocals. [Details?]
 CCD Twin Black Buss cover
Maso Mato Gakki [Masochistic Musical Instruments] (Ziks Product/Bloody Butterfly (Japan)--ZIKSBB-002--CD) 1991

YOSHIMI** guests on trumpet on "Mirareshi."		 CCD Maso cover

C.C.C.C.

Rocket Shrine (Creativeman Disc (Japan)--CMDD 61--CD) 1997

LINE-UP: HIROSHI HASEGAWA--Voice, Roland System 100, Multi Moog; MAYUKO HINO--Voice, theremin, metal, electronics

SEIICHI YAMAMOTO** guests on guitar on "Noise of the Mountain Spirit" (16:25).

In print.
 CCCC Rocket Shrine cover

CONCRETE OCTOPUS

LINE-UP: EYE**--Vocals; CHEW--Drums; TURBO--Bass
Chew (Hasegawa Chu) and Talbot (Turbo) are currently in Corrupted.

Compilation Appearance

-TVVA Less Than TV Sampler (Less Than TV--CH-1--CD) 1992
"Concrete Octopus Army"
 Less Than TV cover

DENDOBA [ELECTRIC TEETH]

LINE-UP: EYE**; YAMAMOTO**; YOSHIMI**; OHNO (of SOLMANIA)

The blurb that was originally in Guitar Barrio: Shock Punk. Members include [Eye,] Yamamoto, Yoshimi, and Ohno of Solmania. A track was supposed to appear on the The Miracle of Levitation compilation CD, but this didn't work out. Yamamoto wrote in a magazine that Hanatarash 4 contained cut-ups from Dendoba and He-Nyou [lit. Fart Urine]. They headlined Scum Night II at Yamamoto's club Bears in Osaka on 1993 8 23.
From Matt Kaufman's review of the show in Exile Osaka #2: "The Boredoms' implicit timing and and rapport with one another onstage is what makes their shows so much fun. Dendoba, however, is the Boredoms just doing whatever the fuck they want to do with weird instruments, toys and kitchen utensils. Yoshimi plays a guitar that's bigger than her whole body and screams obscenities in English. Yamamoto has a long cardboard tube that he swings around like a Polynesian warrior. Eye plays a keyboard toy thingy that looks like a phallic guitar (I used to have the exact same toy when I was in the sixth grade). I can't remember what the rest of the band did because it was over in five minutes. Hey, that's all the time they needed." I saw a video of Music for Psychological Liberation, the 1994 2 26 Kansai Television broadcast on the Kansai noise scene, which included this set. The song in which Yoshimi screamed obscenities was a cover of the old Pussy Galore chestnut "Cunt Tease." There are bootleg DAT recordings of Dendoba opening up for Caroliner in 1994. I don't think they're active but Shock City is scheduled to release something.

According to a Japanese web discography I was sent, they have appeared on two compilation CDs using different band names:

Lo-Fi cover-Lo-Fi ~Electric Acoustic & Radical~ (Meldac (Japan)--MECI-25019--CD) 1995
5. MANGA BAND--"Manga Banned in D.C."
6. KIKI--"Surprise Life"
7. OKINAWA--"Soul Snacher"
8. ESP RECORDS--"ESP Sound"
9. BRAIN ZERO--"Cry"
10. PLASTIC NUGGETS--"Adba Gadba Hey"
11. THE 1+2's--"Aqua Challenger"
12. DENDOBA--"Trash"
Cover by Eye Yamatsuka.

-Remix Trax Vol.11: Chill & Experience the Adventure of Electro-Acoustics (Meldac (Japan)--MECP-30032--CD) 1995
1. THE 1+2's--"Aqua Challenger"
6. PLASTIC NUGGETS--"Adba Gadba Hey"
11. BRAIN ZERO--"Cry"
Packaged in a box with a booklet.		 RTv11 cover

DESTROY 2

LINE-UP: EYE**--Scream; CHU--Drums (Thanks & Good Bye)

Destroy 2 48 Songs coverWe Are Voice & Rhythm Only (or is it called 48 Songs?) (Japan Overseas (Japan)--JO96-18--3" CD) 1996

1. Destroy 2 Theme (0:27); 2. Standing Piss is Legal (0:15); 3. Tired Core (0:16); 4. Cold Beer or Hot Beer (0:25); 5. Fuck System (0:15); 6. We Got a Jazz (0:06); 7. Fuck You 1995 (0:10); 8. Pay Buy Boy (0:13); 9. Beastie Boys [Beastie Boys] (0:18) 10. 9 is 6 [The Hanatarashi?] (0:23); 11. Go (0:17); 12. Noise & Stop (0:06); 13. Destroy Gym (0:19); 14. Meat Grind Test (R.I.P. Concrete Octopus) (0:26); 15. No (0:07); 16. Super Ape (Dub) (0:13); 17. Anarchy Boy (0:09); 18. Sky [Eco Core] (0.07); 19. Sea [Eco Core] (0:04); 20. Earth [Eco Core] (0:04); 21. Ax Hx F.O (0:14); 22. Over Eat (0:13); 23. Heaven (0:12); 24. Hell (0:10); 25. Shit (0:07); 26. Bull Shit (0:02); 27. Maybe Shit (0:02); 28. Maybe Bull Shit (0:07); 29. Shit World (0:10); 30. World Shit (0:13); 31. Die Punk (0:21); 32. Nazi Punks Fuck Off [Dead Kennedys] (0:17); 33. Life is Eat & Die (0:10); 34. 24H? (0:39); 35. Record Shop Die (0:13); 36. Osaka Most Wanted (0:10); 37. Straight Outta Tani-9 (0:17); 38. Ax Bx Cx Dx Rx Ix (0:23); 39. Stick Down (0:08); 40. Stick Down Again (0:01); 41. Stick Up (0:01); 42. Stick Up Never Again (0:03); 43. Mic Down (0:03); 44. Mic Up (0:05); 45. Destroy 2 (0:05); 46. Destroy 3 (0:05); 47. Destroy 10 (0:14); 48. Destroy Nothing (0:35)

In print. Recorded live in Feb. '95, as a support act of Brutal Truth in Osaka.
NOTE: Since this recording, Chu has left the band and has been replaced by YOSHIMI**.

DJ PICA PICA PICA

AKA YAMATAKA EYE**.

DJ PPP Planetary coverPlanetary Natural Love Gas Webbin' 199999 (Comma (Japan)--MKCC-2003--CD) 1999

1. Rahahiveld (4:13); 2. BAKA FOREST PEOPLE--Water Drums (3:55); 3. Beats from...Banaspati (3:31); 4. Malm (2:32); 5. ASTRALASIA/SUNS OF AROA--Sul-E-Stomp (Ceilioh Mix) (5:42); 6. Emplia (4:06); 7. FAT DAY--Burrega Theme (2:32); 8. Weddell Seals (3:00); 9. Sound Effects for Clubs and DJs Vol. 2 (Birds, Jet Stream) (1:54); 10. It Sounds Like Liquid Sky (2:10); 11. Samba de Janeiro (Ralphi's Samba Drummy Dub) (3:34); 12. Bonus Beats (2:21); 13. Sanganoonbo (6:07); 14. Royal Mosambique (2:01); 15. MUTABARUKA--Dis Poem '99 (Flutestramental Mix) (3:15); 16. Visions (0:59); 17. IDJUT BOYS/LAJ--The Last Sheet (4:02); 18. Be My Husband (1:07); 19. D.S.L./D. HOUSE--Soothe Your Soul (Drum to Soothe Mix) (3:46); 20. Vintage (2:19); 21. 1997 (1:16); 22. Let's Go to Mars (1:41); 23. PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE--From Music in Twelve Parts, Pt. 3 (2:25); 24. L. YOUNG/R. GUPTA--BTS Beats (1:12); 25. Road Trip (1:10); 26. DJ DISK--Htrako (1:34)

In print. [Other performers?]

Compilation Appearances

-Shock City Shockers (Shock City (Japan)--MENU.158--CD) 1998; (MENU.213/MTJD-1004-1005--2x12") 2000
"Action Now" (5:07)

-The Art of War (Toy's Factory/Mo' Wax (Japan)--TFCK87808/9--2CD; ?--2LP) 2000
Track by DJ Pica Pica Pica (AKA EY∃) [Title?]
 Shock City Shockers coverArt of War cover

D.M.V.

[Line-up?]

Compilation Appearances

-ZK Samplers (ZK (Japan)--ZIKS-005--CD) 1992
"Bass" (4:44)

-The Land of the Rising Noise (Charnel House Production (U.S.)--CHCD-9--CD) 1994
"Outer Mind" (6:23)
Out of print.		 ZK Samplers coverRising Noise cover

DOWSER

Telecoma (Alida/Creativeman Disc (Japan)--CMDD59--CD) 1997

LINE-UP: HIROYUKI NAGASHIMA--Synthesizer, sequence, digital edit; MASATERU TERAI--EMS, ARP, WERSI; HISAHIKO HORIUCHI--Synthesizer, sequence

SEIICHI YAMAMOTO** guests on guitar on "Encoda" (3:20) and "Pulse Funk" (4:57); YOSHIMI YOKOTA** guests on voice on "Remodel of Angel Dust" (7:59).

In print.
 Dowser Telecoma cover

THE DRAMATICS

This is International Telecom (Megaphone Limited (U.S.)--Limited 008--CD) 1996?

LINE-UP: JASON WILLET (ex-HALF JAPANESE); MARTHA COLBURN

EYE** appears on the track "Club Leaf Foot Hopper."

Limited to 500 copies with handmade covers. Out of print.		 Dramatics Telecom cover

EASTENBURIA

Eastenburia (Japan Overseas (Japan)--JO00-53--picture disc LP) 2000

LINE-UP: RITA ACKERMAN; YOSHIMI**; DAVID NUSS; ATR**; YOSHIDA; SHOJI [Instruments?]

1. the Eastest; 2. middle of East; 3. Easter

One side's art is by Rita Ackerman (who also did Thurston Moore's Psychic Hearts cover), the other is by Yoshimi. Second pressing in print.
 Eastenburia LP sideEastenburia LP other side

Compilation Appearance

-Kim's Bedroom (Purple Books (US)--ISBN: 2-912684-19-6--Book with CD) 2000
Untitled track by YOSHIMI P. WE**, RITA ACKERMAN, ATARI** (BOREDOMS), DAVID NUSS (NO NECK BLUES BAND), YOSHIDA (PSYCHO BA BA) and SHOJI (JAPAN OVERSEAS).
Released as part of the Kim's Bedroom exhibit curated by KIM GORDON and housed by the MU-de Witte Dame, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 2000 3 17-4 24, and later bought by the Parco Gallery in Tokyo. Here's a Kim Gordon fan site about the exhibit. (Print status?)
 Kim's Bedroom book

E-DA**

Kakurenbo V. 1 (Dogmatic Production (Japan)--SUB-003--CD) 2001

[Tracks/times?]

In print. Released while E-da was still a member of Boredoms (as far as I can tell), so this is listed here.
 E-da Kakuranbo cover

ELVIS DUST

LINE-UP: EYE**--Sonic composition; AKY--Voice raps master

Compilation Appearance

-NG2 (Trans Records (Japan)--TRANS-18--LP) 1987
"Highway Hotdog Star"

JAD FAIR & THE SHAPIR-O-RAMA

LINE-UP: JAD FAIR--Guitar, vocals, ??; DAVE RICK--Bass; CHUCK MARCUS--Guitar; STEVE DIBENEDETTO--Drums; KIM RANCOURT--Casio sax, bells

We Are the Rage (Avant (Japan)--AVANT 052--CD) 1998?

YAMAMOTO** guests on this album. Any more info?
 Jad Fair/Rage cover

THE FLAMING LIPS

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Warner Bros. (US)--9362-481412--CD; (Japan)--WPCR-11253--CD (with extra track)) 2002

Although she's not credited, YOSHIMI P-WE** obviously guests on screaming on "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Part 2" (2:58).

According to Wayne Coyne's notes about the album at their official website, the title is actually about a Japanese friend and fan of the band who had died in 2000, not about the Yoshimi we know. But he does acknowledge Ms. P-we at length in the same essay.
 Flaming Lips Yoshimi cover

FREE KITTEN

LINE-UP: KIM GORDON--Guitar, vocals; JULIA CAFRITZ--Guitar, vocals; YOSHIMI P-WE**--Drums, trumpet, vocals; MARK IBOLD--bass; WHARTON TIERS--drums on "Loose Lips"

Split single with MOSQUITO (Time Bomb (Japan)--BOMB-09--7") 1993

LINE-UP: KIM GORDON--Guitar, vocals; JULIA CAFRITZ--Guitar, vocals; YOSHIMI YOKOTA**--Drums, trumpet, vocals

FK do the song "Yoshimi vs. Mascis." Yoshimi also designed the cover for Kitten's side (Eye did Mosquito's side). This was a 1993 Japan tour special edition E.P., and is now out of print.
-"Oh Bondage Up Yours!" [writing credits?]/"1, 2, 3 (Live at the Shelter Club in Tokyo)" (Sympathy for the Record Industry (US)--SFTRI #?--7" pic disc) 1993

Yes, that's Yoshimi modelling those cute outfits.
 Free Kitten pic disc sides B & A
-"John Stark's Blues"/"Guilty Pleasures" (In the Red (US)--?--7") 1993

[Print status?]
Special Groupie (S.O.S. (U.S.)--SOS-01--7") 1994

SIDE ONE: Cleopatra
SIDE TWO: Loose Lips

[Print status?]		 FK Special Groupie cover
(KI) (Radiation (Spain)--RARE-015--7") 1994

SIDE ONE: Sex Boy [writing credits?]
SIDE TWO: Darby Speak
 FK (KI) coverFK (KI) gatefold
Packaged in a gatefold sleeve with a pop-up picture of the band inside. "Sex Boy" is a Germs cover. "Darby Speak" is Yoshimi imitating the late Darby Crash of said Germs in the movie The Decline of Western Civilization, which is to say, haranguing someone in the audience to get her a beer. [Print status?]
Unboxed (Wiiija (UK)--#?--CD; Pearl Necklace (Australia)--PN 2--CD; Time Bomb (Japan)--BOMB-CD22--CD) 1994

1. Oh Baby (1:20); 2. Yoshimi vs. Mascis (1:44); 3. Oh Bondage Up Yours! [writing credits?] (2:29); 4. 1,2,3 (0:55); 5. Party With Me Punker [writing credits?] (0:47); 6. John Stark's Blues (2:24); 7. Guilty Pleasures (2:35); 8. Sex Boy [writing credits?] (2:32); 9. Cleopatra (2:45); 10. Loose Lips (2:08); 11. Dick (8:21)

In print.
 Unboxed cover
-"Harvest Spoon" (Wiiija (UK)--LTD-002--7") 1995

That's it. Just the one song. Out of print.		 Harvest Spoon 7in
Nice Ass (Wiiija (UK)--WIJ-41V--LP; WIJ-41CD--CD; Kill Rock Stars (US)--LP, CD--KRS 240; Time Bomb (Japan)--BOMB-CD27--CD) 1995

1. Harvest Spoon (2:39); 2. Rock of Ages (1:55); 3. Proper Band (1:43); 4. What's Fair (2:52); 5. Kissing Well (3:20); 6. Call Back (Episode XXI) (2:58); 7. Revlon Liberation Orchestra (2:45); 10. The Boasta (1:27); 11. Scratch tha DJ (1:57); 12. Secret Sex Friend (0:37); 13. Royal Flush (3:36); 14. Feelin' (0:55); 15. Alan Licked Has Ruined Music For an Entire Generation (0:07)

In print.
 FK Nice Ass cover
12" single (Kill Rock Stars (US)--12"--KRS 286) 1997

SIDE ONE: DJ Spooky's Spatialized Chinatown Express Mix (6:28)
SIDE TWO: WE'S ReKITTEN--Never Gonna Sleep (6:14); GAA (6:56)

In print.
Sentimental coverSentimental Education (Kill Rock Stars (US)--LP, CD--KRS 287) 1997

LINE-UP: KIM, JULIE, YOSHIMI** and MARK; DAVE NUSS--Extra drumming (5, 10); WE--Remixes (3, 13); DJ SPOOKY "THA' SUBLIMINAL KID"--Remix (6)

1. Teenie Weenie Boppie (Serge Gainsbourg) (3:02); 2. Top 40 (2:50); 3. Never Gonna Sleep* [We (NYC)/Free Kitten] (6:17); 4. Strawberry Milk (2:33); 5. Played Yrself (3:00); 6. DJ Spooky's Spatialized Chinatown Express Mix* (DJ Spooky "Tha' Subliminal Kid") (6:24); 7. Bouwerie Boy (2:18); 8. Records Sleep (1:36); 9. Picabo Who? (0:35); 10. Sentimental Education (12:21); 11. One Forty Five (2:20); 12. Eat Cake (1:05); 13. GAA* (We (NYC)/Free Kitten) (6:58); 14. Daddy Long Legs (5:38); 15. Noise Doll (1:51)

In print. *On the CD version only, from the 12" single.

Compilation Appearances

-Rock Stars Kill (Kill Rock Stars (US)--LP+7", CD--KRS-221) 1994
"Feed the Tree" (1:54)

-Germs (Tribute)--A Small Circle of Friends (Sony/Dragnet--?--DRA 485441 2--CD) 1996
"Sex Boy" (2:28) [writing credits?]
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-Video Fanzine #1 (Kill Rock Stars (US)--VHS--KRS-200) [Year?]
"Teenie Weenie Boppie" (Serge Gainsbourg)
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Kill Rock Stars' factsheet about Free Kitten.

THE GEISHA GIRLS

Geisha Girls Show coverThe Geisha Girls Show--Honoo no Ossan [Burning Uncle] Hour (Forlife-gut (Japan)--FLCG3011--CD) 1995

LINE-UP: KEN & SHO (MATSUMOTO and HAMADA of Japanese comedy duo DOWN TOWN); RYUICHI SAKAMOTO; TOWA TEI (ex-DEEE-LITE); ARTO LINDSAY; UORDOMES**

UORDOMES (in this case, Boredoms minus ATR) appear on the track "Nagomi" (2:53). Here's Matt Kaufman's rough description/translation of the track:

(Note: I stole the dialogue from the cheesy "Making of The Geisha Girls Album" pocketbook.)

It starts off with Matsumoto bringing Hamada to see the Boredoms live. Hamada doesn't like them, he thinks they're too noisy. Matsumoto tries to convince him that they're really good. Hamada doesn't want to hear it. He insults Eye's singing.

"Why don't you come up with some lyrics for a change?" Eye ignores him.

"Hey, you," he starts in again. "Haven't had a bath in a while, huh!"

"Let him be," Matsumoto says in his defense. "So he hasn't had a bath in a while. Big deal."

Hamada turns his attention to Yoshimi: "Miss, Miss. It's a little too loud." She keeps on playing.

"Turn down the volume!" Hamada screams. "I SAID TURN IT DOWN!!!!!"

Matsumoto and Hamada get into a shouting match that eventually escalates into Boredoms-like chaos.

Afterwards, Yamamoto, who is from the same hometown as Matsumoto and Hamada, said that he was impressed with their spontaneous performance. Incidentally, the song the band played was a new version of "Nowdom Go Synthesizer Way (Why?)," the last track on Chocolate Synthesizer. Uordomes also opened for Cluster in Osaka.

In print.

GOD IS MY CO-PILOT

LINE-UP: CRAIG FLANIGAN; SHARON TOPPER; many others.

Puss 02 (Dark Beloved Cloud/Making Of Americans (US)--#?--CD) 1995

YOSHIMI P-WE** sings on: 1. Dance (2:15); 11. Slow Dismemberment (3:24); 26. Teenage Boyfriend (1:39) (this was originally done by the band GROWING UP SKIPPER). She plays drums on: 12. Pretty Spoiled (2:38).
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Children Can Be So Cruel (Miguel (Switzerland)--MIGUEL 1/ HEMIOLA 10--CD EP/10" EP) 1997

YOSHIMI P-WE** sings on: 1. Three Times Fast (2:14) and 5. Get In (2:03).		 Godco Children cover
I can't be bothered checking out each and every song on this discography to find Yoshimi on any other GodCo release. If you can be (or don't need to), please get in touch.

GOMA

Go (Japan Overseas (Japan)--JO00-52--CD) 2000?

Includes contributions from EYE**. [Details?]
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GONG DERBY

LINE-UP: YOSIKAWA TOYOHITO**--Vocal, harmonica, kazoo & effects; IWASAKI JUN--Drum kit; STEVE HORN--T. sax, spoons; FUEDA MUCHO NORIAKI--A. sex, decoy; [SIMA]--only Guitar; OZAKI TAKAHIRO--also Bass; YOU-CHAN--Par

Compilation Appearance

-Walk on Wild West (Alchemy (Japan)--ARLP 024--LP)
"Mary"

Apparently they have also released an independent cassette.

GOONIES

Trio with EYE**, KOYUKI CROSS of DROOP and KOHARI of BATTIES BOYS. [instruments?]

Compilation Appearance

-Sion Tribute--Ain't Nothing You Can Do (Bishamonton (Japan)--001--CD) 1996
"Nostalgia"
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GRIND ORCHESTRA

So Wap coverSo Wap (Tag Rag Records (Japan)--TR-CD004--CD) 1995

LINE-UP: YOSHIKAWA**--Per., vo.; GAKU--Per., cho., etc.; YOCHAN--per., cho., etc.; YOSHI-YOSHI--Per., cho., etc.; NAKAYA--Syn., sample, electronics

1. Burnin' (2:06); 2. Life-Sized Monster (4:55); 3. Beguin the Grind (2:47); 4. Periscope D (5:08); 5. Jungle Marriage (6:41); 6. Chanel D (0:20); 7. Take the Kurawanka (3:48); 8. Bo-Samba (3:38); 9. Ha-Di, Gah-Di 9 (2:22); 10. Second St. (5:29); 11. B.G.S. (5:25); 12. Cannel 8(3) (3:16)

In print. NOTE: This will be the only Grind Orchestra recording listed, as Yoshikawa was a member of Boredoms at the time this was recorded. Since then he has left to devote himself full-time to his projects.

Compilation Appearance

-Raggle Taggle (Tag Rag (Japan)--TR-CD005--CD) [year?]
"Burnin' Internal" (2:05); "Kurawanka-bushi" (3:48)

GROUND ZERO

Ground Zero (God Mountain (Japan)--GMCD:002--CD) 1993

LINE-UP: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE--Turntables, guitar; KATO HIDAKO--Bass; UEMURA MASAHIRO--Drums; HIROSE JUNJI--Tenor and soprano saxes; CHINO SHUICHI--Keyboards, piano

YAMATSUKA EYE** guests on vocals on the following tracks: 2. China White (1:01); 3. Lam Cheng-Ying/Yuen-Wah (5:17); 6. Eclipse (0:44); 8. M-Project (0:29); 13. Euthanasia Drive (1:12); 14. Topography of the Black Lungs (0:38); 16. I X Love II B.S. (M-Project 2) (0:57); 17. Silanganan Ingay (G-Project 2) (1:40); 19. Ground-Zero Presents Ground-Zero (4:32)
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-"Revolutionary Pekinese Opera ver.1.50" (Gentle Giant (U.S.)--gg701--7" single) 1996

SIDE B: "Live 1992" (0:59) [Recorded live at 20000V, Tokyo on 1 March 1992]
LINE-UP: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE--Turntables, guitar; YAMANTAKA EYE**--Voice; HIROSE JUNJI--Sax; KATO HIDEKI--Bass; UEMURA MASAHIRO--Drums. Eye also appears on Side A, the title track, as a "sampled guest."

Limited edition of 1000 copies. Out of print.
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Plays Standards (Nani (Japan)--NCD 201--CD) 1997

LINE-UP: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE--Turntables, samples; [Rest?]

Yoshihide incorporates a recording by SEIICHI YAMAMOTO** and PHEW into this album.

In print. [More details?]
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Compilation Appearances

-Now's the Time Workshop Volume 2 (Fun House Inc. (Japan)--FHCF 1162--CD) 1991; (FHCF-2329--CD) 1996
LINE-UP: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE--Guitar, turntables, arrangement; KATO HIDEKI--Bass; UEMURA MASAHIRO--Drums; CHINO SHUICHI--Keyboards; HIROSE JUNJI--Saxophone; TANAKA MICHIAKI--percussion; YAMATSUKA EYE**--Voice; SHU-KEI (16)--Narration
12. Last Words (3:47); 13. Terminal-Zero 1 (0:44); 14. Terminal-Zero 2 (1:08); 15. Terminal-Zero 3 (1:04); 16. Autumn Story (3:41); 17. Lam Cheng-Ying (3:52)
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-What Sound Vol. 2: Om Mani Padme Hum (Sound Factory (Hong Kong)--SFCD-007--CD) 1994
LINE-UP: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE--Guitar, turntables; KATO HIDEKI--Bass (13); UEMURA MASAHIRO--Drums; TONY BUCK--Drums (13); CHINO SHUICHI--Keyboards; HIROSE JUNJI--Saxophone; HOPPY KAMIYAMA--Piano (14); YAMATSUKA EYE** --Voice (14); KIMOTO KAZUYOSHI--Bass (14)
13. Ground Zero GNP-MTX (427); 14. Stock Price MATO-MTX (1:07)
Out of print.
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-Neu Konservatiw (God Mountain (Japan)--GMCD-009--CD) 1994
LINE-UP: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE--Turntable; CHINO SHUICHI--Piano, synthesizer; HIROSE JUNJI--Saxophone; KATO HIDEKI--Bass; KIMOTO KAZUYOSHI--Bass; UEMURA MASAHIRO--Drums; UCHIHASHI KAZUHISA--Guitar; TONY BUCK--Sampler, percussion; YAMATSUKA EYE**--Voice; TAKARA KUMIKO--Percussion, toys; AKIOKA OH--Bandlim
"Null & Void-Preview" (7:57)
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-Wohlstand--German-Japanese Noise Compilation (Human Wreckords (Germany)--HW-012--CD) 1995
LINE-UP: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE--Turntables, guitar; KATO HIDEKI--Bass; UEMURA MASAHIRO--Drums; HIROSE JUNJI--Tenor, soprano; CHINO SHUICHI--Keyboards, piano; EYE YAMATSUKA**--Vocals (on "China White")
"ZERO 890604/China White" (5:31)
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-The Miracle of Levitation (Gentle Giant (US)--GGCD001--CD) 1995
"Lam Cheng-Ying" (3:54)
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-Improvised Music From Japan (Improvised Music From Japan (Japan)--#?--10CD!) 2001
LINE-UP: YOSHIHIDE OTOMO--Turntables; EYE YAMATSUKA**--Voice
"February 1992" (3:17); Recorded by Yoshiaki Kondo at GOK Sound in Kokubunji, Tokyo, February 1992; Mixed by Yoshihide Otomo at A-102 Studio in Tokyo, August 2001; No edits or overdubs.
Limited to 800 copies. Now out of print, but here's the official box set website.
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