NEHH presents… Shonen Knife

Tue 01 May 2018
20:00-23:00 (3h)
Shonen Knife
Credit: Stephen Booth
"When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert"
Kurt Cobain
"Shonen Knife Write Sick Songs About Cats, Cookies, and Cake"
Noisey
Standing only. 27 stairs up to venue
_ Price: £15
_ Age Group: 16+ (under 18s accompanied)
_ Venue: The Dissection Room
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Shonen Knife are a ground-breaking all-female Japanese, pop-punk rock trio formed in Osaka in 1981, when Naoko Yamana first heard late ‘70’s punk-pop, particularly The Ramones. Inspired, the band crafted their own idiosyncratic songs, fashioned brightly coloured outfits and DIY albums.

In 1985, K Records released ‘Burning Farm’ in the United States. Deals with Sub Pop and various majors followed. 1989 saw the crème 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, as part of Lollapalooza, wowed the Reading Festival and Roskilde, recorded sessions for John Peel and appeared on MTV’s ‘Beavis and Butthead’. The band returned to the UK after a gap of 16 years in 2009 and since toured regularly throughout Europe gaining many generations of fans.

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