Shonen Knife
| Shonen Knife | |
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 Shonen Knife, 2007 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Pop-punk , alternative rock , indie-pop |
| founding | 1981 |
| Website | http://www.shonenknife.net/ |
| Founding members | |
| Naoko Yamano | |
| Atsuko Yamano (until 2006) | |
| Michie Nakatani (until 1999) | |
| Current occupation | |
| Naoko Yamano | |
| Ritsuko Taneda (since 2008) | |
| former members | |
| Mana Nishiura (2001-2004) | |
| Etsuko Nakanishi (2006-2010) | |
| Emi Morimoto (2010-2015) | |
Shonen Knife ( Japanese 少年 ナ イ フ , Shōnen Naifu ) is a Japanese pop-punk group that was founded in December 1981 in Osaka . Their style is based on garage , alternative rock and punk , they see themselves influenced by girl groups of the 1960s and the Ramones . Shonen Knife are mainly known and successful in the USA, their lyrics are mainly in English. In 1993 you were the opening act for Nirvana at six concerts .
Drummer Mana Nishiura died on November 4, 2005 in a car accident.
Discography
- 1982: Minna Tanoshiku Shonen Knife - Cas.
- 1983: Burning Farm - MiniLP
- 1984: Yama No Attchan - MiniLP
- 1986: Pretty Little Baka Guy - MiniLP
- 1990: Shonen Knife (Compilation by Burning Farm & Yama No Attchan) - LP / CD
- 1991: 712 - CD
- 1992: Let's Knife (Best Of) - CD / LP
- 1993: We Are Yery Happy You Came (Live) - CD / LP
- 1994: Rock Animals - CD
- 1995: Greatest History (Best Of) - CD
- 1996: Brand New Knife - CD
- 1996: The Birds And The B-Sides (The Singles) - CD
- 1998: Happy Hour - CD
- 2000: Strawberry Sound - CD
- 2002: Heavy Songs - CD
- 2003: Candy Rock CD
- 2006: Genki Shock - CD
- 2006: Live In Osaka - CD
- 2006: Universal Hits - DoCD
- 2007: fun! fun! fun! - CD
- 2008: Super Group - CD
- 2010: Free Time - CD
- 2011: A Tribute To Ramones - CD (as Osaka Ramones )
- 2012: Pop Tune - CD
- 2016: Adventure - CD
- 2017: Ready! Set!! Go !!! Adventure Tour 2017 - CD
- 2018: Alive! in Osaka - CD
- 2019: Sweet Candy Power - CD
Web links
Commons : Shonen Knife - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
