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Melt-Banana
Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock group founded in 1992 by friends attending Tokyo University of Foreign Language. Their hyperactive music palette draws influences from experimental rock, grindcore, no wave, psychedelic, hardcore punk, and post-punk.
Melt-Banana has released 9 full-length albums, (Including a re-release of a very early improvised and studio tracks, and a compilation of EPs) and 23 EPs (a number of which are splits with other bands). In 1997 they created their own recording company, A-Zap, and re-issued all of their previously released albums, except Scratch or Stitch, which can be found on the noise rock record label Skin Graft Records. One month later Sudoh quit, and the band has had different drummers helping for tours and recordings since. They do massive U.S. tours yearly, do frequent European tours, and do smaller Japanese tours (traveling in Japan is quite expensive).
Melt-Banana’s music falls under what many call “noise rock” or “noisecore.” Both terms refer to music that blends rock, noise music, and other genres. Agata overlaps two different guitar riffs most of the time, and also belts out a seemingly spontaneously chosen selection of sound effects (or selected randomly by a computer program or even selecting snippets of tape from a black bag, but this is unlikely), almost all made through his guitar and large amount of effects pedals.
http://www.geocities.jp/azaplink/mb/mxbx.html
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Melt-Banana/192954987398661
http://twitter.com/melt_banana
http://myspace.com/azap
Torche
Heavy rock titans TORCHE make their Relapse debut with the thunderous Restarter, a ten song triumph of an album. TORCHE rose to popularity merging huge infectious melodies with downtuned, crushing sludgey rock and on Restarter they've perfected the marriage. This is a record that is simultaneously hummable and heavy that will just as easily appeal to fans of Dinosaur Jr and Sonic Youth as it will Melvins and High On Fire-heads. But what truly sets TORCHE apart from their peers is their ability to use top-notch songwriting and soaring, harmonic vocals to create records that are heavier and louder and hookier than anyone else out there.
http://www.torchemusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/torcheofficial
https://twitter.com/torcheband
https://myspace.com/torche
http://instagram.com/torche_band
House of Lightning
(members of Floor (Official))
https://www.facebook.com/pages/House-of-Lightning/196769132312
https://www.myspace.com/houseoflightning
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$17 ADV / $20 DOS // 9PM Doors // 21+
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