Boredoms

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Boredoms (ボアダムス) are an avant-garde band from Osaka, Japan formed in 1986. Their wildly varied output is notoriously difficult to pigeonhole, but is usually referred to as noise rock, particularly as part of the "Japanoise" scene of artists. Like some of Naked City's music, Boredoms tend to offer sudden and drastic shifts in tempo, genre and mood, though their more recent records have been largely based on repetition.

Critic David Sprague describes the Boredoms as resembling "a head-on collision between ... free-form Sun Ra's Arkestra and the scatological nihilism of early Butthole Surfers — fronted by the hollers and gibbers of a couple of guys who can't decide whether they'd rather be Beastie Boys or Residents. But even that doesn't really describe the sheer sense of otherness that pervades the Boredoms aesthetic."^{[#endnote_TrouserPress]}

They have had a fair amount of success in Japan, but only fleeting popularity in the United States. The group gained exposure in the west after opening for Sonic Youth in 1992, and also for Nirvana for eight consecutive shows in late October and early November of 1993. The following year, they performed on the main stage of the 1994 Lollapalooza tour.

Boredoms have a vast and sometimes confusing discography. Many band members have rotated through the group over the years, often using a number of various stage names. Singer Yamatsuka Eye is the closest they have to a front man; his output includes a range of baffling screams, babbling, electronic effects and very heavy post-production. Drummer/singer/trumpeter Yoshimi P-We has been featured on many Boredoms recordings as well.

Two members, Yamatsuka Eye and Yamamoto Seiichi, formed a collaboration with Yamazaki Maso of Masonna calling themselves "Triple Yama's."

Contents

1 Current activities
2 Partial discography
3 Related groups
4 References
5 External links

Current activities

Boredoms have been relatively quiet since the release of Vision Creation Newsun, with members pursuing other projects. Eye oversaw a series of remixes of the Boredoms catologue by guest DJs, contributing one album himself. In late 2004 the Boredoms released their first album as a group in 4 years, Seadrum/House of Sun, which consists of just two extended tracks, both clocking at around 20 minutes. Along with changing the groups name to V∞redoms, the group's format has changed considerably stripping down to a four person ensemble, with Eye and Yoshimi remaining from the early days of the lineup, and several newer members. The groups music revolves heavily around the multiple drummers.

Yamatsuka Eye has changed his name three times, from Yamataka Eye, to Yamantaka Eye, to Yamatsuka Eye. Prior to starting Boredoms, he founded the noise punk band Hanatarash (which roughly translates into "snot-nose") in the 1980s. While there are rumors about wild Boredoms shows, the majority of them are actually true about Hanatarash performances, in which the group often caused thousands of dollars of damage. It is supposedly true that Eye once drove a bulldozer through the wall of a club, dissected a dead alley cat on stage, and threw lit dynamite.

Partial discography

1986 Anal by Anal
1988 Onanie Bomb Meets the Sex Pistols
1988 Boretronix 1
1989 Boretronix 2
1989 Soul Discharge
1990 Boretronix 3
1992 Wow 2
1992 Pop Tatari
1993 Super Roots
1994 Chocolate Synthesizer
1994 Super Roots 2, obtained only by mailing in card which came with Japanese version of Chocolate Synthesizer
1994 Super Roots 3
1995 Super Roots 5
1996 Super Roots 6
1996 2001 Boredoms
1998 Super Roots 7
1998 Super Go!!!!!
1998 Super Ae
1998 Super 77/Super Sky
1999 Super Roots 8
1999 Vision Creation Newsun EP
1999 Vision Creation Newsun 2xCD Boxset
2000 Vision Creation Newsun
2000 Rebore Vol. 1 by DJ UNKLE
2000 Rebore Vol. 2 by DJ Ken Ishii
2001 Rebore Vol. 3 by DJ Krush
2001 Rebore 0: Vision Recreation by Eye
2001 "Free (End of Session version)", on Sharin' in the Groove
2004 Seadrum/House of Sun

Note: dates are Japanese releases. America release typically came one year later, or not at all

Related groups

Akabushi, Anarchy 7, AOA, Audio Sports, Children Coup d'Etat, Concrete Octopus, Dendoba, Destroy 2, DJ Pica Pica Pica, DMV, Dowser, the Dramatics, Elvis Dust, Flare, Free Kitten, the Geisha Girls, Gong Derby, Goonies, Grind Orchestra, Guillotine Kyodai, Guitoo, Dekoboko Hajime/Yamantaka Eye, Hanadensha, Hanatarash, the Hattifatteners, Hijokaidan, Live Under the Sky, MC Hellshit & DJ Carhouse, Melt-Banana, Minga & Eye, Mystic Fugu Orchestra, Naked City, Nankai Hawkwind, Nimrod, Noise Ramones, Novo Tono, Oh!Moro Video Series, Shinro Ohtake + Eye, Omoide Hatoba, OOIOO, Psycho Baba, solo Yoshimi P-We, Rashinban, Rise from the Dead, Roughage, Rovo, Ruins-Hatoba, Alice Sailor, S.O.B.-Kaidan, Sound Hero, Standing Earth & Touching Air, Sun Kich, , Tent, Three Day Stubble, Tribal Circus, U.F.O. or Die, Universal Errors, the Vickly & the Ohdorockanize, Woods, XOX, solo Yamamoto Seiichi, solo Yamatsuka Eye, Yellowhouse, Yoshimi and Yuka, Z-Rock Hawaii, Karera Musication.

References

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