Biography

While Japan certainly isn't suffering from a dearth of kitschy, cute pop stars, Shonen Knife still hold a hallowed spot within the halls of Japanese rock & roll. The women of Shonen Knife have been making their irresistibly sugar-sweet punk-pop since the early 1980s. And while they've never broken into the upper regions of the pop charts (in either the U.S. or their native Japan), the band has garnered the respect and admiration of a considerably large swath of music fans--particularly in the underground and alternative rock worlds--and were championed in the 1990s by the likes of Sonic Youth and Nirvana.

Top Tracks

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• [untitled Track]

• A Boogie Monster

• Anime Phenomenon

• Bear Up Bison

• Blue Oyster Cult

• Butterfly Boy

• Concrete Animals

• Daydream Believer

• Devil House

• Frogphobia

• Fruit Loop Dreams

• Fruits & Vegetables

• Heavy Song

• Hot Chocolate

• I Am A Cat

• Insect Collector

• Loop-di-loop

• Mass Communication Breakdown

• Monkey Brand Oolong Tea

• Monster Jellyfish

• My Magic Glasses

• Perfect Freedom

• Redd Kross

• Riding On The Rocket

• Rock 'n' Roll Cake

• Rock Society

• Rubber Band

• Seiuchi

• Shonen Knife

• Sushi Bar Song

• Tomato Head

• Top Of The World

• Wind Your Spring

Discography

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• Free Time

  Good Charamel Records

  2010

• Super Group

  Ais / Valve

  2009

• Genki Shock!

  Glue Factory Records

  2006

• Heavy Songs

  Confidential Recordings

  2003

• Candy Rock

  Warner Indies Network

  2003

• Strawberry Sound

  Universal/MCA

  2000

• Happy Hour

  Big Deal Records

  1998

• Brand New Knife

  Big Deal Records

  1997

• Rock Animals

  EMI-Capitol Special Markets / Cema Special Ma

  1994

• Let's Knife

  Virgin / Capitol

  1993

• Shonen Knife

  Positive Music

  1990