NOKEMONO Profile 2008

On the first day the God made rock, the world. On the second day the God made roll, the oceans. On the third day he made a drum. On the fourth day he made a guitar and on the fifth day he made a bass. On the sixth day he took a rest, tried to play a few notes on the guitars, banged away at the drums, and decided he wasn't much good at it. God then scratched his head and decided to do something about it. He fell asleep dreaming of the perfect rock 'n' roll band. On the seventh day god got up early and he made Nokemono. And a new breed or rock 'n roll wild animal was born.
You can hear it now, a distant roar, like the hooves of a battalion of stallions pounding the Earth, in the distance you can see the dust kicking up, and then you see it for yourself. A strange bearded creature, who calls himself Ume, leading the charge waving a mike stand in the air and screaming in a parched desperate voice. Then there's dreadlocked rock 'n' roll warriors IXKXB on guitar and Yoshi-Woo on bass brandishing their musical weapons with intent, and flanking the fearsome Ume. And behind, walloping out the kind of dream beats that could drive any army into a pre-battle frenzy is the mysterious Nani creature, and when he flails so wildly you know he is half man and half giant squid. They charge toward you, but you don't run away. Instead you rock 'n' roll worshippers raise your glasses, let your screams be heard, and hail the saviors of rock 'n' roll as we know it. To free you from the bondage of insipid mainstream J-Pop and J-Rock. After the demise of Murahachibu in the early '70s this surely is the Second Coming right here in the Land of the Rising Sun. A hippie-punk nightmare from Hell? If you want it! Disco anarchists who aren't afraid to groove your rider? Well, yes! Will they scare your parents? You bet! Will you want to make love when listening to their records? The best sex ever even if you are scared that they might do a Sada Abe. But in the realm of your senses you can't beat the rock 'n' symphonies that Nokemono hold sacred. You may live on food and water, but Nokemono live on melody and noise. This is the ecstatic new noise coming out of Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. Ignore it at your peril. For it is coming to devour you.

TEXT by Simon (JAPAN TIMES)

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- A group of 4 of Kansai living that is called NOKEMOMO band. TAKASHI BABA that leaves a lot of legends by "Chelsea" and "KUBIKARIZOKU", and is called "Dear BABA" who is charisma vocalist once 100 million year that came from Anno Jurassic. And, the latest type defective music of Ata of the all parts of the world expectation to which "NANI SATOSHIMA" who was VIP drummer of the underground field in a new Kansai century when do the charm of the performance of the impact in the band named "ZUINOSIN", "BOGULTA", and "AMAZON SALIVA" paired dream tag with him is sounded.
- Is it music that added the Keith Moon to the Freddie Mercury? Or, is it music that added Lars Ulrich to Bobby Gillespie?Or, very when YOSHIKI（ex.X JAPAN） and Anthony Kiedis, unite the band, do it become it?　Anyway, the band with which MC5 unites with Primal Scream, the Wolfgang Press, and Alien Sex Fiend when plainly saying.

- To tell the truth, they of the habit person with a little information bear the nucleus of the sound of NOKEMONO though two people of the remainder that bears the performance section are anyway insane impressions. It is those who change about fish/Deadheadz that takes charge of the composition, and psychedelic guitarist "IxKxB(ex.KUBIKARIZOKU)" with the genius skin is cutting the phrase that puts away Hamatsu everyone always. Bassist "YOSHI-W (present MEXICO TAXI)" who it is Gouude, and is the primitive man paints out the sound to a true black with an audacious groove.

Anyway, the party of NOKEMONO is daring GIG now by the highest lineup.

They are scheduling a nationwide tour from the latter half on July this year to the middle of August.

English translation by macaroni records