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Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (often abbreviated to TMGE) was a Japanese garage rock band formed in 1991.[1]

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
OriginJapan
GenresGarage rock
Blues rock
Punk blues
Years active1991–2003
LabelsNippon Columbia
Universal Music Group
Alive Records
Past membersYusuke Chiba
Futoshi Abe
Kōji Ueno
Kazuyuki Kuhara
WebsiteRockin' Blues

History


The band was formed in 1991,[2] while Chiba, Ueno, and Kuhara were students at Tokyo's Meiji Gakuin University. They later drew influence from The Roosters. Their unusual name originated when a friend mispronounced the title of an early jam session recording; featuring cover songs of Thee Headcoats (one of the band's main influences) and from The Damned's album Machine Gun Etiquette.[3] Some years later Futoshi Abe joined the band. After an independently released EP in 1995, they signed to Nippon Columbia's Triad label, releasing the album Cult Grass Stars in 1996, followed later that year by High Time, the band enjoying chart success in their home country.[2] Chicken Zombies (1997) gave them a top five hit.[2] The band's 1998 album Gear Blues was the first to be released in the US (in 2000).[2] A lot of their songs were also used in Blue Spring, a Japanese movie made in 2002.

The band announced that they would break up on October 11, 2003, after their Last Heaven tour of Japan. On July 22, 2009, the guitarist Futoshi Abe died of an acute hematoma.[4]


Song titles and lyrics


The majority of the band's songs have English titles, which often appear to be a random selection of words cobbled together - 'Pinhead Cranberry Dance', for example.

The lyrics are almost entirely Japanese, with the odd English phrase or word thrown in.


Side projects


All four members have had other musical projects or played with other bands both while in TMGE and after its break-up. Some of these are as follows:

Yusuke Chiba

Kazuyuki Kuhara

Koji Ueno

Futoshi Abe (died 2009)


Discography



Albums



Live albums



Singles



B-sides compilations



Best of compilations



Other releases



DVDs


TMGE have released a number of live and PV DVDs. A box set of some of these were due to be released by Universal in January 2010, consisting of 10 discs under the title of 'THEE LIVE'.[citation needed]


References


  1. "Ｔｈｅｅ ｍｉｃｈｅｌｌｅ ｇｕｎ ｅｌｅｐｈａｎｔ │ オリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  2. Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 1025-6
  3. "ROCKIN'ON JAPAN インタビュー : チバCollection". Shine1771.exblog.jp. 2009-05-01. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  4. ドコデモタワレコ. "ニュース - Tower Records Online". Bounce.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2014-07-04.



На других языках

[de] Thee Michelle Gun Elephant

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (auch abgekürzt TMGE) war eine japanische Garage-Punk-Band, die sich 1991 gründete und 2003 auflöste. In einer Liste der 100 besten japanischen Musiker von HMV belegt sie Platz 77.[1]
- [en] Thee Michelle Gun Elephant

[es] Thee Michelle Gun Elephant

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (a menudo abreviado como TMGE) es un grupo japonés de garage rock formado en 1991.[1] Entre sus influencias se encuentran Johnny Thunders y grupos como The Stooges, Iggy Pop, The Damned, The Clash, The Adicts, The Who y Dr. Feelgood.


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