Just saw Shonen Knife - ask me anything

[DBoon]

Wonderful show at the Hollywood Knitting Factor. Absolutely the most fun I've ever seen a rock band have.


They played their cover of "Top of the World" as an encore.

Warm up band The Muffs were very good as well.

[binaryline]

1. Ooooh....

I didn't realize that they were still together-- good times ;-)

[DBoon]

2. First US show in 5 years

is what they said.

[Ignoramus]

3. Saw them thursday

in sf. deerhoof, who were great, opened.

I wish that they (shonen knife) had played tomato head.

[7th_Sephiroth]

5. and i missed it?

damn gotta see where all thier playing

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

4. ever see the Minutemen?

?

[DBoon]

8. Of course!!

Many times. They were excellent!

[electricmonk]

6. Sounds like a good show.

Didn't know Shonen Knife was still around either.

Did the Muffs play any of The Beards'(Kim Shattuck's other band) songs? Kim is a dream date of mine. Hope they do an east coast tour.

[DBoon]

10. Don't know

Never heard The Muffs before this show. They were good enough that I bought a CD right on the spot.

[electricmonk]

14. Glad you liked them

I was going to point you towards a video site where they had both Beards and Muffs videos but it's apparently been sucked up by mp3.com and I hate that company so I won't even search through it to see if the videos are still available. You can get Muffs videos on their site. The Muffs.

I have a double album Shonen Knife tribute from the late 80's with bands like Sonic Youth, Government Issue, Lunachicks, L7, Mr T Experience and tons of others doing Shonen Knife songs. like all tribute albums there's some great stuff and some really horrible versions on it. I might have to slap that on later. I bet I haven't listened to that in 5-10 years.

[DBoon]

15. I have that album too!

Just got it used at Amoeba records. I thought the cover was hilarious - part of the reason I got it.

[peekaloo]

7. Did they do 'Brown Mushrooms'?

:D

Saw them open for Nirvana in '93 and on the small stage at Lollapalooza (sp) in '94......both shows were excellent.

[DBoon]

9. Don't think so

But I'm only really familiar with "Let's Knife", not their other albums.

[Cat Atomic]

11. I love Shonen Knife. :)

Baku Guy!

[FlashHarry]

12. "I Like Public Bath"

Bizarre. Fun. Japanese.

[AmandaRuth]

13. my twelve year old

daughter loves Shonen Knife, animae and anything Japanese, I wonder if SK will play any all ages shows up here in the PNW. Maybe I will take her if I can get it by her dad.