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	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / Shonen Knife makes its point with positive punk
		Even if Shonen Knife had never become a worldwide underground sensation and buddies with bands such as Nirvana and Sonic Youth, it's clear that lead singer and guitarist Naoko Yamano would still be writing songs about Barbie dolls and hot chocolate.
		Beneath the surface, however, Shonen Knife's contribution to Japanese music is far greater than penning sweet punk songs with twee lyrics.
		Shonen Knife celebrates its groundbreaking beginnings this year by rereleasing its first four albums, beginning with 1983's ''Burning Farm." The albums, which have been long out of print, have been remastered and given bonus songs.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2005/03/09/shonen_knife_makes_its_point_with_positive_punk?pg=full (1086 words)

	Shonen Knife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kurt Cobain loved Shonen Knife for their "honesty," and it's safe to guess that the 20-plus bands who contributed to the '89 tribute disc Every Band Has a Shonen Knife Who Loves Them (Gasatanka/Giant) did too.
		In a way, "Fruits and Vegetables" is Shonen Knife pared down to their essence: the spiritual sustenance, the joy, that comes from mundane pleasures (and, hey, studies do show that food affects mood).
		Brand New Knife is the band's first disc of new material in three years, not counting last year's compilation of rarities, Birds and the B-Sides (on Virgin).
	www.bostonphoenix.com /alt1/archive/music/reviews/04-24-97/SHONEN_KNIFE.html (630 words)

	San Diego Music Scene > Fun . Sign On San Diego . Com : Live music event listings, ticket alerts, reviews, venues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After a long series of indie releases seldom heard outside its native Japan, Shonen Knife achieved international fame with the U.S. release of its 1993 album "Let's Knife." With that foothold the cuddly threesome quickly catapulted to the top of CD stacks and concert bills across America.
		Shonen Knife was founded by sisters Naoko Yamano (vocals and guitar) and Atsuko Yamano (drums and stage outfits), along with close friend Michie Nakatani on bass.
		Shonen Knife brings power-chord mayhem, Asian-girl angst and songs that sound -- save for the adorable accents and often hyper-cutesy subject matter -- exactly like the Ramones.
	entertainment.signonsandiego.com /profile/268937?cslink=cs_generic_1_2 (264 words)

	VH1.com : Shonen Knife : Biography
		Although their records were only available in the U.S. via import, Shonen Knife struck a chord with the underground with a track of theirs appearing on the Sub Pop 100 compilation in 1986.
		With Shonen Knife now the hip band to name drop, the group signed their first major U.S. recording contract with Capitol, resulting in the release of one of their finest (and best-known) albums, 1992's Let's Knife.
		Both Shonen Knife and DMBQ performed at a tribute concert for Nishiura that was held in Kyoto in spring 2006, shortly before the U.S. release of Genki Shock.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/shonen_knife/bio.jhtml (516 words)

	Shonen Knife News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Former Shonen Knife percussionist and current DMBQ drummer Mana 'China' Nishiura died November 4 when DMBQ's tour van was clipped by another car en route from Baltimore to Brooklyn.
		Former Shonen Knife drummer Mana "China" Nishiura has been killed in a three-vehicle crash near Pennsville, N.J., it was reported Monday.
		As incredible as it sounds, Shonen Knife have been making their brand of exuberant punk-pop for more than twenty years now.
	www.topix.net /who/shonen-knife (228 words)

	Shonen Knife: A 2004 Update
		Shonen Knife has remained a favorite group of mine through the years.
		Shonen Knife started recording in the early 1980s, something I apparently wasn't aware of when I wrote the 1997 posting.
		The first Shonen Knife song I heard was on a computer CD-ROM from Tower Records back in 1996, the song "Gomi Day," and until I got this CD, it was the only Shonen Knife song I had heard, so this was my full introduction to Shonen Knife.
	homepage.mac.com /catservants/iblog/C1695816931/E1885906628 (1333 words)

	One Billion Robots issue 26 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		If there were any justice, Shonen Knife would have been drafted into the rock-and-roll hall of fame and given a ticker-tape parade through lower Manhattan, simply on the basis of that stunning first album.
		The songwriting is fresh, the songs delightful, and Shonen Knife stay in a solid groove for the album's entire 20 tracks.
		Shonen Knife have never before woven light and dark into a single tapestry with such mastery.
	www.io.com /~wasson/reviews/rec26.html (1424 words)

	Salon \| Sharps and Flats
		There's an element of ingenuous sincerity to these pop culture exports that can't be duplicated among sarcasm-sick American bands, which is why no one comes close to Shonen Knife for pure cotton-candy punk exhilaration.
		Shonen Knife helped start the mania for twisted Japanese cuteness, and, though they've been joined by bands like Pizzicato Five and Cibo Matto, they're still working it with songs about Twister, Barbie dolls and fruit.
		The American love for Japanese techno-trendiness may explain Shonen Knife's latest leap toward fame -- even Microsoft chose their cover of the Carpenters' "Top of the World" as the theme song for a TV campaign.
	www.salon.com /march97/sharps/sharps970325.html (453 words)

	Shonen Knife MP3 Downloads - Shonen Knife Music Downloads - Shonen Knife Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Most North American fans were introduced to the ladies of Shonen Knife via the cryptically titled 712 (1991).
		The year between the recording of their first record, 1983's Burning Farm, and their second, 1984's Yama-no Attchan, allowed Shonen Knife to improve their musicianship a touch.
		Shonen Knife's first album, 1983's Burning Farm, has all the things the band became (slightly) famous for, well, the things that endeared them to indie rockers, anyway, like cuteness and catchy tunes.
	www.mp3.com /shonen-knife/artists/76145/discography.html (332 words)

	LMNOP: Shonen Knife Interview
		Though they are still virtually unknown in the field of popular commercial music, Shonen Knife are legendary among folks into the undercurrents of rock music.
		Shonen Knife is Naoko Yamano (guitar, vocal), Michi Nakatani (bass, vocal), and Atsuko Yamano (drums, vocal).
		After we formed the Shoken Knife and we graduated the school and we started to work at various kind of job like office worker at machinery company or receptionist at doctor's office and also the drummer Atsuko was working at clothing company as a clothing designer.
	www.lmnop.com /ShonenKnife.html (1098 words)

	Willamette Week Online \| Music \| VERDICTS ON NEW MUSIC \| SHONEN KNIFE (3/2/2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Shonen Knife was one of Kurt Cobain's favorite bands, and it's easy to see why.
		Listening to Shonen Knife is kind of like snorting Pixy Stix: Maybe you'll puke, maybe you'll become an addict.
		Shonen Knife was formed in 1981, with Naoko's sister Atsuko on drums and Michie Nakatani on bass.
	www.wweek.com /story.php?story=6050 (667 words)

	Metroactive Music \| Shonen Knife
		In terms of Japanese indie pop, there's no other institution quite as iconic as Shonen Knife, which was founded in the very early '80s by sisters Naoko and Atsuko Yamano and friend Michie Nakatani.
		Fans who thought they could count on a regular infusion of Shonen Knife madness found the band's 1998 Happy Hour to be the band's last to album released domestically.
		Shonen Knife will also kick off a 16-city, 19-date North American tour at the Blank Club in San Jose.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/10.02.03/shonen-0340.html (705 words)

	Hour.ca - Music - Shonen Knife
		Although it was really by association that punk pop outfit Shonen Knife finally made their mark in North America, being "that Japanese chick band that Nirvana and Sonic Youth adore" was a brilliant sell.
		It also put Shonen Knife directly under the big indie rock spotlight at an exciting and creatively peaking period (that would be the early '90s, when they had already, of course, made some noise at true underground levels).
		However, I would gamble 12$ that Shonen Knife are as good as these people say they are simply because (and mayhap this makes me a fool) I trust them.
	www.hour.ca /music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=5472 (1639 words)

	mainpage.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Shonen Knife are busy - new songs are in the works and they are preparing for a new US Tour later in this year.
		The information on her passing can be found in the special section, In Memory of Mana Nishiura here on the Shonen Knife NeXuS.
		With Shonen Knife set to return to the U.S. in March 2005 for a new tour, we can reevaluate the possibility of reopening the fan club for membership again in time.
	www.shonenknife.com /mainpage.html (2743 words)

	ASIAN POP / Knife Is Beautiful
		Virgin unexpectedly chose to drop Shonen Knife from its lineup (though some Knifers suggest that the decision was mutual, with the girls wanting greater control over production after the critically and commercially disappointing Rock Animals).
		Knife, unsure of its future, was forced to end its contract with Big Deal.
		This was 1981 -- the same year that the girls of Shonen Knife were strumming their first awkward chords.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/04/13/apop.DTL (2151 words)

	Shonen Knife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And for the loopy pop trio Shonen Knife, there's the added distraction of fans at every corner in their native Osaka.
		That's why, for their Big Deal Records debut album, "Brand New Knife" (due March 11), sisters Naoko (guitar) and Atsuko Yamano (drums) and bassist Michie Nakatani chose to record outside Japan for the first time since they formed Shonen Knife in 1982.
		Virgin stepped in 1993 and issued "Let's Knife," their major-label debut, and their popularity soared after opening for the likes of Nirvana and Redd Kross and an appearance on the Lollapalooza tour in 1994.
	www.rocknet.com /mar97/shonen.html (1037 words)

	Tower Records - The Birds & The B-Sides - Shonen Knife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This set marked the end of Shonen Knife's tenure with Virgin, just before the band's subsequent return to indie labels.
		Also included is the group's holiday offering, "Space Christmas," and four live numbers from Shonen Knife's first English tour, in 1991 (one of which is the bans's own classic "I Wanna Eat Choco Bars").
		This collection shows Shonen Knife to be equally adept on stage or in the recording studio.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?pfid=1051372 (277 words)

	Former 'Shonen Knife' drummer killed in car accident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Mana 'China' Nishiura was touring as a member of her current rock band "DMBQ." The band was traveling in a van crossing the Delaware Memorial Bridge in New Jersey.
		Nishiura was ejected from the van and died, according to the information on Shonen Knife's website.
		Nishiura performed live with Shonen Knife from 2001 to 2004 and recorded drums for tracks on the band's albums, "Strawberry Sound," "Heavy Songs," "Orange-no Taiyo." Shonen Knife was a US college radio favorite throughout the 1990s and still records and tours extensively.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/music/articles/1109shonenknife04-CR.html (171 words)

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		The rivets in the knife are reinforced by six additional metal bushings.
		A knife usually consists of a blade, usually less than 12 inches (30cm)...
		The blade of a knife is usually pointed and may have one or two cutting edges.
	swiss-army-knife.paramonka.com (330 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Shonen Knife
		Having registered a solid and satisfying blip on the Western indie-pop radar screen by firing loopy salvos of American-style pop-punk back from Japan, Shonen Knife proceeded from adorable Hello Kitty amateurishness to a more accomplished Ramonesy archetype as their international stature grew.
		The colorful Knife's early records are magical treats of whimsical absurdity, ingenuous attacks of product endorsement and artless reports of mundane Japanese reality: "Ice Cream City," "I Wanna Eat Choco Bars" and "Public Bath" (all on Pretty Little Baka Guy) accurately describe the band's conceptual impulses.
		That brought the trio to critical commercial mass, and the young women's next album was mixed by American producer Craig Leon to an approximation of the buzzing rhythm roar he achieved on Ramones and issued on a major label.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=shonen_knife (434 words)

	SHONEN KNIFE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This interview took place on December 9, 1995 at Shonen Knife s modest hotel room at the Hollywood Travelodge on Sunset and La Brea.
		When I took an examination of English there was a woman in front of me and she had a very old knife, a very old pencil knife, and there was a name shonen knife on the body.
		I thought Shonen means a cute feeling, and knife has a very keen, dangerous feeling, so cute and dangerous combine to make a very good name.
	www.kuci.uci.edu /~kuci/text/interviews/shonen.html (387 words)

	INTERVIEW: Shonen Knife - Al Muzer
		Shonen Knife as leather-clad, grrrl group rockers was, for the most part, a concept rejected not only by mainstream listeners, but by alterna-rock fans who already had a Shonen Knife disc or two in their collections.
		While the record went nowhere commercially, the resulting press exposure helped ensure that there were, at the very least, curious club-goers waiting for them when Naoko, Michie and Atsuko landed on these shores for the first time the next year.
		Look for Shonen Knife on tour at a venue near you this spring.
	www.westnet.com /consumable/1997/03.22/revshone.html (1174 words)

	Shonen Knife -- Brand New Knife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Meet Shonen Knife, a group of happy Japanese punk-ettes.
		Shonen Knife's first independent release in Japan was called "A Fun Shonen Knife Time With Everyone." With this album, the three Japanese rockers prove that every day is a Fun Shonen Knife Time.
		This album loses a star for some clumsy lyrical work in one or two songs, but that can be chalked up to the fact that almost all of the songs were written in Japanese orginally.
	www.slac.com /kallisti/lis/pastrev/sknife-1.html (251 words)

	Ink 19 :: Shonen Knife
		It's nearly impossible to believe that Japan's biggest musical export, Shonen Knife, is still going strong after twenty years.
		Shonen Knife was probably received on these shores as a joke, at best a future footnote in the annals of underground rock.
		Shonen Knife's trademark muses are still in place: food, animals and the occasional combination of the two.
	www.ink19.com /issues/may2005/musicReviews/musicS/shonenKnife.html (726 words)

	Shonen Knife Interview
		Shonen Knife is more like underground or alternative music than mainstream music in Japan.
		PSF: When Shonen Knife started then, were there other women bands around?
		On BRAND NEW KNIFE, there are songs about my opinion or feeling.
	www.furious.com /perfect/shonenknife.html (1284 words)

	Queer in Your Ear 21
		Shonen Knife is a rock trio from Japan.
		Like the Ramones and the Ventures, Shonen Knife's frenetic power pop whisks you away with a foot-stomping beat.
		Shonen Knife commits the sin of churning out fun tunes with guitars, which are of course a sacred penile substitute reserved for superbutch rock guys.
	www.joeclark.org /QiYE21.html (622 words)

	Shonen Knife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From Pizzicato Five's stylish lounge kitsch to Cibo Matto's funky food hop to The 5.6.7.8.'s retro sleaze, Japanese women are increasingly at the forefront of pre-millenial pop culture's self-referential meltdown.
		Fortunately, Shonen Knife's unpretentious ruckus has translated to a loyal following on North American shores.
		Shonen Knife perform with Pluto and Splitsville at Foufounes Eléctriques on Wednesday, April 30 at 8 p.m.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/1997/042497/music2.html (367 words)

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