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	Nippop \| Thee Michelle Gun Elephant \| Profile
		TMGE (the band’s name is apparently a surreal take on the title of an album by the Damned, Machine Gun Etiquette -- go figure) first got together in 1991 and debuted at Shelter, a well-known live house in Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa district and immediately made a name for themselves with their punkish, Ramones-like rock.
		Crucial to the band’s appeal was lead vocalist Yusuke Chiba, who sang with a maniacal intensity that made one wonder whether he was demonically possessed, and lead guitarist Futoshi Abe, who combined the riffmeistery of a Keith Richards with the buzzsaw attack of a Johnny Ramone.
		TMGE received critical raves in the U.S., but like many other Japanese acts, unfortunately never had much of an impact outside of Japan.
	nippop.com /artist/artist_id-56/artist_name-thee_michelle_gun_elephant (589 words)

	Thee Michelle Gun Elephant: Gear Blues - PopMatters Music Review
		With abundant energy and clear understanding for the music they are playing, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant have created a catchy collection of songs that owes a lot to the spirit of early '90s alternative rock, with its grinding guitars and spirited attitude.
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant is unmistakably enjoying themselves, and that is constantly apparent.
		Even though Thee Michelle Gun Elephant have been around for nearly a decade in their native Japan (where Gear Blues has already been out for two years), Japanese punk-pop is a hard sell in the U.S. Good music is, however, universal, and Gear Blues will undoubtedly find Thee Michelle Gun Elephant a great cult following.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/t/theemichellegunelephant-gear.shtml (483 words)

	Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (also known as TMGE) was a Japanese Garage band of notable popularity in its country of origin.
		The band was formed while the band members were students at Tokyo's Meiji Gakuin University, and their name came from a combination of the name of Billy Childish's offbeat band Thee Headcoats and a former bassist's mispronunciation of the name of The Damned's album, Machine Gun Etiquette.
		Their first major label release, Wonder Style, was released in 1995, and produced in London, United Kingdom, by Chris Brown, who previously engineered albums and tracks for Radiohead and Pink Floyd.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thee_Michelle_Gun_Elephant (222 words)

	VH1.com : Thee Michelle Gun Elephant : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
		Initially, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant's sound was derived from British punk and blues.
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant's breakthrough album, Gear Blues, was released in Japan in 1998.
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant's fifth album, Casanova Snake, soon followed in Japan and due to the overwhelming impact of Gear Blues in America, Collection, a compilation of the band's best work, was released in 2001.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/michelle_gun_elephant_thee/bio.jhtml (417 words)

	Alive Records. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant. Collection. Gear Blues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Japan's answer to the Stooges, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant kicks out the jams with rowdy garage rock and hot rod punk, showing that rock and roll might just be the closest thing this world has to a working Esperanto.
		TMGE speak classic punk and mod thrash like native lingos.
		TMGE also fervently worships the cosmic live intensity of The Who and the white soul of the MC5, as well as the destructo rock of the Sonics and the Scientists.
	www.alive-totalenergy.com /TMGE_releases.html (570 words)

	THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant are fans of Billy Childish, The Bristols and Armitage Shanks and so have ended up joining them on Damaged Goods for the release of this excellent four track EP.
		TMGE are Yusuke Chiba (Vox) Futoshi Abe (Git) Koji Ueno (bass) and Kazuyuki Kuhara (drums) and they have been together since 1994 playing some of the best garage rock in their native Japan.
		We released two 10" e.p.s 'Rumble' (damgood 175) and 'Plasma Dive' (damgood 182) after their manager got in touch with us due to the fact that the band love Billy Childish and the UK garage scene.
	www.damagedgoods.co.uk /theemichellegunelephant/index.html (170 words)

	cyclops zine - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant are one of Japan’s biggest rock n’ roll bands.
		They were formed way back in 1991 and released their first EP in 1995.
		TMGE are loud, fast and in your face.
	www.knology.net /~cyclops-mark/tmge.html (294 words)

	EvilSponge: Album: Collection by Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
		No, TMGE are a hodgepodge of any number of rock tropes and motifs, from the arena bombast of The Who to the pub-rock personalization of Dr. Feelgood to, oh, whomever you can think of to name drop in this space.
		TMGE are a re-packaging of the same that reinvents the wheel.
		In a time dominated by mewling radio-rock crooners, rap-metal fusion morons and introspective group-hug indie hipsters, the very presence of a band that marks rock as a territory still prime for personal revolution is astounding.
	www.evilsponge.org /albums/TMGE__Collection.htm (684 words)

	Alive records \| Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
		Rather, it appears to be some kind of psychedelic, rockabilly, punk rock miasma; a wall of thunder from the East that will set your fuzz phaser to stun, and blow whatever you had left of that Krako "system" you got running in that pile of shit you and I call a "car".
		Because TMGE would be bigger than a basement tub full of White Stripes CD's.
		Although TMGE shares a language, a history and a love for garage and punk with Guitar Wolf, its execution is considerably more refined.
	www.alive-totalenergy.com /TMGE.html (1142 words)

	Jungle Records - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Casanova Snake
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant are Japan's biggest rock band - the coolest powerhouse of intense rock'n'roll excitement!
		TMGE, four young men from Tokyo, are in thrall to the tradition of rocking in a fantastically demented garage rock style.
		They released the first cut "Lily" from their 2nd album and the video "Thee Michelle Gun Elephant play maximum rockin' blues" which entered straight into #5 on the Japanese national chart.
	www.jungle-records.demon.co.uk /jungle/sky622762.htm (1436 words)

	village voice > music > Thee Michelle Gun Elephant's Collection by George Smith
		On Collection, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant strike me as the living heirs to the baka riders.
		If TMGE had been alive in 1967, Mike Vernon would have worked overtime to sign them to Deram, they'd have had an instant residence at Klooks Kleek, and someone would be working on an omnibus CD complete with liner notes as we speak.
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant bring that spirit to rock and roll.
	www.villagevoice.com /music/0144,smith,29519,22.html (682 words)

	Metro Pulse/Platters/Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, The Sea And Cake, Amy Ray (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant isn't just another Japanese garage rock revival act.
		But Thee Michelle Gun Elephant's first full-length U.S. release, Gear Blues, shows that they've outgrown their source material.
		Not that they're better than the bands that have influenced them—but the band has translated those influences into their own hard, raw sound.
	www.metropulse.com /dir_zine/dir_2001/1104/t_platters.html (661 words)

	indieville: review: thee michelle gun elephant - rodeo tandem beat specter
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant are that band - in Japanese form - and Rodeo Tandem Beat Specter is that exciting, ridiculous album you've always wanted.
		With equal elements of garage rock and hardcore, this could be one of the most exciting albums to come out this millennium (or are millennium references too passé now that we're in 2003?)
		TMGE are masters of excitement, and their music just begs you to dance 'til your feet are nothing but bloody stumps.
	www.indieville.com /reviews/theemichellegunelephant.htm (361 words)

	Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
		"Kwacker" is a souvenir of a Y2K visit to Japan by one of TMGE's fave bands, the Pirates (former backing band for Brit singer Johnny Kidd of original "Shakin' All Over" fame), also a formative influence on the Who and Dr. Feelgood, among others.
		Their guitarist, Mick Green, got together in the studio with the TMGE guys (minus frontman Chiba) to record three instrumentals for this EP.
		Grooviest thang here is the remake of R&B-approved TMGE 'riginal "Wonder Style." You can hear the two guitarists' different approaches to Telecaster-torturing - Mr.
	www.i94bar.com /reviews/tmge.html (896 words)

	NME.COM - Reviews - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant : Gear Blues
		Maybe they hold too much reverence for the past where the messy riffology of The Stooges and The Who is romanticised to the point of perfection.
		His unique amalgamation of Cobain, Lydon and Iggy Pop relays such truisms as "There's no way but loose" ('Brian Down'), followed swiftly by the clarion call to "Dance happily" ('Give The Gallon') while the verses in between are nothing but a riot of clashing metaphors and murky nihilist intent.
		Armed with an arsenal of hooks, chiselled cheekbones and oodles of self belief, Thee Machine Gun Elephant are credible heirs to the garageland throne, and, if that wasn't enough, a paragon of internationalism.
	www.nme.com /reviews/thee-michelle-gun-elephant/3754 (262 words)

	Amazon.com: Collection: Music: Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The second U.S. release for Thee Michelle Elephant Gun is a collection designed to showcase the unique sound of this Japanese punk rock phenomenon.
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Ringtones Free Of Charge.
		Not just a good Japanese band, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant is a good band period!
	www.amazon.com /Collection-Thee-Michelle-Gun-Elephant/dp/B00005K9FX (488 words)

	THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT: "West Cabalet Drive" 7" EP ES7141 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Unleashed on the eve of the band's initial U.S. invasion, Estrus Records presents the high steppin' destructo power that is THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT and their debut stateside slab of psycho-sonica the "West Cabaret Drive" 7" EP!
		A heavy mod flavored mindfuck that calls up inspirational push n' shove from The Who, Poison 13, Radio Birdman, Thee Mighty Caesars and of course the Motorcity.
		Watch for THEE MICHELLE GUN ELEPHANT on tour thruout the States this Fall...sessions with Tim Kerr at The Sweatbox are planned....extreme noise warnings have been issued....
	www.estrus.com /trash/info/es7141.html (162 words)

	Putfile - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant He got the Sun
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	Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - AOL Music
		Little did I know Chiba Yusuke was only one of four talented and passionate musicians in Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, a band in constant evolution,...
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	music.aol.com /artist/thee-michelle-gun-elephant/366276/main (181 words)

	NME.COM - Reviews - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant : Rumble EP
		Thee Michelle Gun Elephant : Rumble EP Madness then, but impressive nonetheless.
		With a name that dumb, they could only be Japanese.
		Gun Elephant come to us hotfoot from the land of the rising sun where they are one of the most popular bands on the deeply maladjusted Japanese music scene.
	www.nme.com /reviews/thee-michelle-gun-elephant/4720 (151 words)

	Pregnant Without Intercourse » Thee Michelle Gun Elephant: Plasma Dive (Go! Buy the Rekkid!)
		You know, I love the Pogues, but I’ve always been a sucker for lyrics.
		I mention this story because Thee Michelle Gun Elephant only nominally sing in English (as if their random word generator of a name didn’t give that away) and are very lovable besides.
		TMGE are from Japan, but their sound is very old-school Detroit (they kick you in the nethers like the Stooges).
	www.pwithouti.com /?p=18 (216 words)

	Rolling Stone : Thee Michelle Gun Elephant : Discography
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