Boredoms
Boredoms at the 2006 Intonation Music Festival in Chicago
Background information
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genre(s)	Noise rock Experimental rock Punk Psychedelic Avant-progressive rock Minimalism Electronic music
Years active	1986 – present
Label(s)	WEA Japan Trans Records Public Bath Records Peprise Records Avant Records Mega Scum Groove Inc. Shimmy Disc
Members
Yamantaka Eye Senju Muneomi Yojiro Yoshimi P-We
Former members
Ikuo Taketani Tabata Mara Hosoi Makki Sasarato Yoshikawa Toyohito Hira Yamamoto Seiichi Hasegawa Chu ATR EDA God Mama

Boredoms (ボアダムス) (or V∞redoms) is an avant-garde rock band from Osaka, Japan. The band was officially formed in 1986, although some date the band to bedroom tape experiments beginning in 1982. Their varied output is difficult to pigeonhole, but is usually referred to as noise rock or sometimes Japanoise, though their more recent records have been largely based around repetitive minimalism, ambient music and tribal drumming. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The Intonation Music Festival was a music festival held on July 16 - July 17, 2005 at the Union Park in Chicago, Illinois. ... Nickname: Motto: “Urbs in Horto” (Latin: “City in a Garden”), “I Will” Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... Osaka )   is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of HonshÅ«. The city is the capital of Osaka Prefecture. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Lightning Bolt Live at the Southgate House 2005. ... Experimental rock or Avant rock is a type of art music based on rock and roll which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, and/or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Psychedelia in music (or also psychedelic music, less formally) is a term that refers to a broad set of popular music styles, genres and scenes, that may include psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic trance, psychedelic techno, and others. ... Avant-progressive rock is a style of rock music that explores unconventional territory, often incorporating non-standard chord progressions, tempo changes within a piece, odd time signatures, avant garde passages and complex horn and orchestral arrangements. ... Minimalist music is an originally American genre of experimental or Downtown music named in the 1960s based mostly in consonant harmony, steady pulse (if not immobile drones), stasis and slow transformation, and often reiteration of musical phrases or smaller units such as figures, motifs, and cells. ... It has been suggested that Electronica be merged into this article or section. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Shimmy Disc is an influencial New York City based record label founded by Mark Kramer (or Kramer as he is famously known internationally, and was known years before the fictional character of the same name was invented). ... Yamatsuka Eye (山塚アイ, real name; Yamatsuka Tetsuro (山塚徹郎) born 1964 in Kobe) is a Japanese vocalist. ... Yoshimi P-We is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the first, and perhaps primary drummer in the Japanese rock band, Boredoms. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Osaka )   is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of HonshÅ«. The city is the capital of Osaka Prefecture. ... Lightning Bolt Live at the Southgate House 2005. ... Japanoise is the label applied to the prolific and influential noise music scene in Japan, primarily in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The band has a vast and sometimes confusing discography. Many band members have rotated through the group over the years, often using a number of various stage names. Singer Yamantaka Eye is the closest they have to a frontman; his style includes a range of baffling screams, babbling, electronic effects and very heavy post-production. Drummer/singer/trumpeter Yoshimi P-We has been featured on many Boredoms recordings as well. This is a listing of the recordings by Boredoms This discography is wrong and incomplete, the dates are wrong and also lists some releases as EPs when they were albums, its best to check out the discography from one of the links on the main page (*Boredoms Temple of... Bold textA stage name, or a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers (such as actors, comedians, musicians, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ... Yamatsuka Eye (山塚アイ, real name; Yamatsuka Tetsuro (山塚徹郎) born 1964 in Kobe) is a Japanese vocalist. ... Yoshimi P-We is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the first, and perhaps primary drummer in the Japanese rock band, Boredoms. ...

Critic David Sprague describes Boredoms as resembling "a head-on collision between…free-form Sun Ra's Arkestra and the scatological nihilism of early Butthole Surfers—fronted by the hollers and gibbers of a couple of guys who can't decide whether they'd rather be Beastie Boys or Residents. But even that doesn't really describe the sheer sense of otherness that pervades the Boredoms aesthetic."^[1] Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sonyr Ra;[1] born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was an innovative jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his cosmic philosophy, musical compositions and performances. ... In medicine and biology, scatology or coprology is the study of feces. ... Nihilism (from the Latin nihil, nothing) is a philosophical position which argues that the world, especially past and current human existence, is without objective meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value. ... The Butthole Surfers are an American rock band founded in 1981 by Gibby Haynes and Paul Leary in San Antonio, Texas. ... The Beastie Boys are a musical group from the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Other or constitutive other (also referred to as othering) is a key concept in continental philosophy, opposed to the Same. ...

History

Formation and early years

Boredoms were formed in early 1986 (see 1986 in music) by Yamantaka Eye, who at the time acted as frontman for the infamous and highly controversial dada-influenced noise/performance art act Hanatarash, locally notorious for its extremely dangerous live shows consisting entirely of on-stage destruction and complete disregard for the audience's safety. The insane antics of Hanatarash would later be highly influential on the earliest incarnation of Boredoms, which was formed by the remaining members of a band Eye started with Hanatarash drummer Ikuo Taketani, as well as guitarist Tabata Mara, bassist Hosoi, and vocalist Makki Sasarato, called "Acid Makki & Combi and Zombie". The band's sound was characterized by violent, noisy punk rock/No Wave-influenced thrashings, and they recorded a single track, "U.S.A", for a compilation tape. Shortly after the release of their first song, Taketani was replaced on drums by Yoshikawa Toyohito, a friend of Eye's. The band officially changed their name to Boredoms after Hira replaced Hosoi on bass, and Sasarato left the band due to creative differences. The name purportedly comes from the Buzzcocks song "Boredom". See also: Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 1980s in music // January 23 - The first induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley) February 11 - Culture Club... Yamatsuka Eye (山塚アイ, real name; Yamatsuka Tetsuro (山塚徹郎) born 1964 in Kobe) is a Japanese vocalist. ... Cover of the first edition of the publication, Dada. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about Performance art. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... No Wave was a short-lived but influential music and art scene that thrived briefly in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk scene there. ... Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Manchester in 1975, led by singer/songwriter/guitarist Pete Shelley for nearly their entire existence. ...

With the band finally reaching a level of stability, Eye and Mara recorded their first official EP, Anal by Anal, in the summer of 1986. In early 1987 Mara left the group to later join Zeni Geva, and was replaced by Yamamoto Seiichi as guitar player. In 1988 the band released its first full-length, Onanie Bomb Meets the Sex Pistols. Due to unhappiness over Yoshikawa's drumming, Yoshimi P-We from Eye's Hanatarash-related project UFO or Die was asked to serve as drummer, becoming the first female member of the band, with Toyohito switching to general percussion. Shortly after the change Toyohito left the group being replaced by Hasegawa Chu and then by ATR. The band's sound from this period was marked by harsh, dissonant punk edited extensively by Eye in the studio, citing Sonic Youth and Funkadelic^[2] as influences, among others. This style was seen by some as pointlessly abrasive without any underlying motive, making Boredoms according to some critics nihlistic absolute music.^[3] Some people disputed these claims however, praising the band for their maniacal surreal humour, making them increasingly popular among the alternative rock audiences of both Japan and the United States. Zeni Geva is a Japanese metal band. ... Yoshimi P-We is a Japanese musician best known for her role as the first, and perhaps primary drummer in the Japanese rock band, Boredoms. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Parliament-Funkadelic. ... Absolute music, less often abstract music, is a term used within the classical music field to describe music that is not explicitly about anything, non-representational or non-objective. ... This photograph, a cow with antlers standing on a pole, is an example of surreal humour. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ...

Growing popularity

In 1988 and 1989, Eye found himself making friends with Sonic Youth and also worked extensively with John Zorn's polystylistic Naked City project, serving as guest vocalist. After the release of Boredoms' Soul Discharge album in the United States, the band was able to parlay their growing popularity into long term record deals with Warner Bros. Records in Japan and its United States imprint Reprise Records. With the release of the band's critically acclaimed Pop Tatari, generally seen as one of the strangest albums ever released by a major label^[4], Boredoms took to the road and toured with Sonic Youth in 1992 and Nirvana for eight consecutive shows in late October and early November of 1993, infamously bewildering American audiences with their highly energetic performances. During this period the band was asked by Steve Albini to record a track for a compilation he was recording. Shortly after Eye again collaborated with John Zorn on an EP under the name Mystic Fugu Orchestra, which was notably the first album released on Zorn's Tzadik Records. Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in Queens, USA) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. ... Polystylism is the use of multiple styles or techniques of music, and is seen as a postmodern characteristic. ... This article is about the band. ... Rerelease covers Soul Discharge/Early Boredoms Soul Discharge is a 1988 album by experimental noise rock band Boredoms. ... Warner Bros. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Pop Tatari was a 1992 release by Boredoms. ... Nirvana was an American rock band that formed in Aberdeen, Washington. ... Steve Albini (born July 22, 1962, Pasadena, California) is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in Queens, USA) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. ... Tzadik Records is a record label based in New York City specialising in avant-garde and experimental music. ...

The following year, at the height of its popularity in the United States, the band was asked to perform on the main stage of the 1994 Lollapalooza tour in support of the Chocolate Synthesizer LP which had just been released in the United States. The album proved largely successful for such an experimental band and was later considered one of the best albums of the 90's by Alternative Press magazine^[5]. Yoshikawa had later joined the band in the early months of 1994 for a second time to play on Pop Tatari, often sharing vocal duties with Eye, but left again in 1994 and was replaced on percussion by EDA, who had been introduced to the band by Pavement bassist Mark Ibold. The band was dropped from the Reprise roster, with Birdman distributing the band's Super Roots EPs during this period. By the time of 1998's Super Go!!!!! EP and full-length Super Ae, the band started to break sharply from their earlier atonal noise rock/Japanoise sound by introducing many elements of sweeping electronica effects and thoroughly constructed psychedelic rock jams into their music. Described as "tumultuous space-sludge"^[6], Super Ae has most often been compared to the defining elements of 70's krautrock^[7] and, to some extent, the experimental instrumentation of modern post rock.^{[citation needed]} Soon after its initial release in Japan, Super Ae was met with a considerable amount of acclaim from the international music press, recognized as a modern day avant garde artifact and progressive "masterpiece"^[8], some critics even identifying the album as affirmation that Boredoms are "the most out-there band in the world".^[9] Notably, Super Ae was considered one of the best albums of the '90s by Pitchfork Media.^[10] Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring rock, alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ... Chocolate Synthesizer is an album by Boredoms, released in 1994 by Reprise Records. ... Alternative Press (or AP) is a music magazine based in Cleveland, Ohio which primarily focuses on punk, emo, metal, indie rock, ska, hardcore and rock music and their attendant subgenres, providing readers with band interviews and photos, information on upcoming releases, and music charts. ... Pavement was an American indie rock band in the 1990s. ... Mark Ibold (b. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Birdman Records is an independent record label based in South San Francisco founded by former Warner Brothers A&R vice-president David Katznelson. ... Super æ (sometimes written as Super Are or Super Ae) is an album by Boredoms, released in 1998. ... Atonality in a general sense describes music that departs from the system of tonal hierarchies that are said to characterized the sound of classical European music from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. ... Lightning Bolt Live at the Southgate House 2005. ... Japanoise is the label applied to the prolific and influential noise music scene in Japan, primarily in the 1980s and 1990s. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Electronic music. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s. ... Post-rock is a music genre characterized by the use of musical instruments commonly associated with rock music (typically a line-up of two electric guitars, an electric bass guitar and a drum set), but utilizing rhythms, harmonies, melodies and chord progressions that are unorthodox in rock and roll. ... The Love of Zero 35 mm film by Robert Florey 1927 Avant-garde (pronounced ) in French means front guard, advance guard, or vanguard. ... A typical example of Pitchforks main page, as of 12-12-06 Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork and occasionally shortened to P4K, pitchy, or pfork,[1] is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ...

Current activities

In 1999, the band released Vision Creation Newsun in Japan. This album saw an evolution in their sound, combining the evolving space rock themes explored in their Super Roots EPs and preceding opus Super Ae with "a much more earthly, primal, primitively worshipful inspiration".^[11] It features psychedelic soundscaping and "cosmic synths",^[12] complex tribal drumming, "cathartic celebrations of noise"^[11] and Eye's unique power electronic/turntabalistic stylings. The album is often considered the band's greatest achievement thus far, and has been described as blending the "manic, high-speed, cut-up form punk rock" of their earlier albums with a new sound that's "just as intense and exhilarating, but more beautiful and more expansive".^[13] The album's 13 minute opening track was later covered by Fischerspooner for their album Odyssey. After this release the band's members pursued individual projects. Eye oversaw a series of remixes of the Boredoms catalogue by guest DJs, and also contributed one album himself. Yoshimi P-We continued working with her experimental rock group OOIOO. Vision Creation Newsun is a 2000 album by Boredoms released by Warner Brothers Japan. ... For space rocks, see asteroid. ... Super æ (sometimes written as Super Are or Super Ae) is an album by Boredoms, released in 1998. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A soundscape is an acoustic environment or an environment created by sound. ... http://www. ... The term Industrial music was first used in the mid-1970s to describe the then-unique sound of the Industrial Records label artists, a wide variety of labels and artists have since come to be called Industrial. There is much disagreement between members of the industrial music scene as to... Turntablism is the art ofSubscript text manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and an audio mixer. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Fischerspooner is an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. ... Odyssey is the second full length album by electroclash duo and performance troupe Fischerspooner, released around the world on April 5, 2005 in the United States, and on April 11 around the world. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Experimental rock or Avant rock is a type of art music based on rock and roll which experiments with the basic elements of the genre, and/or which pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique. ... OOIOO is perhaps the best known side project of Japanese rockers Boredoms. ...

In late 2004, Boredoms released its first album as a group in 4 years: Seadrum/House of Sun, which consists of just two extended 20 minute tracks, with the tribal drumming now generally acquainted with modern day Boredoms and elements of drone music, trance music and techno. It was not celebrated to the extent of their aforementioned albums yet still garnered mostly positive reviews, culminating with an exemplary score of 73% on Metacritic. The group's line-up changed considerably, stripping down to a four person ensemble with Yamatsuka Eye on vocals and Yoshimi P-We, ATR, and Yojiro playing drums and percussion. Despite the changes, the group's music still revolves around the tribal drumming patterns heard on the Vision Creation Newsun LP. However, the band has only toured sporadically since the changes. Seadrum/House of Sun is an album by Boredoms, released in 2004 by Warner Music Japan. ... Drone music, also known as drone-based music, drone ambient or ambient drone, dronescape or dronology, and sometimes simply as drone, is a musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained sounds, notes, or tones-clusters – called drones. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the comic book character previously known as Techno, see Fixer (comics). ... Metacritic is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ...

In 2007, the group released Super Roots 9, the first addition to the Super Roots series since 1999 and their first major album since Seadrum/House of Sun. It was recorded during a Christmas 2005 concert, making it the Boredoms' second official live release. All Super Roots releases have been reissued on Vice Records, with the exclusion of Super Roots 2, which is a limited edition 3" CD that does not merit a reissue. Super Roots 4 was never issued due to some sort of conflict with a record label (rather than the popularly cited superstition about the number in Japanese culture). Super Roots 9 is the eighth installment of Super Roots EPs by Japanese experimental band Boredoms (now known as V∞redoms). ... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ...

In April of 2007, the group (as V∞redoms) played 3 dates with Sonic Youth in Japan.^[14] Also under the same moniker, the band has recently experimented with unusual recording techniques such as recording percussion under water and using newly developed contact microphones to record the sounds made by the human body whilst dancing.^[15] They plan on cutting down and releasing an album using these experiments. Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ...

On 7 July 2007, Boredoms performed 77BOADRUM in Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York City^[16]. The "77" denotes not only the date (7/7/2007) but the number of drummers in the ensemble, and the length of the performance (77 minutes). is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

They are planning on continuing with the concept next year on August 8, 2008.^[17]

Discography

Main article: Boredoms discography

Boredoms has released a large amount of material, the following lists only their studio albums. This is a listing of the recordings by Boredoms This discography is wrong and incomplete, the dates are wrong and also lists some releases as EPs when they were albums, its best to check out the discography from one of the links on the main page (*Boredoms Temple of...

• Onanie Bomb Meets the Sex Pistols (1986, WEA Japan)
• Pop Tatari (1992, WEA Japan)
• Chocolate Synthesizer (1994, WEA Japan)
• Super Ae (1998, WEA Japan)
• Vision Creation Newsun (2000, WEA Japan)
• Rebore Vol. 1 (2000, WEA Japan)
• Rebore Vol. 2 (2000, WEA Japan)
• Rebore Vol. 3 (2001, WEA Japan)
• Rebore Vol. 0: Vision Recreation (2001, WEA Japan)
• Seadrum/House of Sun (2004, WEA Japan)

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pop Tatari was a 1992 release by Boredoms. ... Chocolate Synthesizer is an album by Boredoms, released in 1994 by Reprise Records. ... Super æ (sometimes written as Super Are or Super Ae) is an album by Boredoms, released in 1998. ... Vision Creation Newsun is a 2000 album by Boredoms released by Warner Brothers Japan. ... Seadrum/House of Sun is an album by Boredoms, released in 2004 by Warner Music Japan. ...

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References

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External links

• Myspace
• The Boredoms Temple of Worship