Melt Banana - Classic or Dud?

I only own Cell-Scape so far & fear I may never see them live :-(

I concur, that solo record is worth picking up. Fun and even pretty in parts. Also reminds you just how unfathomably great & out-there his riffage in the group set-up is.

xpost - I like that outro... more ambience than noise tho?

True... but it's a fine line, I suppose.

Teeny Shiny is like Cell-Scape v0.7. Pretty solid, but still not quite the amicable merge of pop and grindcore it should be.

Nov 6 2005 8:00P
Pavillion Theatre Brighton UK,
Nov 8 2005 8:00P
Fleece and Firkin Bristol United Kindom,
Nov 9 2005 8:00P
Medicine Bar, Custard Factory Birmingham United Kingdom,
Nov 10 2005 8:00P
Garage London United Kingdom,
Nov 11 2005 8:00P
AC2 Manchester, United Kingdom,
Nov 12 2005 8:00P
Oran Mor Glasgow United Kingdom,
Nov 13 2005 8:00P
The Georglan Theatre Teeside/New Castle United Kingdom,
Nov 14 2005 8:00P
Nottingham Trent Uni. Nottingham United Kingdom,
Nov 15 2005 8:00P
Clwb Ifor Bach Cardiff United Kingdom,
Nov 17 2005 8:00P
BBC session London United Kingdom,
Nov 18 2005 8:00P
tba Leeds United Kingdom,
Nov 19 2005 8:00P
The Adelphi Hull United Kingdom,
Nov 20 2005 8:00P
Garage London United Kingdom,
Nov 21 2005 8:00P
tba Southhampton United Kingdom,

bought my ticket for 10th november yesterday. phear me.

It is banana yellow.

(support slot last night was DJ Scotch Egg doing his usual GameBoy Gabba thing. divided the audience somewhat but i loved it)

My ears ringy. It's all good. I don't need to hear ever again.

I think they're a little disappointing on album, but the live show is amazing.

They covered Uncontrollable Urge & Neat Neat Neat, which was fun. So glad I went (I had to go on my own, as I suffer from a distinct lack of noisecore loving friends).

the BBC session mentioned above will be broadcast by Rob Da Bank, i think this thursday evening. (ie tonight)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/exposed/meltbanana549p01.shtml

On their sixth full-length studio release Melt Banana exercise a hitherto undetected area of their musical musculature: the "rock" region. Summing up an entire album, and one as diverse as Bambi's Dilemma, with such a pedestrian qualifier is risky business, agreed, but it seems to fit like never before. The band, of course, refuses to accommodate any such pigeonholing: "Maybe it is rock, but maybe not. We just make whatever we want. We just follow our own instincts!" The truth is MxBx makes music as they please, relying solely on their own maverick talent to get them where they need to be.

Bambi's Dilemma's eighteen tracks careen from extreme, fastblast attacks to more serene moments (usually reserved for nonalbum releases) to the band's revolutionary new, guitar and bassless "Theremin-core".

on tour now!!!

17 Oct 2007 8:00 P
Wow Hall Eugene, Oregon
18 Oct 2007 8:00 P
Hell’s Kitchen Tacoma, Washington
19 Oct 2007 9:00 P
Nightlight Lounge Bellingham, Washington
20 Oct 2007 9:00 P
Badlander Missoula, Montana
21 Oct 2007 9:00 P
Zebra cocktail lounge Bozeman, Montana
22 Oct 2007 7:00 P
Imperial Inn Rapid City, South Dakota
23 Oct 2007 6:00 P
Nutty’s North Sioux Falls, South Dakota
24 Oct 2007 8:00 P
High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin
25 Oct 2007 8:00 P
Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin
26 Oct 2007 6:00 P
High Dive - Champaign Champaign, Illinois
27 Oct 2007 9:00 P
2 Cents Plain St. Louis, Missouri
30 Oct 2007 7:00 P
Rhino’s Bloomington, Indiana
31 Oct 2007 9:00 P
Mac’s Bar Lansing, Michigan
1 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan
2 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
3 Nov 2007 7:30 P
Benedum Auditorium, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
5 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Big Orbit’s Soundlab Buffalo, New York
6 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Bug Jar Rochester, New York
7 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Smog - Bard College Red Hook, New York
8 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Middle East Downstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts
9 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Living Room Providence, Rhode Island
10 Nov 2007 7:00 P
Heirloom Arts Theatre Danbury, Connecticut
11 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Club Europa Brooklyn, New York
12 Nov 2007 7:30 P
First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
14 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland
15 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Satellite Ballroom Charlottesville, Virginia
16 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Milestone Charlotte, North Carolina
17 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Lenny’s Atlanta, Georgia
18 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida
19 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Studio A Miami, Florida
20 Nov 2007 9:00 P
Back Booth Orlando, Florida
21 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Crowbar Tampa, Florida
23 Nov 2007 7:30 P
Bottle Tree Cafe Birmingham, Alabama
24 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Hi-Tone Memphis, Tennessee
25 Nov 2007 8:00 P
The End Nashville, Tennessee
27 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Parish at House Of Blues New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana
28 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana
29 Nov 2007 8:00 P
Walter’s on Washington Houston, Texas
30 Nov 2007 7:00 P
White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas
1 Dec 2007 8:00 P
Jake’s Sports Cafe Lubbock, Texas
3 Dec 2007 8:00 P
Hollywood Alley/TBA Mesa, Arizona
4 Dec 2007 8:00 P
Club Congress Tucson, Arizona
5 Dec 2007 7:00 P
Epicentre San Diego, California
7 Dec 2007 8:30 P
The Independent San Francisco, California

Just got back from the Eugene show, their 1st of the tour. They covered "Heart Of Glass" and were just as great as always.

I hope they come to Europe -- and Ireland -- again next year. I got my girlfriend into Melt-Banana, and she's love me forever if I could take her to see them live.

just the two of them, yes. agata with the facemask and guitar and yasuko doing everything else via midi(?) and that controller thing she uses (one-handed) that looks like a playstation portable.

they were loud and bright and pixel perfect again last night but something didn't click for me and i was paying less attention to what they were doing than to how they were doing it. and the obvious hard work they've put in and all the practice (neither put a beat wrong) just detracted somehow. the 300 other people there seemed to be really into it though.

they were on the merch desk until the support band finished and then spent the interval sorting out their own gear. a minute after they finished agata was back on the desk and yasuko was breaking her stuff down. made me wonder whether the entire tour was just the two of them doing everything on their own (and how lonely that would be).

(it's a Numark Orbit - https://www.facebook.com/NumarkOrbit/posts/638933552825050 )