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Rika Hamamoto. Website. melt-banana .net. Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock [1] band that is known for playing extremely fast noise rock and hardcore punk mixed with experimental, electronica and pop -based song structures. Since forming in 1992 the band has released ten albums and toured worldwide extensively.
I don't know that any specifics were ever given beyond that, though. Check out Agato's solo album, Spike, from about ten years or so ago if you can find it. Amazing the racket that guy can make with a guitar. Another question I have is why they haven't recruited a new drummer.
Drummer Sudoh Toshiaki and bassist Rika Hamamoto bound through songs with extrasensory precision, alternating from grindcore blastbeats to DNA-like tumbles before a listener’s brain has time to register the difference.
Melt-Banana: Being 'stupid' isn't so bad when it comes to touring. Make some noise: Yasuko 'Yako' Onuki (left) and Ichiro Agata comprise the band Melt-Banana. The two will head to North America...
Nov 18, 2002 · Against fill-in drummer Dave Witte's metronomic beats, the band's assault was tempered by elements of funk, new wave and even rockabilly -- Rika Hamamoto's springy bass, Yasuko Onuki's chirpy...
Led by the distinctive yelp-vocal of Yasuko Onuki, the band has now been reduced to a duo after the departure of bassist Rika Hamamoto. On this outing guitarist Ichirou Agata takes control of the rhythm section, laying down those grungey basslines alongside the programming and samples that form the back-beat.
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