Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (also abbreviated tmge ) was a Japanese garage punk band that was founded in 1991 and disbanded in 2003. In a list of the top 100 Japanese musicians of HMV it ranks 77th
Career
The band was founded in 1991 by four students Futoshi Abe, Yusuke Chiba, Kazuyuki Kuhara and Koji Ueno. For several years she played in small clubs before 1995 their first album Wonder Style in London with Chris Brown produced, who had worked alongside other also for Radiohead.
They received a contract with Triad, a sub- label of Nippon Columbia. After the release of the album Chicken Zombies in 1997 was followed by a tour of the same name in 36 Japanese cities, the same year they performed at the Fuji Rock Festival. Also in the UK took place five appearances, which in 1999 was followed by others. In 2000, the band played in Austria and France.
2002 paused the musicians and published before changing to Iceland Records label, a best - of album. The new plates were accompanied in 2003 by the announcement that the band dissolved after completion of the tour on October 11, 2003.
The singer Chiba Yusuke 2002 founded the band " Rosso ", which existed until 2006. Since 2006, he sings in " The Birthday ".
On 22 July 2009 the guitarist Futoshi Abe died of a cerebral hemorrhage.