RTP-area local music and culture

[theredstudio AT tokyo.com]

Mikabomb (London/Jpn)
Des Ark (durham)
Crimson Spectre (greensboro)
Destroyed Tradition (charlote)
@ Skylight Exchange/Nightlight, Chapel Hill $5
JUNE 3, FRIDAY!

Mikabomb (London/Jpn)
The Tremors (greensboro) good ol' fashioned psychobilly rock!
+ local AIDS Charity Benefit
@ The Green Bean, Greensboro $5
JUNE 4, SAT!


"Formed in 1999, MIKA BOMB quickly rose to fame as Japan's most
shambolic export. Far from the pristine, punctual ponderings of her
homeland, Mika Handa formed the band in London, England, finding
drunken ex-pat punkas to fill out the ranks.

Label courtship followed, the band opting for Grand Royal and, when it
crumbled, Damaged Goods. In 2001 they released their first album, The
Fake Fake Sound Of Mika Bomb, a perfect blend of New York punk, '50s
Garage, Motown and Japanese punk-pop that owed as much to the Ramones
as the Sultans of Ping.

Now, after a few years of touring Europe and the States, plus a few
line-up changes, Japan's hottest heroines, are back with a new album.
Hellcats will be released April 2005 on Damaged Goods, preceded by a
single, 'Osaka' - and damn fine it is, too.

The band will then hit the road once again, taking their boozy, chaotic
show around the world. With pop hooks and a bucketload of style, Mika
Bomb make for an irresistible night out."

For full US + Europe tour dates:
HTTP://WWW.MIKABOMB.COM/MT/NEWS.HTML