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Number Girl
Number Girl formed in Japan in the late 1990s with Shutoku Mukai on vocals and guitar, Hisako Tabuchi on guitar, Nakao Sawada on bass, and Ahito Inazawa on...
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Number Girl formed in Japan in the late 1990s with Shutoku Mukai on vocals and guitar, Hisako Tabuchi on guitar, Nakao Sawada on bass, and Ahito Inazawa on drums. Their first album, 'School Girl Distraction,' set up a sound built around jangly guitars and crashing drums with Mukai's vocals cutting through the noise. They put out seven studio albums over about a decade, including 'Sappukei' and 'Num-Heavymetallic,' which pulled in math rock and pop elements while keeping things raw.
Their 2002 album 'Sappukei' included 'Omoide In My Head,' a song that became something of a cult favorite. Other tracks like 'Manga Sick' and 'Num-ami-dabutz' showed how they could balance abrasive noise with melodic hooks. Their live shows were known for being intense, with Mukai's onstage rants and Tabuchi's theatrical gestures adding to the chaotic energy.
Number Girl's music didn't really fit mainstream channels, but it connected with listeners who responded to that combination of noise rock force and introspective writing. They stopped playing together in the late 2000s, but their records still turn up for people digging through Japan's underground rock from that period.
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