Not so random, really. It's our own charming Naru's first US tour,
and I found this stuff looking for something else related to this forum.
Always the way.
Mummy the Peepshow, Japan Nite 2000 US tourNatsu Summer had just quit being Mummy's bass player.
Facial recognition iffy? Natsu Summer was
the one with the heavy Gibson Thunderbird.As the pictures show, Naru got recruited for tour support, only
joining officially afterward, according to Audrey K. at Benten. The
photographer for warui.com commented that Mummy didn't seem
to know their own songs. However, he was hating everything that
was different from the last time he saw them in Osaka… and for
one thing, they had given up dressing as 14 year old roller girls
sneaking into a rave party. Bummer.
Here's the Charming One for visual comparison.
Naru☆Shin, center, tête à tête with Enazo of Lolita No.18 in the back of a booth at Stubbs BBQMummy the Peepshow 2000 US tour videos2007 OCT 27 by mbyrr
Live at SXSW, 2000.
Electric Roller Girl Tour 2000.Mummy The Peepshow - "Stranglehold" (02:11)Yeah... not Austin, CBGB in New York the week after. Maki and Akki soak up
all the attention, as Mummy open their set with their usual cover of UK Subs.
They have definitely mastered the chorus. For some reason, they neglected
the verses… :> Naru closeup at 01:10.
1-2-3, 4-5-6
Gotta do a dance
And it goes like this:
Got a stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold…
5-6-7, 8-9-10
You want more?
We'll do it again!
Got a stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Got a stranglehold on me
Stranglehold…Mummy The Peepshow - "Jennie is Feeling Bad" (02:11)Somewhat live, not much in Austin. The video part is a compilation,
the audio is evidently from the Silverlake in LA. What happens when
Audrey gets a new video cam.
Mummy The Peepshow - "We Are" (02:22)March 21 at the Fireside Bowl Lounge in Chicago.
We are, we are, we are, we are... Mummy, Mummy, Mummy.
They flew from New York, 50 people came.
Pullout show guide from the Austin American StatesmanMummy the Peepshow at the Giant Robot webzineOriginal URL: www dot giantrobot.com/transmissions/06mummy/index.html
From the content of the interview, this, too was for Japan Nite 2000 in Austin TX.
Mummy was on the tour with Spoozys, Number Girl, and especially Lolita No.18.
This is an example of an interview where the band does not actually like or want
very much to talk to the interviewer. I fully understand.
GiBot didn't have photos, so I pulled from elsewhere.
Mummy the PeepshowInterview by Todd Inoue
Ambition for most rock and roll bands is predictable—get signed, tour the world,
have your own brand of amps. At the very least, meet attractive bedmates.
For Osaka's junior varsity punk pop band, Mummy the Peepshow, their ambition
is to be walk-ons in Laverne and Shirley 2010.
"I want to be a rollergirl waitress," says Maki Mummy, vocalist and the most
verbose this afternoon, "Like American Graffiti."
Austin Texas is the site of my first Mummy the Peepshow show and interview.
Two nights before, the girls wowed a crowd at Waterloo Brewing Company with
its guitar-crunch pop scented with Chipmunks harmonies and Donnas attitude.
The next day, they held a Sound Exchange record store audience in its grasp
and promptly sold out all the merchandise they brought for the tour, including
120 copies of their latest CD,
This is Egg Speaking.
This morning, they're recovering and sitting four across on a hotel lobby couch.
Most of the conversation consists of polite, one-word answers filtered through
the band manager and interpreter, Shisaka Kimura.
Q: What does the name mean?A: "I wanted a name where 'the' was in the middle," says Maki.
Q: What bands were you influenced by?A: The Clash, Sonic Youth, Supersnazz, Ramones, Dead Boys
Q: What is the role of young Japanese women in society?A: "To have babies."
Q: Does being in a band constitute a form of rebellion to this role?A: "No."
Q: Recording in Japan is prohibitively expensive, how are you able to record? "I pay for everything," says Kimura. Turns out all the girls have jobs. Drummer
I.D.M.U. is studying Chinese culture, bassist Naru studies music, guitarist Akki
silkscreens t-shirts, and guitarist Maki runs Benten—a Japanese indie label that
specializes in girl punk bands like Lolita No.18, Titan Go Kings, Candy Eyeslugger,
and Mummy.
"In Japan, our crowd is mostly young girls," says Maki Mummy. And in America,
at least at SXSW, the front rows were four deep with older white males.
Do you like that? "Yes." Do they understand the question, I ask Kimura. "Yes."
Delving into the sociological aspects of their band may not be their forte, but
rocking audiences is. Later on, Mummy the Peepshow will throw down one more
gauntlet for the Austinites and record company cheeses at Japan Nite, a SXSW
showcase featuring a diverse lineup.
Lolita No.18 in their helium heyday. En-chan with her Dragging V, Masayo in battle mode. At CBGB March 20.The way-sold-out show becomes a study of musical styles. The Spoozys enter in space helmets
and jumpsuits and pummel their instruments with ferocity. Number Girl is a tight, explosive
four piece that Steve Albini would love. Lolita No. 18 is a girl band that recalls the Ramones
and Toy Dolls and is equally adored.
In Austin on March 17. Mummy left, Spoozys right. The helmets come off not far into a set. Naru must have left her band uniform in the dryer.Mummy opens the show and has the crowd smiling ear-to-ear with its energetic set of
punk ditties and dreamy vocal harmonies. Their stuff isn't available abroad yet, but
their web presence is up. (
sister.co.jp/mummy/e-mummy.html)
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More photos linked below for your interest!
Lolita No.18 — 2000-03-21, Japan Nite NYC at CBGB
warui.com/stefan/photo/music/000321lolita18/index.htmlMummy — 2000-03-21, Japan Nite NYC at CBGB
www.warui.com/stefan/photo/music/000321lolita18/mummy.htmlAudrey K's Japan Nite 2000 tour diary, page 1 of 12
sister.co.jp/photo_us/index.html
