SK FAQ version 2.3 Shonen Knife has an official American fan club: Shonen Knife Fan Club: Knife Collectors P.O. Box 1942 Hoboken, NJ 07030 U.S.A. It's uncertain whether or not they are still in business. It may be that only one issue of the newsletter was published. As far as I know, they are/were the only source of the KNIFE COLLECTORS CD in the US. Also, apparently, a UK club: Friends of Shonen Knife 6 Amanda Court, Edward Way Ashford, Middlesex TW15 3AZ England You can write directly to the band: Shonen Knife c/o Zero Communications 1-4-2 Gently Bldg. Yariyamachi, Chuo-ku Osaka 540 Japan There are several unofficial web pages dedicated to the goddesses. A good place to start is: http://www.cs.ubc.ca./spider/forsey/Mouser/shonen.knife.html It is linked to the other pages. THE SHONEN KNIFE DISCOGRAPHY (version 2.2 --25 Sep 95) Compiled from many sources by many people. A labor of love. This discography is aimed primarily at collecting all of the music, rather than all forms of the music. *1982 MINNA TANOSHIKU SHONEN KNIFE (tape ?-Japan) Existence uncertain; track listing unknown. If it exists, this may be the source for the three live tracks on the BAKA GUY CD. *1983 BURNING FARM (LP Zero-Japan) (US cassette issued by K in 1985) Parallel Woman / Twist Barbie / Elephant Pao Pao / Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme / Animal Song / A Day at the Factory / Burning Farm note: the K reissue includes the three tracks from the AURA MUSIC compilation (see below) AURA MUSIC compilation (LP Zero-Japan) Shonen Knife tracks: Watchin' Girl / Banana Fish / Parrot Polynesia *1984 YAMA NO ATTCHAN (LP Zero-Japan) An Angel Has Come / Cycling is Fun / Elmar Elevator / Banana Leaf / Chinese Song / Flying Jelly Attack / Cannibal Papaya / Dali's Sunflower / Insect Collector / Bye Bye *1986 PRETTY LITTLE BAKA GUY (LP Zero-Japan, Subversive-US) Bear Up Bison / Summertime Boogie / I Wanna Eat Choco Bars / Public Bath / Devil House / Antonio Baka Guy / Ice Cream City / Ah, Singapore / Riding on the Rocket / Kappa Ex. SUB POP 100 compilation (LP Sub Pop-US) Shonen Knife track: A Day at the Factory (BURNING FARM version) note: 5000 copies pressed STICK AROUND FOR JOY (1986 7" ?-Japan) Existence uncertain; track listing unknown *1987 FLIPSIDE VINYL FANZINE VOL. 3 compilation (LP Flipside/Gasatanka-US) Shonen Knife track: Cycling Is Fun (YAMA NO ATTCHAN version) *1990 SHONEN KNIFE (GIANT GRI-6047-2) Watchin' Girl / Banana Fish / Miracles / Parallel Woman / Twist Barbie / Elephant Pao Pao / Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme / Animal Song / A Day at the Factory / Burning Farm / An Angel Has Come / Cycling Is Fun / Elmar Elevator / Banana Leaf / Chinese Song / Cannibal Papaya / Dali's Sunflower / Insect Collector / Bye Bye / Parrot Polynesia note: contains the BURNING FARM and YAMA NO ATTCHAN LPs in their entirety, plus the AURA MUSIC tracks, and the song Miracles PRETTY LITTLE BAKA GUY + LIVE IN JAPAN US LP: (Gasatanka/Rockville) Pretty Little Baka Guy / Bear Up Bison / Summertime Boogie / I Wanna Eat Choco Bars / Public Bath / Devil House / Antonio Baka Guy / Ice Cream City / Ah, Singapore / Riding on the Rocket / LIVE IN OSAKA JAPAN: Lazybone (live, 21 Jan 90) / Ice Cream City (live, 21 Jan 90) / Baggs (live, 21 Jan 90) / Kappa Ex (live, 21 Jan 90) / Antonio Baka Guy (live, 21 Jan 90) ; LP only tracks (live, 5 Jun 88): Chains / Suzy Is a Headbanger / I Wanna Be Your (Wo)Man PRETTY LITTLE BAKA GUY + LIVE IN JAPAN US CD (Rockville ROCK-6053-2) (1991 CD Tokuma-Japan) Pretty Little Baka Guy / Bear Up Bison / Summertime Boogie / I Wanna Eat Choco Bars / Public Bath / Devil House / Antonio Baka Guy / Ice Cream City / Ah, Singapore / Riding on the Rocket / LIVE IN OSAKA JAPAN: Lazybone (live, 21 Jan 90) / Ice Cream City (live, 21 Jan 90) / Baggs (live, 21 Jan 90) / Kappa Ex (live, 21 Jan 90) / Antonio Baka Guy (live, 21 Jan 90) ; CD only tracks (live, 17 Apr 82): Spider / Secret Dance / I'm a Realist RUTLES HIGHWAY REVISITED (Shimmy Disc CSU1 285) Goose Step Mama (studio version) *1991 712 (Rockville ROCK60-65-2) Shonen Knife / Lazybone / Diet Run / Blue Oyster Cult / Rain / The Luck of the Irish / My Favorite Town Osaka / Faith Healer / Redd Kross / White Flag / Superstar / Expo '90 / Fruit Loop Dreams / The Moon World / Baggs note: Rain & The Luck of the Irish originally appeared on TATER TOTZ FRUIT LOOP DREAMS (1991 7" ?-Japan) Existence uncertain; contents unknown (possibly same as IV-09) SECRET NO. 712 (1991 7" Gasatanka/Rockville ROCK-6056-7-US) Lazybone / Blue Oyster Cult note: pink vinyl SHONEN KNIFE (Seminal Twang CD, TWANG 9) / Space Christmas / Bear Up Bison (new version, early mix) / Christmas Message '91 A SHONEN KNIFE CHRISTMAS RECORD FOR YOU (7" Gasatanka/Rockville-US) Track listing: Space Christmas / Christmas Message '91 note: red vinyl ATTACK OF... MUSHROOM PEOPLE (Mint Sounds-Japan) Existence uncertain; track listing unknown NEON ZEBRA (7" Sub Pop-US) Neon Zebra / Bear Up Bison (live) note: grey vinyl, 5000 copies pressed; for SubPop Singles Club subscribers only *1992 712 EP (1992 [also reported as 1991] 7" Australia OZ Insipid Vinyl IV-09) Fruit Loop Dreams (new version) / Neon Zebra / Lazybone / Redd Kross unknown if other tracks are new versions also note: blue vinyl and black vinyl LET'S KNIFE (MCA Japan MVCD-3) Riding on the Rocket (Japanese) / Get the Wow (Japanese chorus) / Twist Barbie / Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner's Theme (Sea Turtle) / Antonio Baka Guy / Ah Singapore (Japanese) / Flying Jelly Attack (mostly Japanese) / Black Bass (Japanese) / Cycling is Fun (mostly Japanese) / Watchin' Girl / I Am A Cat / Tortoise Brand Pot Cleaner's Theme (Green Tortoise) / Devil House (Green Tortoise) / Insect Collector (Japanese last verse) / Burning Farm LET'S KNIFE (Virgin US V2-86638) Riding on the Rocket (new version) / Bear Up Bison (new version) / Twist Barbie (new version) / Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme (Sea Turtle) / Antonio Baka Guy / Ah, Singapore (new version) / Flying Jelly Attack / Black Bass / Cycling Is Fun (new version) / Watchin' Girl (new version) / I Am a Cat / Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme (Green Tortoise) / Devil House (new version) / Insect Collector (new version) / Burning Farm (new version) / Get the Wow / Milky Way LET'S KNIFE (August UK RUST 001CDL) / Riding on the Rocket (new version) / Bear Up Bison (new version) / Twist Barbie (new version) / Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme (Sea Turtle) / Antonio Baka Guy (new version) / Ah, Singapore (new version) / Flying Jelly Attack / Black Bass / Cycling Is Fun (new version) / Watchin' Girl (new version) / I Am a Cat / Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme (Green Tortoise) / Devil House (new version) / Insect Collector (new version) / Burning Farm (new version) disc two "Karaoke Versions" (August UK RUST 001 BCD) / Ah, Singapore (new version, instrumental) / Devil House (new version, instrumental) / Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme (Sea Turtle) (instrumental) / I Am a Cat (instrumental) / Insect Collector (new version, instrumental) SHONEN KNIFE PROMO DISC (CD MCA-Japan) Existence uncretain; contents unknown. RIDING ON THE ROCKET (August UK CAUG 001 CD) Riding on the Rocket (new version) / Milky Way / Burning Farm / Riding on the Rocket (Reprise) (new version, playout) *1993 DO THE KNIFE (Japan MVCD 15001) Space Christmas / Bear Up Bison / Milky Way / Do the Bartman GET THE WOW (August UK CAUG 003 CD) Get the Wow / Twist Barbie (new version) / Fruit Loop Dreams (new version) / Don't Hurt My Little Sister GET THE WOW (August UK CAUG 003 CDL) Get the Wow / Animal Song (live, BBC 2 Oct 92) / Ice Cream City (live, BBC 2 Oct 92) / Neon Zebra WE ARE VERY HAPPY YOU CAME (August UK RUST 004CD) Lazybone (live, 4-5 Dec 91) / Public Bath (live, 4-5 Dec 91) / Goose Step Mama (live, 4-5 Dec 91) / I Wanna Eat Choco Bars (live, 4-5 Dec 91) / Suzy Is a Headbanger (live, 4-5 Dec 91) / Boys (live, 4-5 Dec 91) / Red Kross (live, 4-5 Dec 91) KNIFE COLLECTORS (Virgin Japan/Fan Club SKKC-1) Punk Animals / Gomi Day / Strawberry Cream Puff (Late Version) / Hokey Pokey FAVORITES (MCA Japan MVCD-17001) (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave / Don't Hurt My Little Sister / Till the End of the Day / Boys (live, 4-5 Dec 91) / Goose Step Mama (live, 4-5 Dec 91) BROWN MUSHROOMS AND OTHER DELIGHTS (Virgin America V25H-38414) Brown Mushrooms (Single Version) / Butterfly Boy (F.I. Mix) / Strawberry Cream Puff / Till the End of the Day ROCK ANIMALS (MCA Japan MVCD-8) Concrete Animals (Japanese version) / Little Tree (Japanese version) / Butterfly Boy / Strawberry Cream Puff / Tomato Head (Japanese version) / Another Day (Japanese version) / Brown Mushrooms (Japanese version) / Johnny, Johnny, Johnny / Catnip Dream (Japanese version) / Cobra versus Mongoose (Japanese version) / Music Square (Japanese version) ROCK ANIMALS (Virgin America 7243 8 39063 2 1) Quavers / Concrete Animals / Butterfly Boy / Little Tree / Catnip Dream / Tomato Head / Another Day / Brown Mushrooms / Johnny, Johnny, Johnny / Cobra versus Mongoose / Music Square TOMATO HEAD (Virgin, DPRO-14132) Tomato Head (Z-Mix) / Tomato Head (US LP version) / Tomato Head (Japanese version) / Tomato Head (Lemmy in There Mix) TOMATO HEAD (Virgin, v25h-38433) Tomato Head (Z-Mix) / Tomato Head (Jazzy Tomato Head Remix) / Tomato Head (Lemmy in There Mix) / (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave *1994 IF I WERE A CARPENTER (A&M 31454 0258 2) Shonen Knife track: On Top of the World HOW MANY CATS CAN YOU FIT IN A BUCKET? compilation (1994 CD A&M-US) Shonen Knife track: On Top of the World note: promotional release only INSIDE DAVE'S GARAGE VOL. 4 split single (1995 7" Radiopaque-US) Shonen Knife track: Little Tree (Vivaldi Groove) note: colored vinyl *1995 GREATEST HISTORY (MCA/Japan MVCD 25001) Brown Mushrooms (English single version) / Riding on the Rocket (English version) / Elmer Elevator (live) / Butterfly Boy (free fall mix) / Fruit Loop Dreams (acoustic version) / Ice Cream City (live) / Little Tree (Vivaldi groove) / Quavers / Animal Song (live) / Another Day (English version) / Neon Zebra (English version) / Burning Farm (long version) *related releases: Tater Totz: MONO STEREO (1989 LP/CD Gasatanka/Giant-US) featured on: Rain (lead & background vocals) / Luck of The Irish (lead & background vocals) Pigface: NOTES FROM THEE UNDERGROUND (1994 CD Invisible-US) featured on: Fuck It Up (sample of Shonen Knife yelling, "Fuck it up, Pigface!") EVERY BAND HAS A SHONEN KNIFE WHO LOVES THEM compilation (1989 LP/CD Gasatanka/Giant-US) Cover versions of Shonen Knife songs by: Redd Kross / Freaks / 3 O'Clock / Frightwig / Government Issue / L7 / White Flag / Pussywillows / Big Dipper / Christmas / Pat RuthenSmear / Krave / Chemical People / Sonic Youth / Lunachicks / Mr. T Experience / Project Jenny / Ultraviolet Eye (LP only) / The Angels of Epistlemology (LP only) / Masters of the Obvious (LP only) / Ella Without the Blacks (LP only) / Disco Dave Landry / Death of Samantha / Babes in Toyland (LP only) / Dem Choclodytes (LP only) / The Maynards (LP only) / Das Damen / Wendy Horowitz / Phil Blumel / Pippi Eats Cherries (LP only) / Smokin' Gas Truck (LP only) / Pandoras (LP only) / Reverb Motherfuckers note: double LP - one white vinyl, one pink vinyl Redd Kross: THIRD EYE (1990 CD Atlantic-US) contains the song Shonen Knife ADDITIONAL INFO: UNDER DEVELOPMENT *Music videos have been reported for Riding on the Rocket (LET'S KNIFE version), Get the Wow (live), and Tomato Head (excerpted on MTV's Beavis and Butthead). Also, a video of Redd Kross has been mentioned. Tomato Head (with an interview) is reported to be available on a Lollapalooza video compilation issued by Dallas radio station KDGE summer 1994. Further info unavailable at the moment. *A "lost" SK LP has been mentioned: LPx2: 1989; US ? Ultraviolet Eye / The Angels of Epistlemology / Masters of the Obvious / Ella Without the Blacks / Babes in Toyland / Dem Choclodytes / The Maynards / Pippi Eats Cherries / Smokin' Gas Truck / Pandoras These supposed tracks are in fact the names of the bands on the EVERY BAND LP (see above). *TV appearances: to be determined *Tours: to be determined *No known bootlegs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Do I contradict myself? Very well, I contradict myself. I am large. I contain multitudes. No I don't. Yes I do.