Sad day in punk rock today. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant's guitarist Futoshi Abe has died of cancer at the age of forty three. TMGE were, in my opinion, the greatest rock band ever to come out of Japan. Abe's staccato guitar attack being central to that greatness. I discovered TMGE through Engrish.com. The had this rediculous picture of the billboard for their ‘Chicken Zombies’ album with them wearing football helmets with big letters spelling out F.U.C.K.. It was pure gold (I still pay attention to the site because of that experience.) and I immediately went to Amazon and bought two records without even first hearing the band. I never felt cheated; not once. I'm listening to one of those purchases right now as I write this. Their energy is infectious and the records never get old. For those who want to know more here is the Nippop article on them. It's better than anything Wikipedia had. RIP, sir.
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