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Shonen Knife at the Scala: Live Review
Cult Japanese all-girl pop-punk trio return to London for their 30th anniversary party on Sunday 11th September 2011
Written by Richard Pearmain
Shonen Knife by Sally Jane Thompson
After a month long tour around Europe which kicked off in, of all places, Brixton’s Windmill, Shonen Knife arrived at the Scala for their 30th birthday bash. Originally formed in Osaka by sisters Naoko and Atsuko Yamano, along with their friend Michie Nakatani, and influenced as much by 1960’s girl groups as by punk bands (especially the Ramones), Shonen Knife created an energetic, upbeat, irresistibly catchy yet still underground sound (packaged in colourful, often homemade outfits). Their music made its way to the US alt-rock scene and they eventually found unlikely champions in such luminaries as
