ZOOBOMBS
PJS LAGER HOUSE
1254 Michigan Ave
Dietroit USA
Sunday March 13th 2011
THE ZOOBOMBS were formed by DON Matsuo (vocals/guitar), Matta (keyboards), and Moostop (bass) in Tokyo in September 1994 and -- together with various drummers -- have been amazing rock audiences in Japan, North America and Australia ever since. The Zoobombs brand of rock and roll is unique: hardcore-punk blues spiked with explorations of funk, rap, prog-rock and even traditional Japanese folk. "The first time we played together, it was a full moon -- our music style has been crazy from the start," says Matsuo. The Zoobombs incendiary live performances quickly shot them to the top of Japan's indie-rock scene and opening concert performances for The Flaming Lips and Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion.
Signed by the Quattro/Ricetone label in 1996, the band swiftly unleashed three albums -- "Super Funcy of Zoobombs"(1997), "Welcome Back Zoobombs"(1997) and "Let It Bomb"(1998) -- and introduced themselves to the U.S.A with a headlining slot on Japan's official SxSW festival showcase in 1998. Like the press in Japan -- several magazines called "Let It Bomb" the best Japanese rock album ever -- American media (including The New York Times and Rolling Stone) took notice of The Zoobombs, inspiring Emperor-Norton Records to release two of the albums internationally, "Welcomeback, Zoobombs!" chosen as Amazon.com's best album of 1998.
That same year, while in Toronto on a full North American tour, the band so impressed legendary Canadian promoter Dan Burke that he flew them back from Tokyo in June 1999 to play his "Neon Palm Festival" at the El Mocambo. "Flew them in for one show -- their 'one night in North America' tour," laughs Burke. "They were that good when I first saw them." During the band's Virgin/EMI years -- "Bomb Freak Express"(1999), "Dirty Bomb"(2000), "Bomb You LIve (2000)" and "Love Is Funky"(2002) -- Australian audiences loved the Zoobombs so much that the band moved there for a year.
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