Cocobat

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"Mightier than a tsunami, more earth shattering than an earthquake, Japan's quartet of moshing madmen Cocobat set out on their conquest of Earth. With the power of extreme music seeping the globe, Cocobat are Japan's answer to the thrashing and moshing panderric. Rising from the country that unleashed the likes of Godzilla, Devil-Man, Gamera and Akira, Cocobat have set out to show the world that they too are a creative firestorm.
Released by Japanese indie label Sinkie in April, 1992, Cocobat's first album Cocobat Crunch combined the raw power of hardcore and metal with the grooves and chop of funk and rock'n roll. Cocobat proved that they were ready to impact the international extreme music scene. British metal magazine Kerrang dubbed them "Japan's answer to Pantera". With the help of famed twisted artist Pushead (famed for his work with Metallica and the Misfits) doing the cover art, Cocobat Crunch was searing debut that took the Japanese underground scene by storm.

In August, Cocobat released their second full-length collection of damaging grooves with Struggle Of Aphrodite. Japanese manga artist Go Nagai (known for his Devilman manga and animation) and Pushead collaborated on Cocobat's cover. Cocobat hooked up with bands like Sick Of It All, Body Count and Rocket From the Crypt to tour Japan Selling more than 10,000 albums and then joining the Cathedra/Brutal Truth tour in Japan. Cocobat's skill and popularity was taken to new levels.

Cocobat Crunch was reissued with extra tracks in November of 1993 on Cocobat's new label Toy's Factory (who distributes the likes of lard and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones). By December, 1993, it was time for some metamorphisizing for Cocobat. Bassist Take-Shit and singer Ryuji became the sole surviving members of the original quartet. The live video of some 1993 performances antitled A Tourist's Guide to Cocobat was released in March, 1994 as a visual testament to Cocobat's incendiary live shows.

In early 1994, Take-Shit and Ryuji were joined by new guitarist Tomoda and drummer Murochin. Gigging all over Japan, Cocobat opened for NYC hardcore-metallers Biohazard as well as Helmet, Quicksand and The Jesus Lizard. Cocobat relesed their industrial-tinged remix album A Footprint in the Sky with remixes by various Japanese artists as well as live tracks.

Ryuji later left the band, and in 1995 the remaining three members released an album, with Take-Shit on vocals entitled Positraction. After this release, the band went thru a quiet period, ultimately resulting in all the band members leaving the band, with only Take-Shit left to carry on the Cocobat legacy. Then in December 1996, with a whole-new lineup of Kame on drums, Koji on guitar and a very young Hideki on vocals, Cocobat released their most eagerly anticipated album Return of Grasshopper, recorded in NY under the watchful eye of producer Don Fury, which was followed later by the Tsukiookami and I Versus I albums." - J-Underground

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Discography:
1992 - Cocobat Crunch
1993 - Cocobat : Doom / split
1993 - Struggle of Aphrodite

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1993 - Struggle Crunch
1994 - Foot Prints in the Sky
1995 - Posi-Traction
1996 - Return of Grasshopper
1998 - Tsukiookami
1999 - I Versus I
2000 - Araña
2001 - Supercharged Chocolate Meltdown
2001 - Ghost Tree Giant
2002 - Hammerslave-History 10×20
2004 - Fireant Moving Co.
2005 - 12 Steps
2009 - Searching for Change

 

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Anyone have Cocobat Crunch?

 

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Anyone have Cocobat Crunch?

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