THIS IS A 'TRIBUTE' PAGE! I'D LIKE THIS TO BE AN INFORMATIVE AND UP-TO-DATE ONGOING HANATARASH(I) SOURCE, BUT THIS IS ABOUT THE BEST I CAN DO FOR NOW! MORE PICTURES TO BE ADDED AS AND WHEN. CONTRIBUTIONS WELCOME. SEVERAL ORIGINAL HANATARASHI TAPES WANTED.
From discogs.com :
"Noise unit from Osaka, founded in 1983 by Yamatsuka Eye. Hanatarashi literally means "sniveler", ie a person with a snotty or runny nose. Others translate it at "Snot-nosed".
Hanatarash are infamous for their extremely dangerous live shows consisting entirely of on-stage destruction and utter disregard for anyone's safety. The most notorious incident involved Yamatsuka throwing junk around with a backhoe inside a venue. On another occasion, he inflicted a deep wound on his leg with an electrical saw, but carried on with the show. A dead cat is also known to have been cut in half during a show. The band once caused so much damage to a live house in Kyoto that it was forced to close.
At a 1985 gig in Tokyo's Superloft, Hanatarash had the audience fill out forms relieving the band of responsibility for any possible bodily harm caused by the performance. The show stopped just as Yamatsuka was about to throw a lit molotov cocktail onto the stage, which was gasoline-drenched from a barrel. The performance cost the venue ¥600,000 ($6000) in repair costs.
Soon unable to be allowed to play anywhere, Yamatsuka went on to form Ultra Freak Out Or Die and Boredoms, among countless other projects. The 1990s saw Hanatarash resurface with some releases and performances, sans on-stage mayhem."
LIVE/INTERVIEW - EBISU GUILTY 1996 + 30 SEC. RETURN GIG 1995 (FROM 'DOPAMINE RIDER' 1998 JAP TV DOCUMENTARY)
LIVE - ANTIKNOCK, TOKYO - 1988 (CLIP)
LIVE - OSAKA - 1996 (LEGENDARY 30 SECOND RETURN OF HANATARASH!)
'COCK AKTION' VHS - LIVE - SHIBUYA LA MAMA, TOKYO - 1985 (10 MINS OF)
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LIVE - NAMBA BEARS, OSAKA - 1993 - CLIP FROM 'MUSIC FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL LIBERATION' (1994 JAP TV DOCUMENTARY)
CLIP FROM 'MUSIC FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL LIBERATION' (1994 JAP TV DOCUMENTARY)
'COCK AKTION' VHS - LIVE - SHIBUYA LA MAMA, TOKYO - 1985 (CLIP)
'COCK E.S.P' FROM 'THE HANATARASHI' - FAN VIDEO
'BIG FUN' - AUDIO TRACK WITH HANATARASH IMAGES - FAN VIDEO
'ULTRA COCKER' FROM 'THE HANATARASHI' (AUDIO ONLY)
'COCK E.S.P' FROM 'THE HANATARASHI' (AUDIO ONLY)
'RAT POWS PENGUIN' FROM '4 : AIDS-A-DELIC' (AUDIO ONLY)
'PISSHOLE SURFERS' FROM '2' (AUDIO ONLY)
'KING OF NOISE' FROM 'WORST SELEKTION' (AUDIO ONLY)
LEGENDARY BULLDOZER GIG (SLIDESHOW)
