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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Thee Michelle Gun Elephant''' (TMGE) were a [[JRock|Japanese rock]] band formed in [[1991]]. The band's strange name is from a combination of a mispronunciation of the The Damned's album, Machine Gun Etiquette, and the name of Billy Childish's band Thee Headcoats.<br /> <br /> Thee Michelle Gun Elephant had their first live show at [[Shelter]], a well-known [[live house]] in the [[Shimokitazawa]] area of [[Tokyo]]. Their first major release, Wonder Style, came out in 1995. The record was produced by Chris Brown, who had worked on records for Radiohead and Pink Floyd.<br /> <br /> In 1998, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant played the famous [[Fuji Rock Festival]] in [[Naeba]], [[Japan]]. The band was signed to Alive Records in America, after being recommended to the label by The Brian Jonestown Massacre.<br /> <br /> Thee Michelle Gun Elephant announced their break up in October 2003, after their Last Heaven tour of Japan.<br /> <br /> ==Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Members==<br /> *Vocals: [[Chiba Yusuke]]<br /> *Guitar: [[Abe Futoshi]]<br /> *Drums: [[Kuhara Kazuyuki]]<br /> *Bass: [[Ueno Koji]] <br /> <br /> ==Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Discography==<br /> <br /> ===Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Albums===<br /> *Maximum! Maximum!! Maximum!!! (1993) <br /> *Cult Grass Stars (1996) <br /> *High Time (1996) <br /> *Chicken Zombies (1997) <br /> *Gear Blues (1998) <br /> *Casanova Snake (2000) <br /> *Rodeo Tandem Beat Specter (2001) <br /> *Sabrina Heaven (2003) <br /> *Sabrina No Heaven (2003) <br /> <br /> ===Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Live albums===<br /> *Casanova Said &quot;Live or Die&quot; (2000) <br /> *Last Heaven's Bootleg (2003) <br /> <br /> ===Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Singles===<br /> *Sekaino-Owari (1996) <br /> *Candy House (1996) <br /> *Lily (1996) <br /> *Culture (1997) <br /> *Get Up Lucy (1997)<br /> *The Birdmen (1997)<br /> *G.W.D (1998) <br /> *Out Blues (1998)<br /> *Smokin' Billy (1998) <br /> *GT400 (2000) <br /> *Baby Stardust (2000) <br /> *Abakareta-Sekai (2001) <br /> *Taiyou wo Tsukande Shimatta (2002)<br /> *Girl Friend (2003) <br /> *Electric Circus (2003) <br /> <br /> ===Thee Michelle Gun Elephant B-sides compilations===<br /> *Rumble (1999) <br /> <br /> ===Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Best of compilations===<br /> *TMGE 106 (2000) <br /> *Collection (2001) Alive Records (US release)<br /> *Grateful Triad Years (2002)<br /> <br /> ===Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Other releases===<br /> *Wonder Style (1995) <br /> *Wonder Style (reissue) (1997) <br /> *Vibe On! (1998) <br /> *Kwacker (with Mick Green) (2001)<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.papermag.com/?section=article&amp;parid=1217 Paper Mag Article] (English)<br /> <br /> [[Category:Japanese Bands]]<br /> [[Category:JRock Bands]]</div>

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