Urusei Yatsura (band)
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Urusei Yatsura were a now defunct Glaswegian lo-fi rock band.
Founding members Fergus Lawrie and Graham Kemp met in the summer of 1993 while attending the University of Glasgow. In the following drink-fuelled evening they convinced each other to join an imaginary band, which became reality when they also managed to recruit a bassist in Elaine Graham. The line up was completed with the subsequent addition of Elaine's brother Ian Graham on drums. They took their name from a then-obscure Japanese comic, and contributed their first recording "Guitars Are Boring" to a compilation released by the Kazoo Club (based in Glasgow's notorious 13th Note and run at one point by future Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos). This in turn brought them to the attention of John Peel who brought them in to do a session.
Over the years they released three albums: We Are Urusei Yatsura (1996), Slain by Urusei Yatsura (1998) and Everybody Loves Urusei Yatsura (2000). Albums in America and Japan were released under the name of Yatsura for legal reasons. Urusei was mooted, but this is used as a slang term (meaning "fuck you") by the Yakuza, so was rejected.
The band had one Top 40 hit: 1997 single "Hello Tiger", which reached #40. Other singles released by the band include "Phasers On Stun" and "Slain By Elf".
Urusei Yatsura split in June 2001, leaving Graham to work on solo material and the other band members to form Projekt A-ko.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| YEAR | TITLE | CAT NO | FORMAT |
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| 1994 | All Hail Urusei Yatsura | HIP001 | CD / 12" |
| It Is / Death 2 Everyone / Yeah / Saturn / On Your Mind / Teenage Dream / Proved Fucked & Wrong | |||
| 1996 | We Are Urusei Yatsura | Ché 54 | CD / 12" |
| Siamese / First Day on a New Planet / Pow R. Ball / Kewpies Like Watermelon / Phasers on Stun /
Sola Kola / Black Hole Love / Velvy Blood / Plastic Ashtray / Death 2 Everyone / Pachinko / Kernel / Road Song |
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| 1997 | ¡Pulpo! | Primary 62084-2 | CD |
| Strategic Hamlets / Down Home Kitty / Pampered Adolescent / Kozee Heart / Mirimar /
Saki & Cremola / Fake Fur / Silver Krest / Got the Sun / Nova Static / Revir / The Power of Negative Thinking / The Love That Brings You Down |
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| 1998 | Slain By Urusei Yatsura | Ché 76 | CD / MC / 12" |
| Glo Starz / Hello Tiger / Strategic Hamlets / No 1 Cheesecake / Superfi / No No Girl /
Flaming Skull / Slain By Elf / King of Lazy / Exidor / Fake Fur / Skull in Action / Amber |
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| 2000 | Everybody Loves Urusei Yatsura | ONILP | CD / 12" |
| Louche 33 / Eastern Youth / Superdeformer / Silver Dragon / Uji Bomb / Our Shining Path /
Kubrick in Town / Random Cruise / Faking It / Thank You / Sores / Osaka White |
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[edit] Singles / EPs
| YEAR | TITLE | CAT NO | FORMAT | ALBUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Siamese | Ché 38 | 7" | - |
| Siamese / Lo-Fi | ||||
| Pampered Adolescent | M.I.R. 001 | 7" | - | |
| Pampered Adolescent | ||||
| Kernel | PUBE08 | 7" | - | |
| Kernel / Teen Dream | ||||
| Plastic Ashtray | Ché 46 | CD / 7" | We Are Urusei Yatsura | |
| Plastic Ashtray / Got the Sun / Miramar (CD) / Yatsura Kill Taster (CD) | ||||
| 1996 | Kewpies Like Watermelon | Ché 53 | CD / 7" | We Are Urusei Yatsura |
| Kewpies Like Watermelon / Majesty / Sucker (CD) / Burriko Girl (demo) (CD) | ||||
| Tour EP | Ché 59 | 7" | - | |
| Phasers on Stun (live) | ||||
| Phasers on Sun | Ché 62 | CD / double 7" | We Are Urusei Yatsura | |
| Phasers on Stun / The Power of Negative Thinking / The Love That Brings You Down / Sid & Nancy | ||||
| Stolen Ecstasy 45 Chapter 3 | DAWN-03 | 7" | - | |
| Silver Krest | ||||
| 1997 | Strategic Hamlets | Ché 67 | CD / 7"(x2) | Slain By Urusei Yatsura |
| Strategic Hamlets / Down Home Kitty / Kozee Heart / Revir | ||||
| Fake Fur | Ché 70 | CD(x2) / 7" / 10" | Slain By Urusei Yatsura | |
| CD1/10"/7" Fake Fur / Silver Krest / Nova Static (not 7") / Secret Crush (not 7") | ||||
| CD2/10" Fake Fur / Pampered Adolescent / Bewitched / Saki & Cremola | ||||
| Hello Tiger | Ché 75 | CD(x2) / 7" | Slain By Urusei Yatsura | |
| CD1/7" Hello Tiger / Vanilla Starlet / Vent Axial (not 7") | ||||
| CD2 Hello Tiger (Peel session version) / Dice, Nae Dice (Peel session version) / Everybody Hang Out | ||||
| Slain By Elf | Ché 80 | CD(x2) / 7" | Slain By Urusei Yatsura | |
| CD1 Slain By Elf / Subatomic / Nu Style | ||||
| CD2/7" Slain By Elf / Hail To The New Poor/ What's Wrong With Me? | ||||
| 1999 | Yon Kyoku Iri EP | BBQ342 | CD/double 7" | - |
| Kaytronika / Still Exploding / Nobody Knows We're Stars / Mother of the MBK | ||||
| 2000 | Louche 33 | ONIV71 | CD/7" | Everybody Loves Urusei Yatsura |
| Louche 33 / Planet Of The Skulls / I'm Vexed | ||||
| Eastern Youth | ONIV73 | 7" | Everybody Loves Urusei Yatsura | |
| Eastern Youth / The Hearts You Break | ||||
[edit] Compilation Appearances
- Guitars Are Boring on Kazoo Collection 12"
- First Day on a New Planet on Camden Crawl II CD
- Kozee Hearts on Noises From the Sound Cupboard 12"
- Powerball (demo) and Black Hole Love (demo) on Does The Word 'Duh' Mean Anything To You? CD
- Exidor (live) on Abuse Your Friends CD
- Phasers on Stun on Japanese Magazine CD
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