Thee Michelle Gun Elephant-"Drop" LIVE

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant preform "Drop"

This song is featured in the movie Aoi Haru in English Blue Spring.

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History

The band was formed in 1991, while the band members were students at Tokyo's Meiji Gakuin University. They decided to create a band after going to a Kiyoshiro Imawano concert together in their early teens, and later drew influence from The Roosters.Their unusual name originated when a friend mispronounced the title on a cassette tape of an early jam session recording with cover songs of Thee Headcoats and from The Damned's album, Machine Gun Etiquette.

Their first major label release, Wonder Style, was released in 1995, and produced in London, United Kingdom, by Chris Brown, who previously engineered albums and tracks for Radiohead and Pink Floyd. The band was later spotted by The Brian Jonestown Massacre during a gig in Los Angeles.They were so impressed by the band that they told Alive Records owner Patrick Boissel about them, who then sought them out and signed them to his label. This led to the American release of Gear Blues in 2000.

The band announced that they would break up on October 11, 2003, after their Last Heaven tour of Japan. Around 2002, vocalist Chiba Yusuke and Blankey Jet City bassist Terai Toshiyuki formed ROSSO.


Thee Michelle Gun Elephant
Origin Japan
Genre(s) Garage rock, Blues rock,Punk rock,Garage punk
Years active 1991-2003
Label(s) Universal Music Group
Alive Records
Associated acts Rosso
Radio Caroline
The Birthday
Midnight Bankrobbers
Website Rockin' Blues

Former members
Chiba Yusuke
Abe Futoshi
Ueno Koji
Kazuyuki Kuhara

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