The Yellow Monkey

The Yellow Monkey, often abbreviated as Yemon (イエモン), is a Japanese rock band active from 1988 to 2001, before officially disbanding in 2004. The band's name was derived from the ethnic slur that Japanese people look like monkeys, and that Asian people are said to be "yellow" in skin color. The Yellow Monkey is considered an important rock group of Japan, having achieved major success and selling 6.2 million singles. The group had three number one albums, 17 top ten singles, took part in the first Fuji Rock Festival in 1997, and in 2003 were ranked number 81 on HMV Japan's list of the 100 most important Japanese pop acts. Outside Japan the band is best known for their song "Tactics", one of the many ending themes of the Rurouni Kenshin anime.

They announced their reformation in 2016.

History

1988–1994: The Beginning

The group has its roots in 1988, formed by Kazuya Yoshii when his previous band Urgh Police, a hard rock/glam rock group, disbanded. He, originally playing bass, switched to guitar when he recruited Youichi Hirose, Eiji Kikuchi and several other members and they began to play in the live houses of Tokyo. When the vocalist left, Yoshii took over that position and recruited Eiji's brother Hideaki as guitarist.

The Yellow

The Yellow is the name of the second EP released by electronica duo Lemon Jelly, according to the insert of Lemonjelly.ky, on September 6, 1999. It was limited to 1,000 10" copies, the first 240 of which featured hand screen-printed sleeves. The tracks from the EP were later incorporated, for more accessible listening, into the critically acclaimed Lemonjelly.ky album. When the inner sleeve was pulled out, the Lemon Jelly logo appears briefly through a series of die-cut holes in the outer sleeve creating a piece of real world animation.

History

From 1998 to 2000, Franglen and Deakin released three limited-circulation EPs, The Bath (1998), The Yellow (1999), and The Midnight (2000), on their very own label, Impotent Fury. The EPs were a critical success, and led to the duo being signed to XL Recordings.

Track listing

"His Majesty King Raam" uses samples from "Evergreen", "Two For The Road", "Softly As I Leave You" and "The Greatest Gift" performed by Henry Mancini and his orchestra.

It Hurts

"It Hurts" is the second single in Europe by Angels & Airwaves' from the debut album We Don't Need to Whisper. A short-film for this song was released on April 18 on the Angels & Airwaves official website, which continues where the video for "The Adventure" left off and continues with "The Gift". During the time of its first release, it peaked on the UK charts at #59. The song was also released as a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band on May 6, 2008.

Track listing

Tom DeLonge: "I have a friend who's got a girlfriend that's the cheating type. It's a terrible situation where my friend is being crushed from the inside out by all the manipulative stuff she's doing and this song's about that."

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Till It Hurts

"Till It Hurts" is a song by Dutch electronic trio Yellow Claw, featuring vocals performed by Dutch singer Ayden (stage name of Ayden Veerbeek). It was released digitally as a single in November 2014 through Spinnin' Records.

"Till It Hurts" follows up on the success of their 2013 hit "Shotgun", peaking at number five in the Netherlands.

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