SUPER JUNKY MONKEY

SUPER JUNKY MONKEY was a gutsy innovative band of four Japanese young women, active between 1991 and 1999, formed by singer Mutsumi “623” Takahashi, guitarist Keiko, Shinobu Kawai, and drummer Matsudaaahh!! and their unique furious yet fun brand of jazz, funk and hip-hop spiced grunge rock, which some compared to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine.

In 1993 Super Junky Monkey played CMJ’s Music Marathon in New York and in 1994 Tokyo Journal named them “Band of the Year”. On Dec. 24, 1998, the band played their last show with the original line-up. To the shock and sadness of many, especially within the indie music community, Mutsumi died by accident on Feb. 5, 1999. “Songs Are Our Universe” is a 2-CD retrospective of their long and crazy career.
--(excerpt from Nippop.com)