Very important but extremely obscure
Hanatarash ("snot face")
Hanatarash (ハナタラシ) was a band formed in Osaka by Yamatsuka Eye and Tabata Mitsuru in 1984. Their music remains relatively unknown compared to their awe-inspiring, life-endangering live shows. Cutting a dead cat in half with a machete, Yamatsuka Eye almost cutting his leg off with a circular saw, driving a bulldozer through a venue wall, smashing A LOT of things, and throwing molotov cocktails... superbly crazy, but unfortunately unsustainable. By 1985 they were banned from playing at pretty much every venue in the country.
The band split and the members contributed to two of the most important music exports Japan has ever produced...
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