HELLO FOLKS!
As Mikabomb have started gigging again we've repressed the band's debut album on a limited edition pink vinyl LP! You can buy a copy from the band at one of their gigs or buy direct from us. We're shipping it NOW!
Also a reminder of the great debut single by Quick Romance which we're releasing digitally on Christmas Day, with the 7" vinyl coming out on the 9th January. We'll be shipping those in the first week back after Christmas/New Year.
MIKABOMB - THE FAKE FAKE SOUND OF MIKABOMB (DAMGOOD196LP)
Mika Bomb formed in 1997 after front-woman Mika left her tedious office job in Japan and escaped to London to start a band and indulge in a life of rock and roll. Within weeks of arriving in England, Mika met up with a 16-year-old punk-brat called Agi who had recently left her hometown of Beijing for similar reasons to Mika's. Needless to say, it wasn't long before Mika and Agi started cranking out their own brand of trashy pop punk tunes. With Ergi, Mika Bass and Tomoko completing the line-up, they began playing regularly and building up a fearsome reputation through their ever-exuberant live shows.
Not only were they wining over gig-goers up and down the country, but NME were calling them 'the new Ramones', Melody Maker described them as 'awesome' and Radio One's Steve Lamacq said they were 'the best band ever to come out of Japan'. Consequently, Mika Bomb also caught the attention of many record labels including Grand Royal, the label run by the Beastie Boys, who went on to release two limited edition singles 'Super Sexy Razor Happy Girls' and 'Heart Attack' in the year 2000.
They originally released their fantastic 15-track debut album The Fake Fake Sound of Mikabomb on July 2nd 2001.
Long out of print on vinyl we’re reissuing it again as the reformed Mikabomb are active once again, playing shows up and down the country.
Limited edition LP on pink vinyl!
TRACKLISTING
1 – Garage Super Stars 2 – Hey Man 3 – Contact Tokyo 4 – Super Sexy Razor Happy Girls
5 – Stick Around Jo 6 – Heart Attack 7 – Super Honda 8 – Armageddon
9 – Never Gonna Push Me Around 10 – Underwear 11 – Love Factor Five 12 – Snake and Crane
13 – Magic Boots (Livish Version) 14 – Sweet Peach 15 – Don’t Say 16 – Yellow Danger Babies (Livish Version)
QUICK ROMANCE - BRIAN JONES'S HAIR (DAMGOOD642-7")
This is their debut single and we think it's great...there will be more coming along too.
There are three different sleeves to pick from...so pick your favourite, the vinyl is the same for each one.
Here's the facts!
It’s time, Brothers & Sisters, to be seen on the scene with Quick Romance.
That’s, Quick Romance - as seen with Jon Spencer, The Briefs, Deaf Devils etc, and ripping it up in various small troll holes around the West Country.
Hayden James, on lead guitar, and Gabe Bonner on bass are the rock’n’roll bookends that were Wayne Kramer and Fred “Sonic” Smith, redrawn for the here and now. The boys see themselves as “two straws in the same Coke” (other gut-rotting, thirst-quenching, shit-coloured drinks are available).
Quick Romance singer, Matilda Scotland, slapped Ian Hunter down in the first round to relieve him of his shades, which she now wears proudly as she warns us of the perils of growing up in a big bad world. She likes clothes, music and Brian Jones’s hair.
Drummer Oliver Bull-Lifely, moves like a wind chime in a tropical storm, he is the time-keeper’s time-keeper. Unlike the White Rabbit, you can’t set you watch by him, but who wears a watch these days?
If you want to know what you are about to experience, why don’t you try imagining Poly Styrene joining The Sick Things for a chorus of “Bondage Boy”. If you don’t want to know, why don’t you…
And, for the record, teen punks Quick Romance will sing for Scotland Yard… if the price is right.
Coming soon to a stage near you. That’s Quick Romance!
“Hey, little girl, would you like a dance? Hey, little girl, want a quick romance?” Marc Bolan, from “Celebrate Summer”
These will be available in your favourite record shop or direct from us at https://shop.damagedgoods.co.uk/
IAN & DUNCAN