WE ARE BO-PEEP

日本語

Mika Yoshimura — guitar, vocal
Ryoko Nakano — drums

Crashing onto the global music scene like a diminutive but no less destructive monster, Bo-Peep are a trio band who make a very big noise. Formed in Fukuoka, Japan and now based in Tokyo, Bo-Peep blend chaotic guitar riffs, brutal rhythm and manic vocals with a melodic sensibility that echoes the raw but infectious energy of the grunge era. With guitar, bass, drums and no added nonsense, their explosive live reputation has seen them storm stages across Japan, the UK, and the USA. Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival, Britain’s The Great Escape and In The City, and America’s South By Southwest – all have fallen under the might of Bo-Peep. In 2016, Bo-Peep released a new album “Thank You” from their own label B-P Music.

A Surprise from Japan! Years of rock-showcase experience have shown me that Japan likes to export jokey concept bands that quickly wear thin. So had I not looked at a wrong date in the SXSW schedule, I never would have ended up seeing BO PEEP, a three-woman hard-rock band from Tokyo. Lucky me. There was no joke about BO PEEP’s brutally efficient riffing, whether the band was bashing out brusque one-chord stomps or dissonant metal lines or blaring punk… BO-PEEP could strongarm itself a place alongside any American or English stoner rock band, and should.
— The New York Times

It’s hard to imagine the extent of this three-piece girl band’s dense, intense sound piercing the world as it does.
— Tower Records Bounce Magazine

Dynamic, grunge-inflected rawk that hurts in the best way possible.
— Drowned In Sound

Tokyo’s Bo-Peep offer a brutal take on the riot grrrl aesthetic, prowling the stage with menace.
— PlayLouder

Kind of makes me want to put my hair in bunches and dance around the room.
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Don’t fall for their ‘butter wouldn’t melt’ looks. This is a very dynamic, furious and frantic Japanese trio… Their Ramones back-to-back-style delivery is giving us speedy three-minute slices of rock gold.
— Music Towers

Although the band make references to Western rock bands, Bo-Peep take in what they are inspired by and smash it out their own way.
— Jpop.com

History Timeline

  • 2000.10　福岡にて結成（Gu,Vo 吉村美香、Drums中野良子、Bass羽原順子）
  • 2002.06　東京に拠点を移す
  • 2003.03　1stMINI ALBUM「0×3」発売/Mother Recored(3rd Stone from the Sun)
  • 2003.12　シアターブルックの福岡公演にてオープニングアクトを務める@Zepp福岡
  • 2005.03　2nd MINI ALBUM「TIME OF ROCK」発売/3rd Stone Records(3rd Stone from the Sun)エンジニアにMO'SOME TONEBENDERの藤田氏を迎える
  • 2005.11　髭withBO-PEEP福岡公演@天神VivreHall
  • 2006.05　初イギリスツアーを行う。IT CAME FROM JAPAN tour(London,Bornemouth,Brighton,)ブライトンで行われる音楽フェス「The Great Escape」出演
  • 2006.07　tokyo pinsalocksとの共同企画Aliens Kichenvo.1開催 @三軒茶屋Heaven’s door
  • 2006.10　イギリスツロードツアー（Manchester、York、Bath、London）Manchesterで行われる音楽フェス「In the City」出演
  • 2007.01　1st FULL ALBUM「Is it good for you?」発売/3rd Stone Records(3rd Stone from the Sun)
  • 2007.02 「Is it good for you?」レコ発ワンマン@下北沢Shelter
  • 2007.02　Independence-d出演　@新木場StudioCoast
  • 2007.07　unkieとツーマン @代々木Zer the ZOO
  • 2007.07　FUJI ROCK FES出演（このライブでBASS羽原順子が休業）　
  • 2007.11　「Teenage Riot ～Special showcase'07～」出演 @新宿LOFT
  • 2007.11　サポートベーシスト件プロデューサーに有江嘉典氏を迎える
  • 2007.12　Juice Magazine Presents「CLUB CREATURES」@渋谷チェルシーホテルw/SHERBETS,THE MODS,8otto,ズボンズ,THE BEACHES,noodles,BUGY CRAXONE, THE BAWDIES, The She's In Parties,DENIAL
  • 2008.05　Flightpath Records & Tours showcase出演 @代官山UNITw/佐藤タイジ、Levelload、VOLA AND THE ORIENTALMACHINE
  • 2008.05　UKニューウェイブパンクバンドlevelloadと国内ツアー
  • 2008.05　イギリスBrightonで行われる音楽フェス“The Great Escape”へ参加。UKロードツアー（METRO/London、Norwich、Bournemouth、York、Manchester、 CAVERN/Liverpool）w/LEVELLOAD、VOLA & THE ORIENTAL MACHINE、DOPING PANDA、DR. USUIイギリスのＦＭステーションでのスタジオレコーディングライヴを行う
  • 2008.06　2nd Full Album「SICK ORANGE TELEVISION」発売/Flightpath Records & Tours(3rd Stone from the Sun)
  • 2008.07　「SICK ORANGE TELEVISION」レコ発ワンマン @ 三軒茶屋HEAVENS DOOR
  • 2008.10　イギリスロードツアー／マンチェスターで行われる音楽フェス（In the Cityに出演）
  • 2008.12　サポートベーシストに竹林香織を迎える
  • 2009.03　エレクトリックイールショックとツーマン @下北沢SHELTER
  • 2009.03　アメリカテキサスで行われるフェスSXSW（サウスバイサウスウエスト）出演。
  • 2009.04　雑誌「metropolis」のJPミュージックShowcase「Saiko」に出演 w/MASS OF THE FERMENTING DREGS、日暮愛葉 and LOVES!、natccu
  • 2009.12　ズボンズとツーマン @ 下北沢Shelter
  • 2010.02　tokyo pinsalocksと１０周年記念イベント
  • 2010.03　アメリカテキサスオースティンで行われるフェスSXSW出演/ロスからテキサスまでロードツアーを行う LAの老舗ライブハウスウィスキー・ア・ゴーゴーを皮切りにツアーをスタート。USの２バンドと共に、ラスべガス、フェニックス、ヒューストンを周り、テキサスオース ティンのSXSWでは3公演を行なう。
  • 2010.06　3rd FULL ALBUM「VIBE」 発売/Flightpath Records & Tours(3rd Stone from the Sun)
  • 2010.07　BO-PEEP "VIBE" release party@六本木SuperDeluxe
  • 2010.08　NHK WORLDの番組「ALTERNA JPN」に出演
  • 2010.10　スーパージャンキーモンキー再結成LIVE OP出演 @ 渋谷クアトロ w/Super Junky Monkey、Buffalo daughter
  • 2010.11　東アメリカツアーNew York～ Boston (@AS220, Providence, Rhode Island/@The Trash Bar, Brooklyn, New York/@Philadelphia Museum of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia,Pennsylvania/@O'briens Pub, Boston, Massachusetts/@Daniel Street Club, Milford, Connecticut/@Arlene's Grocery, Manhattan, New York)
  • 2011.06　detroit7とツーマン@新代田Fever
  • 2012.02　サポートベーシストに朱雀佑輝（ex.NANANINE）を迎える
  • 2013.10　自主イベント「HOOPERDOOPER」開催 @ 下北沢CULB251
  • 2014.09　「The Big Parade」出演 @恵比寿リキッドルーム
  • 2014.12　tokyo pinsalocksとの共同企画Aliens Kichen開催 @ 三軒茶屋Heavens door
  • 2015.03　アメリカテキサスで行われるフェスSXSW（サウスバイサウスウエスト）出演。その後「Japan Nite US tour」へ参加　　　　 (Austin,Texas@SXSW/Chicago@DoubleDoor/Columbus@RubyTuesday/Newyork@Knitting Factory/Athens@Slingshot Festival） w/Zarigani$、TsuShiMaMire 、mothercoat、QUORUM 、The fin.、Peelander Z、moumoon、Pirates Canoe、侍ダイナマイツ
  • 2015.05 「GRAB THE WORLD!!!」出演 @ 下北沢GARDEN
  • 2015.09　tokyo pinsalocksとの共同企画Aliens Kichen開催 @ 三軒茶屋Heavens door　
  • 2015.10　Album「THANK YOU」先行release party @下北沢CULB251
  • 2015.10　Tokyo Design Week出演 @ SXSWJapannite stage
  • 2016.04　Album「THANK YOU」を自主レーベルB-P MUSICより発売
  • 2016.05　folk enoughと九州ツアー
  • 2016.06　ガンホー・オンライン・エンターテイメント株式会社より2016年内に発売予定の、Playstation4用ゲーム「LET IT DIE」の音楽コラボ企画に参加
  • 2016.09　自主イベント「HOOPERDOOPER」開催 @六本木VARIT

Sheep Team

B-P Music label

Since November 2015, Bo-peep's Mika and Ryoko run their own label B-P MUSIC to support Bo-peep's musical ventures.
The Thank You album is the first release by B-P MUSIC.

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The first time I saw Bo-Peep play was in a tiny Tokyo music studio in 2005 – just me and them. The walls were lined with mirrors, and as the urgent, powerful song Full Time reached its electrifying climax and the room began to vibrate, I was sure the glass would explode into violent shards.

It didn’t, but the impact was the same.

Formed in Fukuoka and based in Tokyo – and now celebrating their 25th year – this legendary band have only grown louder and more fierce. Over their seven albums and mini-albums, Bo-Peep have defined an underground rock sound that blends musicianship with pure energy, drawing on punk, garage rock and grunge and spitting out something all their own.

Over the years, I’ve witnessed Bo-Peep crush audiences in Japan, England and America with their intense and exciting live shows. Vocalist Mika Yoshimura, drummer Ryoko Nakano and a revolving lineup of bassists from Hime to Yuki Sujaku to Arie Yoshinori never fail to ignite an audience, with favourites like B-Level Motion and the aptly named Power radiating a raw and chaotic sound matched only by the band’s frenetic performance.

Truly, Bo-Peep dominate every stage, from the UK’s Great Escape to America’s South by Southwest, and countless venues across Japan. When I introduced them on stage at the prestigious Fuji Rock Festival, their raucous midnight set left the crowd (and me) dazed and rowdy. Whether the tiniest music studio with reverberating walls or the boundless mountains of Naeba in the night, every show is unforgettable.

Don’t be fooled by Mika and Ryoko’s diminutive frames or the twee sheep-losing shepherdess their band name suggests. There’s no fluff here: Bo-Peep bring a quarter century of bludgeoning rock joy. Get in the moshpit and see for yourself.

— Daniel Robson, longtime Tokyo resident and music writer