WE are BO-PEEP:
Ryoko Nakano (Drums)
Crashing onto the global music scene like a diminutive but no less destructive monster, Bo-Peep are three small girls 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, Bo-Peep's three albums (including 2010's 'VIBE') and two mini-albums are loaded with savage songs that are all the more visceral in the flesh.
The girls' explosive live reputation has seen them storm stages across Japan and the UK, with their first US jaunt in March 2009. Japan's Fuji Rock Festival, Britain's The Great Escape and In The City, and now Texas' South By Southwest - all have fallen under the might of Bo-Peep.
An unexpected highlight of The Great Escape.
- The Sun
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.
- Organ
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.
- MusicTowers.com
A ferocious aural onslaught of clanging guitars and powerful drumming.
- Metropolis, Japan
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
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, Japan