Hanatarash

Real Name:山塚徹郎 (Yamatsuka Tetsurō)
Profile:Noise unit from Osaka, founded in 1983 by Yamatsuka Eye. ハナタラシ (洟垂らし) literally means "sniveler", ie a person with a snotty or runny nose. Others translate it at "Snot-nosed".

Hanatarash are infamous for their extremely dangerous live shows consisting entirely of on-stage destruction and utter disregard for anyone's safety. The most notorious incident involved Yamatsuka throwing junk around with a backhoe inside a venue. On another occasion, he inflicted a deep wound on his leg with an electrical saw, but carried on with the show. A dead cat is also known to have been cut in half during a show. The band once caused so much damage to a live house in Kyoto that it was forced to close.

At a 1985 gig in Tokyo's Superloft, Hanatarash had the audience fill out forms relieving the band of responsibility for any possible bodily harm caused by the performance. The show stopped just as Yamatsuka was about to throw a lit molotov cocktail onto the stage, which was gasoline-drenched from a barrel. The performance cost the venue ¥600,000 ($6000) in repair costs.

Soon unable to be allowed to play anywhere, Yamatsuka went on to form Ultra Freak Out Or Die and Boredoms, among countless other projects. The 1990s saw Hanatarash resurface with some releases and performances, sans on-stage mayhem.
URLs:http://www.myspace.com/hanatarash
Members:Yamatsuka Eye
Name Variations: All | Hanatarash | ハナタラシ | Hanatarash, The | Hanatarashi | Hanatarashi, The
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Releases:
Untitled (Cass, C60)   ZSF Produkt 1984
Live Action 85.3.20 (VHS)   Condome Cassex 1985
Worst Selektion (Cass)   Pcm/Mars 1985
ハナタラシ (LP, Album)   Alchemy Records (2) 1985
地獄の子守唄 ◄ (2 versions)   Murderous Tapes ... 1986
2 (LP, Album)   Alchemy Records (2) 1988
Hanatarash 3 ◄ (3 versions)   RRRecords 1989
We Are Nuts (Cass)   ? Ltd. 1990
Live!! 88 Feb. 21 Antiknock / Tokyo (CD, Album)   MoM 'n' DaD 1992
The Hanatarash And His eYe (7")   Public Bath 1992
Live!! 82 Apr. 12 Studio Ahiru / Osaka (CD, Album)   MoM 'n' DaD 1993
Live!! 84 Dec. 16 Zabo / Kyoto (CD, Album)   MoM 'n' DaD 1993
5 ◄ (2 versions)   Shock City ... 1996
Total Retardation (7")   Vinyl Communications 1996
Untitled (Cass)   Chi.Pflug 1998
4 (CD)   Public Bath 1999
Tiefpunk (12")   Tochnit Aleph 2002
Eye Condom Cassex Assette (Cass)   Monopolka 2005
Fatanarchy On Airtube (CD, Ltd)   Harbinger Sound, Tochnit Aleph 2006
Born To Be Wild (Cass, C10)   Skulls Of Heaven  
Appears On:
15/June/1989 (Cass, Mixed, C60)   Psychic Rally 1989
11-89/12-89 (2xCass, Mixed, C60)   Psychic Rally 1990
3-90 (Cass, Mixed, C60)   Psychic Rally 1990
Rising Mixes (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Rising (Thurston Moore... Capitol Records 1996
Tracks Appear On:
FE Tape (2xCass, C90) 1234 FE Tape 1984
Sexorama 1 (Cass, Comp, C90) Housedust ZSF Produkt 1984
Kill SPK (Cass, C60) Domination In Spiked H... Beast 666 Tapes 1985
Overload Extasya (Cass, C60) Ground Omfug Nux Organization 1985
Sexorama Vol.3 (2xCass, Ltd) Hawaian Punk Cunt ZSF Produkt 1985
錬金術 Alchemy Noise Omnibus (LP, Comp) Untitled Alchemy Records (2) 1985
Helter Skelter (Cass, C30) Live Akme Beast 666 Tapes 1986
Angrief! Dedicated To Lenin (Cass, Album) We Kill, We Fuck VS - International 1987
Crap Attack (Cass, C46) We Bite Stomach, We Eat VS - International 1987
Dwarf (Cass, S/Sided, C30) Big Bad Germ Beast 666 Tapes 1987
Journey Into Pain (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) We Are Hard Core Beast 666 Tapes ... 1987
Alchemism2 (CD) Destroy All Music Wechselbalg Syndicate 1989
Lapse From Virtue (Cass, Comp, C60) 9 Is 6 Sound Of Pig 1989
Alchemism (CD) Cock Victory, 1st. Rec... Wechselbalg Syndicate, Alchemy Records (2) 1990
I'm Stupid (Cass, S/Sided, C30) I Like Slave Beast 666 Tapes 1990
Berlincassette 2-91 (Cass, Comp, C60) My Dad Is Car Jarmusic 1991
I'm Stupid (Cass, Ltd, S/Sided, C60) Untitled Vanilla Records 1991
Japan Bashing Three (2x7") Galaxy Boost & Hanatar... Public Bath 1991
Dedication (LP, Comp, Ltd) Future Shock, I Buy Is... Freudwerk 1992
Garbage Sandwich ◄ (2 versions) Retrospective Live Akt... Beast 666 Tapes ... 1992
Melt (CD) 2,000 Amplified Sunshine Work In Progress 1992
Sexorama (5xCass) Housedust, Hawaian Pun... Statutory Tape 1992
Come Again II (CD) Sony Vs. Victor Furnace 1993
Ne San (Cass) Ultra Full Sleep, Ultr... Banned Production 1993
Mi Caballito Chulo....!Como Lo Quie Ro..... (CD, Comp) Coconut ¿Los Apson? 1994
Dissolve A Work In Progress Compilation (CD, Comp) 2,000 Amplified Sunshine Fused Coil 1996
Unequalibrium (CD) Total Retardation Vinyl Communications 1998
Masters Of Japanese Electronic Music (CD) 77UP Far East Experimental Sounds 2000
10時間 / Ju-Jikan: 10 Hours Of Sound From Japan (2xCD, Album, Comp) 77UP 23five, San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art 2002
Ne - The Anthology (2xCDr) Ultra Full Sleep Banned Production 2006
What Was Violence? (Cass, S/Sided, Ltd, C40) Frog Sabbath, Hog Wate... 777 Was 666 2006
Unofficial Releases:
We Are Hardcore (5xCDr)   Superman Cha Cha 2005
Eat Shit Noise Music (Cass, Smplr) My Dad Is A Car, Frog ... Statutory Tape  
We Are Nuts (CDr, EP)   Superman Cha Cha  
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