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In the five plus years "Japanther" has exsited They've done a lot with that name. Rock operas, water ballet, more than 16 sizable tours, 4 seven inches, 5 CDs and and 2 LPs. They've performed on street corners, in art galleries, people's bedrooms, bathrooms, showy ballrooms, under freeways, on boats, etc. New York City is constanty reinventing and renewing, in turn they are constantly asking where might "Japanther" fit into this mess? Only vaguely aware of what was going on in their own city and even less in the world, JPNTHR set out on a wild adventure. Japanther's goals: 1.To effect people using positive dance rituals. 2. To stand tall in the wake of creative energy. 3. To escape drudgery and have FUN whilst traveling.
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Dateline 7-4-07 Another Epic Brooklyn Return: Japanther, Meneguar, Captain Captain, Andersonic and a ton of other people helped raise $2000 for the American Cancer Society. Fourth Of July rulz! Thanks to everyone who helped <3... Dateline 4-3-07 Fresh back from our third Australian tour and we are just in time for spring in NY. The Juiceboxxx single is going fast over the mailorder and we hit the road in our van in less than a month. Skuffed Up My Huffy has dropped over in Australia and threatens to come out in Canada before the US sees it, but oh well. Cool art is worth wating for. NEW USA ALBUM IN JUNE 2007! Dateline 1/26/07 Brooklyn, NY Happy New Year! Japanther just returned from a two week southern tour. It was honestly one of the best tours i've ever been a part of in my young life. Thanks to all the parties involved. Look for a special DVD of this tour out later this year on Recess Records (one of many dream labels!) The big news is another Austalian tour this March and the near drop of the Juiceboxx/Japanther split seven inch. More information on both really soon! Above: Black Floor Gallery at Philly ICA> JPNTHR. Dateline 11/16/06 Brooklyn, NY. It's been about a month since we came back to New York. "Swimming with sharks again..." to say the very least. JPNTHR are in the process of mixxing and mastering a new LP/CD on Tapes and Menlo Park due out Spring 2007. The Japanther / The Good Good split seven inch is ready for mailorder! $4 ppd for a limited time only. The JuiceBoxxx / Japanther split seven inch is slowly coming together. Dateline 10/14/06 Brooklyn, NY. The new Japanther "Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty" CD is now available from Tapes Records for $8 ppd. Home from eight weeks of touring feels good. Thank you so much to The Good Good, Franz, Nikita, Elena, Baby Richard and This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb for traveling with us. Dateline 08/00/06 US and Europe We are super pleased to have shared multiple stages with This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb in the US this AUG/Sept and The Good Good in Europe Sept/OCT 2006. Dateline 7/12/06 USA Japanther's Plant-It-X fest tour was a huge success. We toured with "VX3", a film by Chad Von Nau and scored live music to the film. The highlights being the PIX fest show at Rhino's and Black Floor Gallery corner / split screen. Dateline 7/5/06 Brooklyn. NY The July 4th benefit for COMMON GROUND RELIEF (http://commongroundrelief.org) was a smashing success! We raised over $3600 and had a blast in the process. View the check here. View Tod's photos. Dateline 7/4/06 Brooklyn, NY Last Firday we premeired our score to Chad Nau's VX3 film at the McCarren Park pool. We also ripped a full set included a cover of "Banned In The USA" by 2 Live Crew. The unique performance was a part of the Billyburg Short Film Festival. It was such a great night with rain storms, wind and great films. The following Sunday we played a a solar powered concert (Solar 1) on 23rd St. and the East River in the rain under a huge tarp and kids were crowd surfing! It was like playing a wild show under the parachute in elementary school. The Boston band dream House fully came to mind. Two really fun shows back to back and despite the rain! Now we look forward to the 4th of July Gulf Coast show at the Treehouse in Bushwick. Dateline 7/2/06 New York, NY JPNTHR played under a huge tarp at "Citysol" presented by Solar 1. Solar 1 is a "Green" building in NYC <3. View Tod's photo. Dateline 6/26/06 Brooklyn, NY Japanther are gearing up for summer tours with This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb and The Good Good. The new "Don't Trust Anyone Over Thirty" CD is at the plant and will be ready by Plan-It-X fest. The "Dump The Body In Rikki Lake" DVD is at the plant as well and should be ready for Sept release on Menlo Park and Tapes. Dateline 3/1/04 New York City. We all work day jobs. Only Three more days until Kid Kevin's birthday tour. We play three shows in NYC when we get back so stay tuned to the tour page. The most noteable is at Lit bar on 2nd ave in NYC. Coachwhips will be ripping the little basement so get there early and crash around. Dateline 2/21/04 Brooklyn, NY. Coming back to New York in the winter is hard, I miss Australia. "The Operating Manual..." LP is done and ready to order. We just played a land mark show with Black Label Bike Club. They built a tall bike on stage while we played a set. They then jousted the night away on Astor place without permits. Check out Japanther on a March mini-tour with San Pedro's Killer Dreamer. Date Line Melbourne, AU 1/27/04 Japanther in Australia! What has happened to the world? We played 4 shows there, one at the Hi Fi bar had 1100 kids. Matt and Mel Alushaj are talking about doing a video clip for Evil Earth there in October. Sydney was fucking awsome too! "The Operating Manual..." Is done and will be ready for March sales! It's all studio songs with Claudia Meza and super special art by UFO 907. Would you beleive Japanther played with Ol' Dirty Bastard? It's True check out
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