Cocobat

Cocobat
Origin	Japan
Genres	hardcore punk
Years active	1991–present
Labels	Sinkie, Carnage
Members
Take-Shit, Hideki, Kame, Koji
Past members
Ryuji, Suzuki Shinichi, Matsuzaki, Tomoda, Murochin

Cocobat are a Japanese hardcore punk band, named after Bobo Brazil's finishing move Coco Butt. The band formed in 1991 with four members: bassist Take-Shit, vocalist Ryuji, guitarist Suzuki Shinichi, and drummer Matsuzaki. Their first album, Cocobat Crunch, was released in April 1992 by the indie label Sinkie. In August, the band released a second album, titled Struggle of Aphrodite and began a tour of Japan with a number of other bands.

In 1993, Cocobat switched to Toy's Factory and rereleased its original album under this label. Subsequently, the band underwent a series of changes in its line-up. Of the four original members, two left in December 1993, leaving only Take-Shit and Ryuji. 1994 saw the arrival of two new members–Tomoda (guitar) and Murochin (drums)–and the departure of Ryuji following the release of Foot Prints in the Sky. After releasing a fourth album, Posi-Traction, the band dispersed in 1995, leaving Take-Shit as the only remaining member. Cocobat reformed in December 1996 with the addition of three new members–Hideki (vocals), Kame (drums), and Koji (guitar)–and released a fifth album titled Return of Grasshopper. Since then, the band has released seven more CD albums and one DVD.

Discography

CD Cocobat Crunch (1993) Struggle of Aphrodite (1993/re-released 1999) Foot Prints in the Sky (1994) Posi-Traction (1995) Return of Grasshopper (1996) Tsukiookami (1998) I versus I (1999) Supercharged Chocolate Meltdown (2001) Ghost Tree Giant (2001) Hammerslave-History 10×20 (2002) Fireant Moving Co. (2004) 12 Steps (2005) Searching for Change(2009)

DVD A Tourist Guide to Cocobat + Michael Brown (2004) Tracks 1-17 taken from A Tourists Guide to Cocobat Tracks 18-30 taken from Michael Brown

See also

• Japanese hardcore

References

• "COCOBAT". Toy's Factory. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-01-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070111191301/http://www.toysfactory.co.jp/cocobat/profile.html. Retrieved 2007-03-10. 
• "Cocobat". sound.jp. Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20070310152449/http://www.sound.co.jp/~grind/j-underground/cocobat/. Retrieved 2007-03-08. 

External links

• Homepage at Toy's Factory