Bloodthirsty Butchers

Bloodthirsty Butchers
Origin	Sapporo, Japan
Genres	Indie rock Punk
Years active	1987–present
Labels	TeenBeat, Yoyo, Toshiba EMI, Tower Records, Triad, 391tone
Mitglieder	Hideki Yoshimura Masahiro Komatsu Takeshi Imoriya Hisako Tabuchi
Website	http://www.bloodthirsty-butchers.com/

Bloodthirsty Butchers are a long-running indie rock and punk rock band from Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Although little-known in the West, they have contributed to two compilations on the Olympia, Washington based Yoyo label. The band has also released a split single with Rocket from the Crypt and a split CD-EP with +/-. Japanese act Lost in Time named their band after a song from band's third album Lukewarm Wind. The long-term members are Hideki Yoshimura (Vocals and Guitar), Masahiro Komatsu (Drums), and Takeshi Imoriya (Bass). Former Number Girl member Hisako Tabuchi joined as an additional guitarist in 2003. Famous Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu is an avid fan of the group and has sung and played guitar on a few of the band's songs.

Frontman Hideki Yoshimura also plays guitar for other Japanese indie acts such as Copass Grinderz and Discharming Man.

Discography

1990 BLOODTHIRSTY BUTCHERS

1993 I'm standing nowhere

1994 Lukewarm Wind

1996 kocorono

1999 「△」SANKAKU

1999 Mikansei

2001 yamane

2003 Kouya ni Okeru bloodthirsty butchers

2004 birdy

2005 banging the drum

2005 bloodthirsty butchers vs +/- {PLUS/MINUS}

2007 Guitarist o Korosanaide (Don't kill that guitarist)

2010 No Album Mudai

2010 kocorono (Remastered, limited edition re-release, with bonus track)