Green Milk from the Planet Orange
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Green Milk from the Planet Orange are a band from Tokyo
formed in 2001 after the breakup of the band No rest for the dead. Their music combines elements of psychedelic rock
, prog-rock
and punk
.
The band had several line-up changes, but was always centered around members A (drums, synth), dead k (guitar) and various bassists (T, Benjian and Margarette H).
The band got considerable attention for an experimental band with a small, but devoted cult following outside Japan, until it announced its breakup in october 2008, due to artistic differences between members A and dead K.
According to the City Calls Revolution liner notes, the following instruments are used by the band:
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
formed in 2001 after the breakup of the band No rest for the dead. Their music combines elements of psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
, prog-rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
and punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
.
The band had several line-up changes, but was always centered around members A (drums, synth), dead k (guitar) and various bassists (T, Benjian and Margarette H).
The band got considerable attention for an experimental band with a small, but devoted cult following outside Japan, until it announced its breakup in october 2008, due to artistic differences between members A and dead K.
According to the City Calls Revolution liner notes, the following instruments are used by the band:
- Korg MS-2000
- Fender Jazz Bass
- Gibson SG
Discography
- The Shape of Rock to Come, 2001, Ancient
- Birth of the Neo Trip, 2002, Ancient
- He's Crying "Look", Beta-Lactam RingBeta-lactam Ring RecordsBeta-lactam Ring Records is an American independent record label founded by Chris McBeth in 2000.. The label relocated from its founding city of Austin, Texas to Portland, Oregon in 2001....
- City Calls Revolution, 2005, Beta-Lactam RingBeta-lactam Ring RecordsBeta-lactam Ring Records is an American independent record label founded by Chris McBeth in 2000.. The label relocated from its founding city of Austin, Texas to Portland, Oregon in 2001....
- You Take me to the World, 2007 Beta-Lactam RingBeta-lactam Ring RecordsBeta-lactam Ring Records is an American independent record label founded by Chris McBeth in 2000.. The label relocated from its founding city of Austin, Texas to Portland, Oregon in 2001....