Kemuri was a Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 ska-punk band formed in 1995. They have an upbeat sound with positive lyrics which they refer to as PMA (positive mental attitude

Positive Mental Attitude

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). While the majority of the songs are in English

English language

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, they do also sing in Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

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Break up

On December 12, 2007, Kemuri posted a "break up message" on their web site. They said they had done much more than they expected as a band and that this break up would be the most positive conclusion to their band (keeping in line with their PMA message). Their last show was on December 9, 2007 at the Zepp

Zepp

The Zepp music halls are a group of Japanese music halls covering every area of the country. The Zepp halls play host to many international tours and are a popular stop among Japanese musicians. Each venue takes the Zepp name, along with the city in which it is located...

 in Tokyo

Tokyo

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Band members

, vocals, bass, guitar, drums, saxophone, former trumpet player who died in 2003.

• mike park,tenor sax,mike left kemuri in 1998.

Discography

• Little Playmate (1997)
• 77 Days (1998)
• Tabi [Live in Osaka] (2000)
• Senka-Senrui (2000)
• In Perfect Silence (2000)
• Emotivation (2001)
• Circles (2004)
• Live Typhoon [Live at Club Citta'] (2004)
• Waiting For The Rain (2005)
• Principle (2005)
• Our PMA (2007)
• Blastin (2007)
• Last Tour CD (2008)
• Last Tour DVD (2008)

External links

• Universal's Band Web site