Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (often abbreviated to TMGE) was an influential Japanese punk band. They are ranked at No.77, in a list of Japans top 100 musicians, provided by HMV. http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/newsDetail.asp?newsnum=308280033 History The band was formed in 1991, while the band members were students at Tokyo's Meiji Gakuin University. Their unusual name originated from a combination of respect for the band Thee Headcoats and the mispronunciation of the The Damned's album, Machine Gun Etiquette. Their first major label release, Wonder Style, was released in 1995, and produced in London, United Kingdom, by Chris Brown, who previously engineered albums and tracks for Radiohead and Pink Floyd. The band was later spotted by The Brian Jonestown Massacre during a gig in Los Angeles. They were so impressed by the band that they told Alive Records owner Patrick Boissel about them

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