Japanther

Origin: Brooklyn
Genre: Punk Rock
Years active: 2001 – present

Labels
Tapes Records
Wantage USA
Menlo Park Recordings

Members
Ian Vanek (drums, cassettes, vocals)
Matt Reilly (bass, a Casio SK-1, vocals)

"Japanther is one of the hardest fucking bands in Brooklyn right now. They sound like Iron Maiden, Throbbing Gristle, and Lightning Bolt gave birth to a squealing little baby with flaming guitars for arms. Their shows are chaotic and danger-charged lovefests and they are frighteningly dedicated to keeping it underground" - VICE

River Phoenix

River Phoenix sourced from Cinnamon Douche

Selected press from the band's website includes:

"spazz gods… a mother fucker of an album… Japanther is a lean slam boogie machine with no time for boredom" - Thurston Moore For Arthur Magazine

It's not like they haven't the feigned art-world legitimacy of the "experimental" tag—they once composed a live puppet opera that later ended up as the basis of a video piece in last year's Whitney Biennial—but they also have a sense of humor. As in: their fist-pumping singalong, "River Phoenix." As in: they once bashed out this Young Indy ode while synchronized swimmers calling themselves Aquadoom splash-kicked in time with the beat. - Village Voice

 Japanther and Aquadoom

Japanther and Aquadoom sourced from Get Your Noise On