hell is for heros had one great albumn, the hives are just amazing, and heuy lewis and the news did power of love. great stuff.
c&p from Wikipedia "Yellow Magic Orchestra were a Japanese electropop band, formed in 1978. The principal members were Haruomi Hosono (bass, keyboards), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums, lead vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards). The band was originally conceived as a one-off studio project by Hosono, the other two members being recruited session musicians - the idea was to produce an album fusing orientalist exotica (cf their cover version of Martin Denny's Firecracker) with modern electronics. However the first album (with its cutting-edge production) was very popular, and the studio project grew into a fully fledged touring band and career for its three members. Making abundant use of new synthesizers, samplers, digital and computer recording technology as it became available, their popularity and influence extended beyond Japan. Generally the band are highly regarded as pioneers of electronic music, and continue to be remixed and sampled by modern artists. The band had stopped working together by 1984, the three members returning to their solo careers. They released a one-off reunion album, Technodon, in 1993. The early 2000s saw Hosono & Takahashi reunited in a project called Sketch Show. On a number of occasions Ryuichi Sakamoto has joined in on Sketch Show performances and recording sessions. He later proposed they rename the unit "Human Audio Sponge" when he participates.
Didn't know about the name Human Audio Sponge before reading that article. I could have used that for my H band other vote. Not quite as snappy a band name as YMO though me thinks.
heck yeah! also, http://youtube.com/watch?v=7qf88juabV0 http://youtube.com/watch?v=9woPMP57X48 are fun
<<<<voted other (Hole) not a fav. band of mine but still better than all the other options (just my humble opinion of course)
