Also a Lo-Fi band from Glasgow, named after the manga. Known outside the UK simply as Yatsura, for legal reasons.
Their songs are typically lacking in emotion other than frustration and boredom, and deal with such down to earth subject matter as RPGs, action figures, manga, movies and imported Japanese culture obsession.
A traditional four piece ensemble, the band consists of:
The band have now officially split, with Fergus pursuing some new (solo?) project, and the rest of the band staying together under a new name.
UY's three albums, released on Che records:
- We Are Urusei Yatsura (1996)
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Alternately shoe-gazing and grinning ear-to-ear with lo-fi sci-fi mischief, this album always gave me the impression that they were trying like crazy to avoid taking themselves too seriously.
- Siamese
- First Day on a New Planet
- Pow R. Ball
- Kewpies Like Watermelon
- Phasers on Stun/Sola Kola
- Black Hole Love
- Velvy Bood
- Plastic Ashtray
- Death 2 Everyone
- Pachinko
- - (lo-fi segue)
- Kernel
- Road Song
- Slain By Urusei Yatsura (1998)
Yet more of the same, including the almost-hit, and IMHO one of the all-time great song titles, "Slain By Elf":
- Glo Starz
- Hello Tiger
- Strategic Hamlets
- No. 1 Cheesecake
- Superfi
- No No Girl
- Flaming Skull
- Slain By Elf
- King of Lazy
- Exidor
- Fake Fur
- Skull in Action
- Amber
- Everybody Loves Urusei Yatsura (2000)
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Yet more of the same, but with a darker edge. In retrospect, I should have seen the split coming...
- Louche 33
- Eastern Youth
- Superdeformer
- Silver Dragon
- Uji Bomb
- Our Shining Path
- Kubrick in Town
- Random Cruise
- Faking It
- Thank You
- Sores
- Osaka White