Urusei Yatsura (band)

Urusei Yatsura split in June 2001, leaving Kemp to work on solo material and the other band members to form Projekt A-ko. In 2011, Lawrie formed the three-piece band, Angel of Everyone Murder, with Sarah Glass and Lea Cummings on bass, and released a self-titled double album on Kovorox Sound.^[6] The release featured six drone compositions of 15–20 minutes each, made with self-modified guitars he called HALO guitars. In 2012, Angel of Everyone Murder 2 was released.

In 2016, Rocket Girl released a 'Best of' album called You are my Urusei Yatsura, consisting of recordings they had made for the BBC sessions.^[7]

In 2020, a compilation of b-sides and rarities, Can You Spell Urusei Yatsura - Lost Songs 1993-2000, was released.^[8]

Discography

Albums

• We Are Urusei Yatsura (1996) Ché Trading / (2023 expanded remaster) Rocket Girl
• Slain by Urusei Yatsura (1998) Ché Trading
• Everybody Loves Urusei Yatsura (2000) Oni Records

Live

• You are my Urusei Yatsura (2016) Rocket Girl

EPs

• All Hail Urusei Yatsura (1994)
• Yon Kyoku Iri (1999) (CD / double 7-inch: "Kaytronika"/"Still Exploding"/"Nobody Knows We're Stars"/"Mother of the MBK")

Compilations

• ¡Pulpo! (1997)
• Can You Spell Urusei Yatsura - Lost Songs 1993-2000 (2020)

Singles

• "Siamese" (1995 - Ché 38 - 7-inch - "Siamese" / "Lo-Fi")
• "Pampered Adolescent" (1995 - M.I.R. 001 - 7-inch - "Pampered Adolescent" - split single Blisters)
• "Stolen Ecstasy 45 Chapter 3" (1995 - DAWN-03 - 7-inch - "Silver Krest" - split single
  Delgados
  )
• "Kernel" (1995 - PUBE08 - 7-inch - "Kernel" / "Teen Dream")
• "Plastic Ashtray" (1995 - Ché 46 - CD / 7-inch - "Plastic Ashtray" / "Got the Sun" / "Miramar" (CD) / "Yatsura Kill Taster" (CD))
• "Kewpies Like Watermelon" (1996 - Ché 53 - CD / 7-inch - "Kewpies Like Watermelon" / "Majesty" / "Sucker" (CD) / "Burriko Girl" (demo) (CD))
• "Tour EP" (Ché 59 - 7-inch - "Phasers on Stun" (live))
• "Phasers on Stun" (1996 - Ché 62 - CD / double 7-inch - "Phasers on Stun" / "The Power of Negative Thinking" / "The Love That Brings You Down" / "Sid & Nancy")
• "Strategic Hamlets" (1997 - Ché 67 - CD / 7-inch (×2) - "Strategic Hamlets" / "Down Home Kitty" / "Kozee Heart" / "Revir")
• "Fake Fur" (1997 - Ché 70 - CD1/10"/7" - "Fake Fur" / "Silver Krest" / "Nova Static" (not 7-inch) / "Secret Crush" (not 7-inch))
• "Fake Fur" (1997 - Ché 70 - CD2/10" "Fake Fur" / "Pampered Adolescent" / "Bewitched" / "Saki & Cremola")
• "Hello Tiger" (1997 - Ché 75 - CD1/7-inch - "Hello Tiger" / "Vanilla Starlet" / "Vent Axial" (not 7-inch)
• "Hello Tiger" (1997 - Ché 75 - CD2 - "Hello Tiger" (Peel session version) / "Dice, Nae Dice" (Peel session version) / "Everybody Hang Out")
• "Slain By Elf" (1998 - Ché 80 - CD1 "Slain By Elf" / "Subatomic" / "Nu Style")
• "Slain By Elf" (1998 - Ché 80 - CD2 / 7-inch "Slain By Elf" / "Hail To The New Poor" / "What's Wrong With Me?")
• "Louche 33" (2000 - ONIV71 - CD / 7-inch - "Louche 33" / "Planet Of The Skulls" / "I'm Vexed")
• "Eastern Youth" (2000 - ONIV73 - 7-inch - "Eastern Youth" / "The Hearts You Break")

Compilation appearances

• "Guitars Are Boring" on Kazoo Collection 12-inch
• "First Day on a New Planet" on Camden Crawl II CD
• "Kozee Hearts" on Noises From the Sound Cupboard 12-inch
• "Powerball" (demo) and "Black Hole Love" (demo) on Does The Word 'Duh' Mean Anything To You? CD
• "Exidor" (live) on Abuse Your Friends CD
• "Phasers on Stun" on Japanese Magazine CD
• "Skull in Action" on NME C96
• "Plastic Ashtray" (live) on Phoenix: The Album
• "Plastic Ashtray" on Generation X - The Definitive Sound of 90s Indie
• "Low Fi" on 12 into 10 cassette^[9]

Projekt A-ko

• "Elkloft" (vinyl, Piloft Recordings 2006)
• "Yoyodyne" (CD, 20 April 2009)
• "Project A-ko" / Horowitz (split 7-inch)

References