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JAPAN all-girl rock-band Mean Machine was born of a concept by J-Pop singer Chara and musician/DJ Chiwaki Mayumi in 1998. More than the next couple of months they collected some sort of J-Pop supergroup around them, recruiting ex-Judy & Mary vocalist Yuki, solo musician and the Excitement saxophonist Yukarie, and …

Though relatively unfairly consigned towards the wastebasket of musical history, Mean Machine deserve their put in place the hip-hop hall of fame by dint to be the very first crew to rap in Spanish, in 1979. Therefore they might serve as a signpost to following years of Latino rappers, from …

With her crazy shock of hair, baby doll pout, mature lyrics, and distinctive voice — somewhere within a lispy squeak along with a husky groan — Chara is among the most interesting female vocalists employed in Japan, whose music has stood beyond your two main trends of her country’s music …