Biography
-
Years Active
1990 – present (35 years)
-
Founded In
Nara, Japan
-
Members
- Kazmi Kubo (1991 – 1995)
- 栗原淳 (1991 – 1995)
The Nelories were an independent Japanese alternative pop duo, active in the 1990s. The band consisted of Jun Kurihara on accordion and Kazmi Kubo on guitars. Their recordings were only released in Japan and England, with the exception of one EP released through John Flansburgh and Marjorie Galen's subscription-based Hello CD of the Month Club.
The Nelories formed while Kurihara and Kubo were in high school. Around this time, Kurihara also befriended Akiko of Sugarfrost Records, which would be responsible for releasing Nelories material in England. Kurihara and Kubo would sometimes refer to themselves as Jun and Kazmi "de Nelorie" ("of the Nelories"), in the spirit of the fraternal ties between the Ramones. Their first album, Mellow Yellow Fellow Nelories, was released while the duo was in college, and received praise in Japan. Kurihara wrote all her lyrics in English, despite the fact that it was not her first language. These lyrics would be described as “abstract” and surreal.”
John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants discovered The Nelories in December 1992 while shopping for records in Japan during TMBG’s Don't Tread On The Cut-Up Snake World Tour. He realized they'd be perfect for the Hello CD Of The Month Club. Their self-titled EP on Hello in 1993 was their only US release.
Both Kurihara and Kubo have continued their careers in music following the Nelories' disband. Most notably, Kurihara was also involved with a band called The Music Lovers in the mid-2000s.
Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Feel free to contribute!
All user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
