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Soh Band

Death Cures Even Idiots

(Chitei Records, B12F) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Welcoming Boo's (0:53)
  2. (Hey, Sweetheart) I'm Chako, the Andronude (6:26)
  3. Loose Bowel (5:13)
  4. Beyond Beyond (4:48)
  5. Boys, Be Dangerous (7:02)
  6. Punishment, Fine 'n' Splendid (7:00) Where Is My Self? (9:32)
  7. A Cabinetful of Violence (11:17)
  8. Death Cures Even Idiots (4:34)

All music by Shuji Soh, ecept 3, by Ryuichi Masuda
Arranged by Soh Band

Shoh Band
Shuji Soh: drums, voice
Nao Takeuchi: tenor sax, flute, bass clarinet
Ryuichi Masuda: guitar, bass (7)
Chernobyl Watanabe: synthesizer, bass (7)
Rei Shimizu: fretless bass

Produced by Soh Band
Recorded live by Atsushi Tanaka at Buddy in Ekoda, Tokyo, September 19, 1997
Mixed by Atsushi Tanaka in November 1997
Mastered by Yukio Kojima at Kojima Rokuon
Photography by Yohsaku Minatani and Erica Tanabe
Design by Erica Tanabe

Released in 1998