History Music / ShonenKnife

* GratuitousEnglish: At first, but started to write English songs on their first album in the 1990s. However, their latest releases still have some sort of AsianSpeekeeEngrish in them, especially when Naoko sings, which leads to some {{indecipherable lyrics}}

* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Top of the World" which appeared on a Carpenters tribute album and in the remake of ''Film/TheParentTrap''. They also recorded "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (for a BurtBacharach tribute album), "When You Sleep" (for an all-Japanese Music/MyBloodyValentine tribute album called '' Yellow Loveless''), "[[Music/TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]" and "[[Music/{{Wings}} Jet]]"

* GratuitousEnglish: At first, but started to write English songs on their first album in the 1990s. However, their latest releases still have some sort of {{Engrish}} in them, especially when Naoko sings, which leads to some {{indecipherable lyrics}}

* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Top of the World" which appeared on a Carpenters tribute album and in the remake of ''TheParentTrap''. They also recorded "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (for a BurtBacharach tribute album), "When You Sleep" (for an all-Japanese Music/MyBloodyValentine tribute album called '' Yellow Loveless''), "[[Music/TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]" and "[[Music/{{Wings}} Jet]]"

* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Top of the World" which appeared on a Carpenters tribute album and in the remake of ''TheParentTrap''. They also recorded "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (for a BurtBacharach tribute album), "When You Sleep" (for an all-Japanese Music/MyBloodyValentine tribute album called '' Yellow Loveless''), "[[TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]" and "[[Music/{{Wings}} Jet]]"

'''Shonen Knife''' is a Japanese PopPunk group, that started in Osaka when two sisters and their close friend decided they liked Music/TheRamones enough to start a band and copy them. They started gaining overseas recognition in the late Eighties and early Nineties when such notable figures as Music/KurtCobain and John Peel brought them into the limelight, and since then they've had a respectable fanbase both in their native Japan and in the Western world.

'''Shonen Knife''' is a Japanese PopPunk group, that started in Osaka when two sisters and their close friend decided they liked TheRamones enough to start a band and copy them. They started gaining overseas recognition in the late Eighties and early Nineties when such notable figures as Music/KurtCobain and John Peel brought them into the limelight, and since then they've had a respectable fanbase both in their native Japan and in the Western world.

* CoverAlbum: ''Osaka [[TheRamones Ramones]]''.

'''Shonen Knife''' is a Japanese PopPunk group that started in Osaka when two sisters and their close friend decided they liked TheRamones enough to start a band and copy them. They started gaining overseas recognition in the late Eighties and early Nineties when such notable figures as Music/KurtCobain and John Peel brought them into the limelight, and since then they've had a respectable fanbase both in their native Japan and in the Western world.

'''Shonen Knife''' is a Japanese PopPunk group that started in Osaka when two sisters and their close friend decided they liked TheRamones enough to start a band and copy them. They started gaining overseas recognition in the late Eighties and early Nineties when such notable figures as [[{{Nirvana}} Kurt Cobain]] and John Peel brought them into the limelight, and since then they've had a respectable fanbase both in their native Japan and in the Western world.

* ActionGirl: "Super Girl (Buttercup)".

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Their very first album "Minna Tanoshiku" is impossible to be found in a physical format unless you're one of the lucky ones to actually own one. This is due to only having limited copies of it and further pressings were ceased by the band. It has since then resurfaced in mp3 formats in some places of the internet.

* NoExportForYou: "Candy Rock" is one of the few album's ''not'' to be released in the US. It is currently their most elusive album yet.
* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirls]]: "Ramones Forever."

* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Top of the World" which appeared on a Carpenters tribute album and in the remake of ''TheParentTrap''. They also recorded "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (for a BurtBacharach tribute album), "When You Sleep" (for an all-Japanese Music/MyBloodyValentine tribute album called ''[[UnfortunateImplications Yellow Loveless]]''), "[[TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]" and "[[Music/{{Wings}} Jet]]"

* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Top of the World" which appeared on a Carpenters tribute album and in the remake of ''TheParentTrap''. They also recorded "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (for a BurtBacharach tribute album), "When You Sleep" (for an all-Japanese Music/MyBloodyValentine tribute album called ''[[UnfortunateImplications Yellow Loveless]]'') and "[[TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]."

** A minor case with the "Candy Rock" album due to being one of the few album's ''not'' to be released in the US. It is currently their most elusive album yet.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: A particular song called "Buddha's Face" due to its sound being borrowed from HeavyMetal had the singer screaming "Going, going, going to hell" near the end and then on the third time screams, "Going, '''[[MetalScream GOING]]''', going to hell".

* TheConstant[=/=]IAmTheBand: Natsuko Yamano.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Their very first Album "Minna Tanoshiku" is impossible to be found in a physical format unless you're one of the lucky ones to actually own one. This is due to only having limited copies of it and further pressings were ceased by the band. It has since then resurfaced in mp3 formats in some places of the internet.

* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Top of the World" which appeared on a Carpenters tribute album and in the remake of ''TheParentTrap''. They also recorded "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (for a BurtBacharach tribute album), "When You Sleep" (for an all-Japanese MyBloodyValentine tribute album called ''[[UnfortunateImplications Yellow Loveless]]'') and "[[TheMonkees Daydream Believer]]."

* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Top of the World" which appeared on a Carpenters tribute album and in the remake of ''TheParentTrap''. They also recorded "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (for a BurtBacharach tribute album) and "Daydream Believer."

* CoverVersion: They did a cover of "Top of the World" which appeared on a Carpenters tribute album and in the remake of ''TheParentTrap''.

* HauntedHouse: "Devil House".

* ActionGirl: "Super Girl (Buttercup)"
* BathsAreFun: "Public Bath"

* CoverAlbum: Osaka [[TheRamones Ramones]]

* [[PromotedFanboy Promoted Fangirls ]]: "Ramones Forever."

* PromotedFanboy: "Ramones Forever."

* FetishFuel: "Twist Barbie."
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: They are much more popular overseas than in their native Japan.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: And deliberately so. As they once noted in an interview, there's enough bands singing about war, poverty and other bad things; they just want to have fun.