The masters of Long Island cheese metal are back for the attack! Takashi was one of the few bands to release tapes on the totally mint Mongol Horde label. Others were Thor, Alien and Virgin Steele. There was a HC offshoot called Braineater that released a Nihilistics tape.
Takashi's Kamikaze Killers EP-tape is one of the funniest ever. Cowbell that sound like a coffee cans, cheap plastic skulls, etc. The highlight is the song "Playboy Girls." Starts off like bad Van Halen and veers into some sort of Rush/Iron Maiden prog jam in the middle with lots of tempo changes (both intentional and unintentional). Saw them open for Twisted Sister once and the singer was blow drying his hair in the mens room and the cord went into a sink full of water. The bathroom attendant unplugged it for him before anything bad could happen. Later on stage they brought out a big fat guy to wave around a flag during the song "Kamikaze Killers." Some dudes in the front row took it from him, lit it on fire and threw it back on stage. MINT!!!!
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