Yamantaka Eye (山塚アイ, Yamataka Ai), real name Tetsurō Yamatsuka (山塚徹郎, Yamatsuka Tetsurō), born 1964 in Kobe) is a Japanese vocalist and visual artist, best known as a member of Boredoms. He has changed his name three times, from Yamatsuka Eye, to Yamantaka Eye, to Yamataka Eye, and sometimes calls himself eYe or EYヨ. He also DJs under the name DJ 光光光 or "DJ pica pica pica" ("pica" means "bright" or "shiny"), and has used other pseudonyms on occas...
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Yamantaka Eye (山塚アイ, Yamataka Ai), real name Tetsurō Yamatsuka (山塚徹郎, Yamatsuka Tetsurō), born 1964 in Kobe) is a Japanese vocalist and visual artist, best known as a member of Boredoms. He has changed his name three times, from Yamatsuka Eye, to Yamantaka Eye, to Yamataka Eye, and sometimes calls himself eYe or EYヨ. He also DJs under the name DJ 光光光 or "DJ pica pica pica" ("pica" means "bright" or "shiny"), and has used other pseudonyms on occasion.
Eye is a founder of the influential rock music band, Boredoms, whose first major label release came out in the early '90s. The closest thing Boredoms have to a frontman, Eye offers a variety of vocal techniques: gurgles, screams, grunts and occasionally, relatively conventional singing. In the later days of Boredoms and in today's V∞redoms he plays electronics and open reel tapes.
Yamantaka Eye is also a member of the bands Hanatarash, UFO or Die, Puzzle Punks, and Destroy 2. He is notorious for his vast, confusing discography and...
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