- Kids In the Hall Brain Candy · 1995
- Bellissima · 1988
- Showa 64 (Sounds of the East Mixed in the West) · 1999
- Bellissima · 1988
- The Band of 20th Century: Nippon Columbia Years 1991-2001 · 2004
- The Band of 20th Century: Nippon Columbia Years 1991-2001 · 2004
- Couples · 1987
- The Band of 20th Century: Nippon Columbia Years 1991-2001 · 1994
- The Band of 20th Century: Nippon Columbia Years 1991-2001 · 2004
- PIZZICATO FIVE On Demand (NOMIYA maki edition) · 1997
- The Band of 20th Century: Nippon Columbia Years 1991-2001 · 2004
- The Band of 20th Century: Nippon Columbia Years 1991-2001 · 2004
- The Band of 20th Century: Nippon Columbia Years 1991-2001 · 2004
Albums
- 2016
- 2016
About Pizzicato Five
Together since 1984, this Japanese avant-pop outfit personified everything cool about indie music in the 1990s. Their satirical love of all things space-age and their impeccable visual taste provided the glossy sheen to an impressive musical ability. Writer/producer Konishi Yasuharu mastered a prodigious number of styles that appealed to the vinyl collectors in the audience--jazz-inflected pop, mod lounge, '70s disco, '60s soul, crisp garage-punk--and singer Nomiya Maki fronted the band with cutesy-chic aplomb. The band broke up in 2001, leaving as its legacy several acclaimed U.S. releases on Matador Records, even more international releases, and the kitschy blueprint of J-pop used by many acts to this day.
- ORIGIN
- Tokyo, Japan
- FORMED
- 24. Dezember 1984
- GENRE
- J-Pop