The 5.6.7.8's music draws from multiple genres of American music, including rock and roll, surf, rockabilly, doo-wop, punk rock and psychobilly. The 5.6.7.8's have also toured many countries including China, Australia, the United States, and their native Japan. The follow-up song was "I'm Blue" it peaked at No. The song reached No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart in 2004. They also became renowned for the use of their cover of The Rock-A-Teens song, "Woo Hoo", in advertisements for Carling lager and Vonage VoIP service in the mid-2000s. When Tarantino offered the manager double the retail price of the CD, he acquired it. When the shop assistant on duty refused, the manager was called. Tarantino asked if he could purchase the CD from the store, as he had no time to go to a music shop. The 5.6.7.8's song "The Barracuda" is featured in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift soundtrack.Īccording to Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino, he discovered the music of the 5.6.7.8's after hearing it in an urban clothing store in Tokyo, hours before going to the airport. On the Special Bonus Features of the Kill Bill Volume 1 DVD, one of the specials featured a live performance which shows the 5.6.7.8's singing "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield" and "I'm Blue" during filming of the movie. 1, in which they performed "I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield", "I'm Blue" (a cover of The Ikettes' song) and " Woo Hoo" in a Tokyo club, "The House Of Blue Leaves". The 5.6.7.8's became known in the West after their appearance in Kill Bill Vol. The 5.6.7.8's in concert in Lille, May 2004 Yoshiko, who plays a Teisco guitar and sports a "Teenage Queen Delinquent" tattoo on her upper right arm, was initially the lead vocalist, but as the band performed more rock and roll songs originally performed by female groups, every member had equal parts in vocals and many songs are performed singing simultaneously. However, their official website and most of their fansites and fanclubs are in Japanese, as they have their biggest following in their home country. Yoshiko and Sachiko are still the main components in the band, and now Akiko Omo has rejoined the band as the bass guitarist (She originally joined the 5.6.7.8's in the early 1990s).Įven though the group mostly sing their songs in Japanese, they do many covers of American rock and roll records from the 1950s to the 1980s. After several line-up changes (including the bassist Yoshiko "Yama" Yamaguchi, who was the bassist featured in the Kill Bill movie), the band eventually became a trio after Rico's and Yoshie's departures. Originally, the line-up consisted of Yoshiko on vocals and guitar, Rico on second guitar, Yoshie on bass guitar and Sachiko on drums. The 5.6.7.8's formed when Sachiko and Yoshiko "Ronnie" Fujiyama, two sisters from Tokyo who both shared a passion for rock and roll, founded the band in 1986 with two other members. They became a trio in 1992, before touring Australia. They first started performing as a quartet in Tokyo, and recruited guest performers during their Australian tour. She's not alone in her goals, either characters like Elle Driver ( Daryl Hannah), Sofie Fatale ( Julie Dreyfus), and Gogo Yubari's ( Chiaki Kuriyama) identical twin sister (because why not?) all seek vengeance for Beatrix's rampage.The 5.6.7.8's are a Japanese rock band from Tokyo. If Nikki "feel raw about it" when she's older and wants to exact vengeance, Beatrix will be waiting.Īccording to Tarantino's plan, Nikki indeed still feels raw about losing her mother and begins her revenge quest against Beatrix. Although Beatrix doesn't regret killing Vernita, she shows the little girl compassion. At only four years old, Nikki was present for Vernita's murder and left with her mother's dead body. Fox), a member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad and one of Beatrix's victims. Volume 3 would follow Nikki ( Ambrosia Kelley), the now-adult daughter of Vernita Green ( Vivica A. As early as 2004, the year Volume 2 debuted in theaters, Tarantino revealed his interest in making a third entry set at least a decade down the narrative road. escape Bill's ( David Carradine) clutches in pursuit of their well-deserved happily ever after. Volume 2 concludes optimistically, as Beatrix and her daughter B.B.
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