The 5,6,7,8’s
My first encounter with this band was in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Volume 1. They were doing a rendition of an oldies. It wasn’t bad. This all girl band wore dresses that looked like the costume of Liz Hurley in Austin Powers I, at the end when they were suppose to be eaten by mutated seabass courtesy of Dr. Evil :P
Anyway, The 5.6.7.8’s are a female, three-piece, Japanese rock and roll band, whose music is reminiscent of American surf music and garage rock. Each member is from Tokyo, Japan. The group have so named themselves because they play music reminiscent of 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s rock. They frequently cover songs from American rock and roll records.
The 5.6.7.8’s first started performing as a quartet in Tokyo and were recruiting many guest performers during their Australian tour, once even recruiting a male member, “Eddie”. They first officially became a trio in 1992 before touring Australia.
The 5.6.7.8’s recently became known in the West after their appearance in Kill Bill Vol. 1, in which they performed “I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield”, “I’m Blue” and “Woo Hoo” in a Tokyo club, “The House Of Blue Leaves”. On the Special Bonus Features of the Kill Bill Volume 1 DVD, one of the specials features 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. The 5.6.7.8’s song “The Barracuda” is featured in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Soundtrack.
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 2004. The song reached #28 on the UK Singles Chart in 2004. The follow-up song was “I’m Blue”, but that only reached #71 on the same chart a few months later.
The 5.6.7.8’s also tour in numerous countries including China, Australia, the United States, and their native Japan.
As you can see, this Japanese rock all-girl band is very international :)
Check out some of their music videos:
Song: Woo Hoo
Song: Ghoul A Go-Go
Source: Wikipedia ; The 5,6,7,8 official website
- 
