01 Feb 2009, Posted by Cat in News, 10 Comments. Tagged music

ninjaz with attitude

So yesterday arvo kaaronwarren accompanied me to the Landsdowne Hotel, Broadway to see an old friend’s band and catch up with some other folks. We sat up the front, sipped our gin & squashes, had a bit of a chinwag and watched Alastair’s band The Blindfolds do their stuff. A bit of a walk down memory lane for me as I spent pretty much all of my free time from the ages of 15-19 hanging out in scuzzy pubs listening to bands like this.
The set was only 40 minutes long. Other friends turned up and we moved away from the stage to talk as another band performed — a duo whose name I didn’t catch. They sounded good but I complained to Monika about their boring clothes. I dunno, is it too much to ask for a bit of stylish costuming from performers? These two looked like they’d popped on some shorts for a dash to the supermarket when they realised they were out of milk…
Anyway, we were all sort of starting to work out where we might go next for some dinner when this dude walks up to the bar garbed from head to foot in black and red ninja gear, plus a velvet cape with a logo emblazoned centre back. He checks us out & says ‘you gonna come sit down the front or what? in a snarky tone. So we did. And fuck me if Ninjaz with Attitude didn’t turn out to be the most entertaining thing I’ve seen for years.

Three hot guys in pseudo ninja getup, all crotch grabbing, groin thrusting, ax-posturing, leaping, cape twirling, strutting, screaming and dancing ego frenzy. Their songs — and banter inbetween — were all about the way of the Ninjaz which, as we all know, is killing guys and getting it on with hot chicks. Their song titles include ‘I’m Awesome’, ‘Polygamy’ and ‘Propensity for Violence’
Kaaron and I agreed that for the first and only time in our lives we wished we were music industry executives so we could snap them up in an instant. We went out back to tell the dudes we loved their act & discovered three friendly guys who were not a bit like their arrogant stage personas.
The sound’s not very good on this Youtube clip but you get the general idea — only they were far more exuberant live, on the floor a metre away from my seat. I take it from their Myspace page they’re currently minus their bass player.

I wish you the best of luck Shinoko (Vocals), Jintu "Hammermoto" Moto: (Guitar/vocals) Machete: (Bass) and Jubei Kibagami: (Drums). I salute your war on mediocrity!
You guys deserve to get famous.