Bloodthirsty butchers vs +/- PLUS/MINUS

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

bloodthirsty butchers vs +/- {PLUS/MINUS}
EP by +/- and Bloodthirsty Butchers
Released	April 20, 2005 (Japan) March 27, 2007 (US)
Recorded	Feb 2005-March 2005, Stratosphere Sound and Union Square, NYC (+/- tracks)
Genre	Punk rock, Indie rock
Length	26:30 (Japan) 21:27 (US)
Label	Triad (Japan), Teenbeat (US)
Producer	James Baluyut, Hideaki Mogi, Kazuhiro Nomura
+/- chronology
As Seen on Television (2004) bloodthirsty butchers vs +/- {PLUS/MINUS} (2005) Let's Build a Fire (2006)
Bloodthirsty Butchers chronology
banging the drum (2005) bloodthirsty butchers vs +/- {PLUS/MINUS} (2005) Guitarist o Korosanaide (2007)

bloodthirsty butchers vs +/- {PLUS/MINUS} is a split EP by US band +/- and Japanese band Bloodthirsty Butchers,. The two bands have toured Japan together several times, and Bloodthirsty Butchers included a track named Plus/Minus (プラス/マイナス) on their album banging the drum. The split EP was released in Japan two weeks after the release of banging the drum, and like that album it features cover artwork by Yoshitomo Nara.

The music on the EP consists of +/- and Bloodthirsty Butchers covering each other's songs. Each band changes the arrangements to reflect its own style, and most of the lyrics are translated as well.

The US version was retitled +/- {plus/minus} vs bloodthirsty butchers, and was the first US release by Bloodthirsty Butchers since 1996.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Japanese version 1.2 US version 2 External links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Japanese version

1. "Jack Nicolson" – +/-
2. "I've Been Lost" – Bloodthirsty Butchers
3. "Chromatic" – Bloodthirsty Butchers
4. "Gokigen Ikaga" – +/-
5. "banging the drum" – +/-
6. "Waking Up is Hard to Do" – Bloodthirsty Butchers
7. "Summer Dress 1 (All Her Winter Clothes)" – Bloodthirsty Butchers

[edit] US version

1. "banging the drum" – +/-
2. "Waking Up is Hard to Do" – Bloodthirsty Butchers
3. "Gokigen Ikaga" – +/-
4. "I've Been Lost" – Bloodthirsty Butchers
5. "Yamaha-1" – +/-
6. "Chromatic" – Bloodthirsty Butchers

• This version also has a video clip of a partial live performance of banging the drum by both bands onstage together in Japan

[edit] External links

• +/- official discography

v • d • e +/- James Baluyut · Patrick Ramos · Chris Deaner Margaret McCartney Albums Self-Titled Long-Playing Debut Album · You Are Here · Let's Build a Fire EPs Holding Patterns · As Seen on Television · Bloodthirsty butchers vs +/- PLUS/MINUS Singles "During the Mutiny/All I Ever Knew" DVDs Self Titled Debut Digital Video Disc Related articles Stratosphere Sound Other projects James Baluyut: Versus · The Melba · French · Whysall Lane Patrick Ramos: Versus Chris Deaner: Kelly Clarkson · The Adults Margaret McCartney Tuscadero · Hot Pursuit