EYE and EYE

Boredoms
God From Anal
Anal By Anal 7".
Trans Records 1986

This is off of their first 7" when the Boredoms were still a duo, Yamatsuka Eye and guitarist Tabata, later of Zeni Geva. Years before the trancy, hypnotic Boredoms of today, this EP was apparently recorded in 30 minutes in Eye's room. You can tell.
No-fi, noise/garage punk: the work of either a genius or a fucking madman.

Eye is said to have, with Hanatarashi, his pre-Boredoms band:

1> Played shows with a chain saw and animal cadavers.
2> Played shows with Molotov Cocktails, which were flung into the audience.
3> Set up a Hanatarashi show with a 100,000 yen ticket price. A thousand+ US dollars (which, based on the exchange rates of the 80s, probably doubled that.) Needless to say, no one showed.
4> Showed up at a Psychic TV gig with explosives, which pretty much cancelled the show.
5> Destroyed a club during a set with a bulldozer.

There are endless stories, true or false, I have no idea.
Eye started the Boredoms in 86, Hanatarashi not being able to get any more gigs.

Genius or madman? He seemed like a nice guy when I met him.