Butter 08

The story of how Butter got started and where the name came from:



Mills claims the name is an homage to Marlon Brando's famous scene in

Last Tango in Paris--is the love child that was conceived after a few lethal

frozen margaritas at Ludlow Street's El Sombrero. It was from there that

the group stumbled into a nearby recording studio, where Cibo Matto was

working on their single, "Know Your Chicken," with Simins and

Lee. Mills, who happened to be dropping off the album's artwork, picked

up a bass and joined in the melee. Somehow a DAT machine got turned on,

and true to the saying, some of the best things are discovered by accident.

The band consists of Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori of CiboMatto, Russell Simins

of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Rick Lee of Skeleton Key, and Mike

Mills. All members are from NYC, mainly the village.



The band:



YUKA: Had previous expierience with many musicians being around downtown

NY. She has recently been in sessions with Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Mark

Anthony Tompson, Mark Ribot, and Dougie Bowne in a band called The Hope

Is Muscle. She can still be found gigging w/ these musicians in NYC. She

has been the keyboardist, sampler, and backup vocalist in Cibo Matto since

1994.Yuka has lived in Ny for eight years or maybe 9 or 10 depending

when the interview was done.She said she was Sagittarius for all you

astrogical people! Ha!



MIHO: Miho has been in many bands but the most steady was Kimodori,

a Japanese rap group. Miho grew up in the Tokyo suburbs and once again

for you astrology people, she is Aries! Hmm! With her accented english

and screaming rants it is hard to not notice her voice and that is what

makes her other band Cibo Matto special.and especially with Butter. As

you go from Viva! La Woman to Butteryou can see a difference in the pitch

and way of Miho's voice. Viva! is more of a love album. Though their lyrics

seem like they are talking about food.absolutely not, are they talking

about food.but about love and life in general. Miho brings shreaks and

shrills to Butter 08.



RUSSELL: Hmmmwhat is there to say.he is a mad ass drummer.and

i guess singer Ha! He has been in many bands including The Jon Spencer

Blues ExplosionPUNK!!!.the band called Crunt.with the almighty

Babe in toyland Kat BjellandDeadly Cupcake.that i only remember because

of the kick ass nameand other I don't remember now! His singing

can bring smoothness like in How Do I Relax! or can bring chills

like in Degobrah! A screaming anthem to YODA!. His drumming can get so

hard at times you just want to give love to those poor little drum babies

but that sound is just so amazing that you don't have time to do it!



RICK: Well he is in the band Skeleton KeyHe plays drums? I know

that he plays drums don't worry.But he really doesn't play the guitar

like a normal person.he plays like a total freak (i love freaks) and

I love the way he does itIf you listen to Butter Of 69 he just

puts out sounds not chords.well atleast to me he does that.



MIKE: First of all everyone say in interviews"Just to let

you know, this is not Mike Mills from R.E.M." Now if you ever thought

that you are an assholethats all I can say. He is a graphics designer

in the day and bass player by night. Suprisingly he is extremely good and

strong on bass. His sounds on the album stick out just the way that it

tastes really good and gives you a beat to rant and rave to. Now for his

day job he does things like design albums and things like that. He did

the Butter album design. I was suprised when I first got the CD that

Grandroyal would put out such an imaginative, odd, different looking "case"but

then I found out that Mike did itand I said Ohhh!.He has

also done work with the amazing Buffalo Daughter.including the new EP

"Socks, Drugs, and Rock and Roll".



EVAN: Mister director----He has been rumored to be in the bandit sounds

odd but heyHe goes on tour with them and he is YODA!!! If you know

what I meanand he also directed the Butter of 69 videoWhen

I get with the band it will be the first question I ask.



It's music to scream and jump and throw yourself around your room while

listening to their album BUTTER.