Red Bacteria Vacuum

Red Bacteria Vacuum
OriginOsaka, Japan
GenresHardcore punk
Years active1998–2013
Labels
SpinoffsThe Jungles!!!
Past membersIkumi
Kassan
Akeming
Katsu
Jasmine
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Red Bacteria Vacuum (レッドバクテリアバキューム) was an all-girl punk band from Osaka. Formed in 1998, RBV went through several lineup changes before ceasing activities in 2013. Former members of the band went on to form a new punk rock group, currently known as The Jungles!!!

Red Bacteria Vacuum was originally formed by Akeming in 1998. By 2000, the group consisted of herself on drums, Ikum! (formerly known as Ikumi) on guitar and Kassan (formerly known as RanRan) on bass.[1][2] Their first recording, an eight track CD-R demo entitled Such a Scream, was released that same year.[3] The band then relocated to Tokyo in 2002.[4]

In May 2004, Red Bacteria Vacuum contributed a cover of "Platypus (I Hate You)" to the Green Day tribute album Green Days II.[5] That July, they released their first record, Killer Dust.[3] In March 2005, RBV performed at the ROCKRGRL Music Conference in Seattle.[6] The band then released the Roller Coaster EP in January 2006.[7] This record received distribution in America on Benten Tokyo via the Australian Cattle God label.[8]

Later in 2006, Akeming left the band, leaving Red Bacteria Vacuum without a drummer. She was replaced the following year by Katsu who herself departed the group in early 2009. By April 2009, Jasmine became the drummer.[1]

As part of their 2009 American tour, they played at the J-pop Summit in San Francisco.[9] That same year marked the release of the documentary Live House, which featured RBV, in addition to other bands.[10] In October 2009 Red Bacteria Vacuum released their first full album, Dolly Dolly, Make a Epoch, on their own label, GuzGuz Records.[11][12] 2009 also saw the band tour alongside The Applicators.[1] RBV toured in the US once again in March 2010, appearing at SXSW as well as participating in the Japan Nite event.[13] In March 2011, the group played at the Big Day Out festival in Australia.[4] The following month, it was announced that Red Bacteria Vacuum would open for A Perfect Circle on all their non-festival 2011 tour appearances.[14]

In January 2013, the band became a quartet with the addition of guitarist 325.[12] That same year, Red Bacteria Vacuum released their second full-length album, Hey! Peeps.[15] In June of that year, the band entered a hiatus following the departure of Kassan. A few months later, in September, the three remaining members went on to form a new band, Jungles.[16][17]

Discography

Albums

  • 2000: Such a Scream
  • 2004: Killer Dust
  • 2009: Dolly Dolly, Make a Epoch
  • 2013: Hey! Peeps

EPs

DVDs

  • 2006: Panic Junky Special Live

References

  1. 1 2 3 "RED BACTERIA VACUUM". A-FILES オルタナティヴ・ストリートカルチャー・ウェブマガジン (in Japanese). 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
  2. ↑ Evans, Kirsty (2010-04-19). "Red Bacteria Vacuum's Kassan on women and punk". Global Comment. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
  3. 1 2 "Red Bacteria Vacuum". Love2Skulls (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2006-01-15. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  4. 1 2 Robson, Daniel (2011-06-16). "Red Bacteria Vacuum". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  5. ↑ "GREEN DAY tribute album GREEN DAYS 2". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  6. ↑ Shimp, Rachel (2006-10-09). "Rockrgrl Picks". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
  7. ↑ "RED BACTERIA VACUUM / ROLLER COASTER [廃盤]". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  8. ↑ "Australian Cattle God News". Australian Cattle God. Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
  9. ↑ "Rock the House: Tokyo's live house music scene is set to go global". Metropolis Magazine. September 17, 2009. Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2010-02-04. More recently, Red Bacteria Vacuum, another girl band active on the live house scene, was selected to represent Japanese rock at the J-Pop Summit in San Francisco, which included an appearance on the MTV Iggy channel.
  10. ↑ "Bands". Live House Movie. Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
  11. ↑ "RED BACTERIA VACUUM / DOLLY DOLLY、MAKE A EPOCH". CDJournal (in Japanese). Retrieved 2026-08-28.
  12. 1 2 "THE JUNGLES!!!". Get Your Genki. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
  13. ↑ Despres, Shawn (2010-03-26). "Japanese bands go big in Texas at SXSW festival". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2026-08-25. Red Bacteria Vacuum perform March 20 at Creekside Patio on an unusually cold day.
  14. ↑ "Red Bacteria Vacuum to open for A Perfect Circle this summer". rockoutjapan.com. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  15. ↑ "After Five Years Red Bacteria Vacuum Says Hey! Peeps". MTV IGGY. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  16. ↑ Michel, Patrick St (2014-03-18). "Japan acts rock on at this year's SXSW". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2026-08-24. Less refined — but the highlight of all Japanese acts — was Jungles, a side project of rock group Red Bacteria Vacuum, who delivered a driving melodic set early in the night at Elysium.
  17. ↑ "海外でも評価が高いガールズライブバンド！THE JUNGLES!!!". Backbeat Magazine (in Japanese). 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2026-08-24.
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