The discography of Melt-Banana, a Japanese noise rock band, consists of eight studio albums, two live albums and numerous EPs and singles.
Albums Studio albums Title Album detailsSpeak Squeak Creak Released: 9 September 1994 Label: NUX Organization (NUX-D9), A-Zap (AZ-0004) Formats: CD, LP, digital downloadCactuses Come in Flocks Released: September 1994 Label: Chocolate Monk (CHOC 30), A-Zap (AZ-0002) Formats: Cassette, CD, LP, digital downloadScratch or Stitch Released: 21 October 1995 Label: Meldac (MECI-25041), Skin Graft (GR 34) Formats: CD, LPCharlie Released: 27 October 1998 Label: A-Zap (AZ-0001) Formats: CD, LP, digital downloadTeeny Shiny Released: 12 December 2000 Label: A-Zap (AZ-0003) Formats: CD, LP, digital downloadCell-Scape Released: 1 July 2003 Label: A-Zap (AZ-0005) Formats: CD, LP, digital downloadBambi's Dilemma Released: 30 April 2007 Label: A-Zap (AZ-0007) Formats: CD, LP, digital downloadFetch Released: 30 September 2013 Label: A-Zap (AZ-0009) Formats: CD, LP, digital download3+5 Released: 24 August 2024 Label: A-Zap (AZ-0011) Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Live albums Title Album detailsMxBx 1998/13,000 Miles at Light Velocity Released: 16 February 1999 Label: Tzadik (TZ 7219) Formats: CDMelt-Banana Lite Live Ver 0.0 Released: 3 November 2009 Label: A-Zap (AZ-0008) Formats: CD, digital download
Compilation albums Title Album details13 Hedgehogs (MxBx Singles 1994–1999) Released: 17 May 2005 Label: A-Zap (AZ-0006) Formats: CD, LP, digital downloadReturn of 13 Hedgehogs (MxBx Singles 2000–2009) Released: 12 May 2015 Label: A-Zap (AZ-0010) Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Singles and EPs YearTitleOther informationLabel1994HedgehogReleased in September, 1994.Charnel Music CHS-519947" split w/God Is My Co-PilotReleased on 22 October 1994; limited to 1,000 copies.HG Fact HG-0241995It's In the PillcaseReleased in July, 1995; re-issued by Skin Graft.NUX Organization, Skin Graft NUX-EP 01, GR 2419957" split w/PencilneckReleased in October, 1995.Anti-Music19957" split w/Discordance AxisReleased in 1995.HG Fact19967" split w/Target ShoppersReleased in September, 1996.Destroy All Music/Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers MZG 3253199610" split w/StilluppsteypaReleased in October, 1996.Fire Inc./Something Weird1996Untitled (Piano One)7"; released in November, 1996.Gentle Giant GG70319977" split w/PlainfieldReleased in September, 1997.Smelly1997EleventhReleased in October, 1997.Slap-a-Ham Records 3919985" split w/XerobotReleased in March, 1998.Coat-Tail1998Most Wanted World Wide (7" split w/Killout Trash)Released in April, 1998.kool.POP POP 7.0011998Dead SpexReleased in October, 1998.HG Fact HG-09720018" split w/Three Studies For a CrucifixionReleased in August, 2001.Passacaglia20017" split w/Dynamite Anna & the Bone MachineReleased in November, 2001.Valium20017" split w/Damien FrostReleased on 4 November 2001; limited to 500 copies.Alpha Relish AR7-00220027" split w/The LocustReleased in January, 2002.GSL GSL 4820027" split w/Big D & the Kids TableReleased in October, 2002.Fork In Hand2002666Released in October, 2002.Level PlaneLP-3720047" split w/NarcosisReleased in November, 2004.SuperFi/Speedowax SF005/ATOM025200510" split w/ChungReleased in July, 2005.Sounds of Subterrania SOS 05920055" record/3" CD split w/FantômasReleased in August, 2005.Unhip UNHIP52006Ai No UtaReleased in February, 2006.HG Fact HG-19720073" CD split w/Fat DayReleased in July, 2007.Dark Beloved Cloud DBC25220097" split w/Young WidowsReleased in August, 2009.Temporary Residence TRR1522009initial t. 7" record/3" CDReleased in October, 2009.Init records INIT-5720167" split w/Napalm DeathReleased in November 25, 2016.Ipecac Recordings IPC179
Cassettes July 1993 - Melt-Banana (released by Iguana Coax) September 1993 - How Come Banana?? (released by Iguana Coax) October 1993 - Raw Egg Till Morning (released by Iguana Coax) September 1994 - Cactuses Come in the Flocks (released by Chocolate Monk)
Compilation appearances and remixes YearTitleOther informationLabel1994Mi Caballito Chulo...! Como Lo Quie Ro...V/A ("Pignight")Los Apson LOS 00011994Cataclastic Fracture (A Noise Collection)V/A ("Diego")Deadline Recordings/Lazy Squid DLN 74/LS091995Lo-Fi Recording Series ~Electric Acoustic & Radical~V/A ("Sham Bazar", "Some Kind Of ID", "Crackhead Up Or Down" & "Incus! Incus! Incus!" w/Violent Onsen GeishaMeldac MECI-250191995Megabank Presents Tribute to New WaveV/A ("Wordy Rappinghood")Megabank MB-2.507CD1995Bonafide GasV/A ("Black Is the Color Of My True Love's Hair")Tedium House Publications BF101995Killing Ha Muerto...Cuantas Veces?V/A ("Scrubber [Tropical Birds Version]")Climax CUM 001199631 Bands Trash 31 Songs to Find the Way to Sesame StreetV/A ("Everybody Wash")Bun Length/CR Japan BL-8/CR-0031996Great Blue ThingV/A ("Ooze", "No Way to Bite the Crooked Doubt")O' Great Blue Thing1996Balls to the Wall MagentaV/A ("Q", "Slug Named God" - w/Otomo Yoshihide)Dohb Discs ESCB-32131996The Christmas AlbumV/A ("White Christmas")Sony Music Entertainment Japan1997Land Of the Rising Noise: Vol. 2V/A ("Dig & Tickle, She Is Hit")Charnel Music CHCD-231998Musique Non-Stop: A Tribute to KraftwerkV/A ("Showroom Dummies")Toshiba EMI TOCT-104551998Smiling PetsV/A ("Surfin' U.S.A.-You're Welcome")Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 3161998Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! - A Music WarV/A ("7.2 Seconds Flipping")Slap a Ham 421998Liverache - Tales From the Livers EdgeV/A ("He Says Drink Or Die, I Say Drink & Puke")Very Small Records VSR 801999KnormalitiesV/A ("Pluck!")Dephine Knormal Musik DKM031999Erase Yer Head #9V/A ("Crack Up On Planet Q")Pandemonium PAN 0361999La Foresta Della Morte (The Deadly Forest)V/A ("Plastic Eyes")ToYo Records TOYO12001The Rebirth Of Fool - Vol. 2V/A ("Flash Section")Dual Plover 244-FKJ2002Dynamite With a Laserbeam: Queen As Heard Through the Meat Grinder Of Three One GV/A ("We Will Rock You")Three One G 31G 202002Evil Against EvilSalvo Beta ("Alpha Boost [Melt-Banana Remix]")Someoddpilot SOPR0072003JapanoiseV/A ("Brick Again")Little Mafia LM0222005One Bomb Fits AllZea (""Flying Objects Arrived [Melt-Banana Remix]"")Transformed Dreams DREAM 262005Our Last DayV/A ("Ulterior")Hydra Head HH666-812006Release the Bats: The Birthday Party As Heard Through the Meat Grinder Of Three One GV/A ("Faint Heart")Three One G 31G 342007Doggy Style: The Dogs TributeV/A ("GST 483")Future Now Records FNCD-1001
External links Melt-Banana official site A-ZAP Records official site Melt-Banana discography at Discogs Melt-Banana at AllMusic