Written by: MORTON STEVENS, LALO SCHIFRIN, BURT BACHARACH, HAL DAVID, NAOKO SATOU No doubt as another chapter of pop history comes to a close, the sentiment most P5 fans are feeling is best expressed by the title of a song from Happy End of the World - 'Arigato, We Love You.Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, ANTHEM ENTERTAINMENT LP, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC While it never achieved the kind of superstar status in the States that it enjoyed in its native Japan, its over-the-top glamour and wicked sense of pop irony made it a favorite of fashionistas and clubgoers alike. Pizzicato Five was one of the most successful Japanese acts to ever break into the United States. The band's latest Matador CD was last year's The Fifth Release on Matador. We wish Konishi and Nomiya nothing but the best in their future endeavors.' 'We're happy to have helped expose them to a wider audience in the U.S. Working with Pizzicato Five has been an honor,' says Ben Goldberg, publicist for Matador Records in New York. K-Taro Takanami, who was also part of the lineup at this time, left the group shortly after to pursue his own solo career.

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Both CDs contained 'Twiggy Twiggy/ Twiggy vs. Pizzicato Five made its American debut in 1994 with the Matadorrelease of the EP Five by Five and the full-length Made in USA. Nomiya, who had taken time off to have a baby in the mid-'90s, had said in interviews at the time of the band's Happy End of the World release that what she liked most about that CD was that there were 'less songs' for her to sing. Konishi had told Genre Magazine in 1997 that directing a film had been a lifelong dream, and last year there were reports that he had indeed begun pursuing that goal. P5 is finished.īoth Konishi and Nomiya will embark on solo careers in music. The band released no official statement, leading some to speculate the rumors were another one of Konishi's gags: He has said on more than one occasion that 'pop music is a joke,' therefore the next joke in his career would be 'the next P5 performance.' But confirmation from sources at management company Pizzicato Five International corroborated the news this week: This was no joke. Big Hits & Jet Lags, a reworking of the title of its 1995 hits collection, Big Hits & Jet Lags 1991-1995. No Tears, No Fears/ Comin' Your Way: Pizzicato Five 1985-2001.' The site also said that on that same day P5 would release a greatest-hits package, titled Pizzicato Five R.I.P. Rumor and speculation about the band's breakup began circulating early in the month, when German Web site reported news of the farewell show, billed as 'Don't Cry. A farewell concert is planned for that night in the Shibuya district of Tokyo, and a 'best of' compilation is also slated to be released to coincide with their swan song. Last week, Japanese newspapers reported that Konishi Yasuharu and Nomiya Maki were dissolving their partnership and retiring the name of Pizzicato Five, effective March 31. Ma- After more than 15 years of recording and performing, Japanese glam-pop outfit Pizzicato Five is calling it quits.

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