The Mad Capsule Markets

Among Western listeners, the Japanese trio Mad Capsule Markets has most frequently been compared to Atari Teenage Riot, thanks to the crashing punk and metal guitars which overlay the band's aggressive electronic backdrop of industrial, techno, and drum'n'bass rhythms. Yet they've been recording much longer than ATR, forming all the way back in 1990, with a lineup of vocalist Kyono, bassist Takeshi Ueda, and drummer Motokatsu Miyagami (the latter two also share programming duties). The band started out on its own Insect Noise label, where they released their debut single, "Gov...