Ami Onuki’s reminiscences of her J-pop band Puffy’s early experiences within the U.S. market sound like scenes straight from a cartoon caper.
The musician, 51, recollects enjoying reveals together with her bandmate Yumi Yoshimura, now 49, on the South by Southwest pageant in Texas — the place individuals danced on bar counters, somebody stole the duo’s English cue playing cards mid-set, and rock legends ZZ Prime stopped by — and that was earlier than Sean “Puffy” Combs despatched the act a cease-and-desist request over its title.
Trying again on these early 2000s jaunts abroad, although, the second that also blows Onuki’s thoughts is when she and Yoshimura had been approached to star in an animated sequence.
