DMBQ's bus flipped over. All members were hospitalized, except for the drummer, who unfortuantely did not survive the accident.
This is all I know.
Amazing band.
Absolutely horrible.

Who the hell is DMBQ

fuck. they were supposed to play my school, Vassar College tomorrow night, well technically tonight. I've actually never listened to them before, but shit.

A Japanese rock band, this is too bad to hear.

That sucks

DMBQ's van rolled from I-95 in Delaware en route from Baltimore to
Brooklyn this afternoon. All members of the band have been hospitalized, as
well as Michelle Cable from Panache Magazine and booking, who has been
managing their tour.

Mana "China" Nishiura did not survive the accident. China was DMBQ's
drummer, as well as the drummer in Shonen Knife. China will be missed.

Michelle Cable is conscious following surgery for a head injury. The
other members of DMBQ are stable but sedated and are expected to recover.

With the help of Jen (Shellshag/Starcleaner) we've set up a paypal account to benefit our friends in DMBQ and Michelle Cable (Panache).

We mourn the loss of Mana "China" Nishiura; our hearts go out to DMBQ and their families. Michelle Cable suffered substantial head and neck injuries is expecting recovery period of up to six months. Our hearts go out to all of them

Please forward and post this information as much as you can.

Donations can be made to DMBQ and Michelle Cable by paypal'ing dmbqpanache@lovepumpunited.com or by sending checks to

Lovepump United
PO BOX 3241
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

that sucks. this shit seems to be happening alot lately.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Tourist from Japan killed in three-vehicle crash

A three-vehicle accident near the Delaware Memorial Bridge yesterday killed a female tourist, seriously injured another, and sent three other people to local hospitals, police said.


An Econoline van had crossed the bridge near Carneys Point in Salem County shortly before 1 p.m. when a Mitsubishi Eclipse clipped the van's left rear fender.


The van spun out of control, and careened over a barrier on the ramp to Route 40. The van - carrying four Japanese tourists and a woman from San Francisco - then rolled several times down an embankment and into the path of a Ford pickup truck, said Sgt. Stephen Jones, spokesman for the state police.


A woman from Osaka, Japan, who was not identified pending notification of her family, was ejected from the van and died at the scene. The four other van passengers were being treated last night for non-life-threatening injuries. No other injuries were reported, Jones said.





the morons who cause the accident never die. why?

that's fuckin terrible.

When I saw em with lightning bolt they stole the fucking show, a hard fucking thing to do.

this band was pretty incredible
this is really sad

my friend pia just sent this to me:

"SAD news- China, drummer of DMBQ died
check out this link my friend Dave and I put togther for China. lots of
funny and gorgeous pictures of China and the rest of the band

http://daviddawsondesign.com/DMBQ/

thanks
pia"

shonen knife.. there's a band from the past

the_reverend said:

i bought then rapidly sold one of their CDs like 6-7 years ago. i still like the "Tomato Juice" song and their rendition of the Carpenter's "Top of the World."

yeah i got an email and my myspace message from pia as well (aaron too)
we weren't familiar with them either

"eekawhoah eekawhoah everybody let's go!"