Real name: メンス (Mensu)

Effective period / Period of releases: 1991

Members: Junko (3), Yuka Yoshimura, Kageyama Hiroyuki, La Vienne Misa, You (42)

Japanese all-female avant-garde / post-punk band. Formed in Sapporo in 1988 and originally active in the underground Sapporo new wave and hardcore punk scene during the late '80s, then relocated to Tokyo in 1990 and broke up shortly after releasing the "Menstruation" album. Prior to relocating to Tokyo, they also released a cassette on Slave Records (3).

The band's musical influences include Killing Joke, The Pop Group, Bauhaus, Psychic TV, Lydia Lunch, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Diamanda Galás, Wire, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, PiL, XTC, Gary Numan, Modern English, and Discharge.