Around that time they worked in a recording studio in London and, although label problems forced a switch to the Funhouse imprint and delayed their next (and fifth) album, Sicks, until 1997, when the CD was finally released Yellow Monkey hit their commercial and creative peak. Sicks topped the charts, the single Burn sold more than a million copies, the song Tactics was picked for the ultra-popular samurai anime series #Rurouni Kenshin, and in 1998 the band did an unprecedented 113-date Japanese tour. Yellow Monkey also released English versions of some of their songs before returning to the U.K. to record the follow-up to Sicks -- their sixth LP, Punch Drunkard (1998). However, at this point the bandmembers were burned out. Yellow Monkey cut down on their live activity, and, although managing to get two more albums out (So Alive and 8), in 2001 the band began a hiatus that was confirmed to be a split in 2004. Hirose went on to form Heesey with Dudes, and Yoshii had a successful solo career, playing as Yoshii Lovinson before reverting to his real name. ~ Alexey Eremenko, Rovi
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