Sunday, April 18, 2010
Hattori Minetoshi
Born in Koga in 1567, Hattori Munetoshi was one of the pioneers of musical assassination. His last mission was a failed attempt against the reigning shogun of the day. While escaping, Hattori had a run in with the shogun’s samurai, who cut off one of his hands. Bleeding and on the run, Hattori fled to the middle of a dark field, when an unidentified flying object descended from the sky. The craft opened, revealing a swirling morass of matter and antimatter. Hattori was pulled into the craft and spat back out into a world of chrome scenery and white walls, where fluorescent lights were the guiding beacon of hope. The people there replaced Hattori’s severed hand with one made of the latest technology. Eager to return to his own time, to continue his work, Hattori demanded that the new hand be encoded with the ways of the ninja, but the doctors operating on him informed him of their society’s ban on violence. In place of his old murderous ways, the doctors installed software that made his hand play wild licks on any guitar he picks up, whether bluesy acoustics or the screaming wails of metal. They then tried to send him back to his own time, but due to a glitch with his hand and the Bluetooth signal in the time machine, he was sent to the early fifties. Desperate for work, and overflowing with musical talent, Hattori began teaching guitar. Several of his students, including Leslie West, Jimi Hendrix, Jerry Garcia and Carlos Santana went on to play at Woodstock, while others became legendary rockers like Angus Young and Jimmy Page. Then, eager to start a band of his own, saddened by Hendrix’s death in 1970, Hattori began focusing on his own career. It wasn’t until 2010, that he was discovered by The Conductor while adventuring around New York City. The Conductor, thrilled by Hattori’s talent and ability to be completely invisible on stage instantly asked him to join the band. Hattori bowed and has been with the band ever since.
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