Masonna (マゾンナ), started in 1987 in Osaka Japan, is the noise music project of Yamazaki Maso. Sometimes rendered as anacronym
M.A.S.O.N.N.A., standing for either Mademoiselle Anne Sanglante Ou Notre Nymphomanie Auréolé (French, meaning inEnglish 'Miss Bloody
Anne, Or Our Aureoled Nymphomania'; proper spelling is Auréolée. Spelt in kana; 血まみれのアンヌ嬢・若しくは・我等がニンフォマニアが・後光に包
まれる) or more rarely Mystic Another Selection Of Nurses Naked Anthology. Maso has said before thatthe name is a pun on U.S. pop music star
Madonna, though the name is also a composite of Maso (Japanese for 'Masochist') &Onna (Japanese for 'Woman') alluding again to the
fetishistic
