The name is a combination of the Japanese words Maso (マゾ, Masochist) and Onna (女, Woman).
[1] The name is sometimes rendered as an acronym for Mademoiselle Anne Sanglante Ou Notre Nymphomanie Auréolé (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)[2] or Mystic Another Selection Of Nurses Naked Anthology.
A year thereafter Maso sought many different types of noise releases in the underground music stores in and around Osaka Japan.
[citation needed] The Masonna project has been the opening act for several well-known artists on their Japanese concert dates, including Sonic Youth, Beck and Slipknot.
Masonna is most known for Yamazaki's wild live performances which usually consist of damaging his equipment, jumping around madly, and at times getting injured.