Ambition for most rock and roll bands is predictable-get signed, tour the world, have your own brand of amps. At the very least, meet attractive bedmates. For Osaka's junior varsity punk pop band, Mummy the Peepshow, their ambition is to be walk-ons in Laverne and Shirley 2010. "I want to be a rollergirl waitress," says Maki Mummy, vocalist and the most verbose this afternoon, "Like American Graffiti." Austin Texas is the site of my first Mummy the Peepshow show and interview. Two nights before, the girls wowed a crowd at Waterloo Brewing Company with its guitar-crunch pop scented with Chipmunks harmonies and Donnas attitude. The next day, they held a Sound Exchange record store audience in its grasp and promptly sold out all the merchandise they brought for the tour, including 120 copies of their latest CD "This is Egg Speaking." This morning, they're recovering and sitting four across on a hotel lobby couch. Most of the conversation consists of polite, one-word answers filtered through the band manager and interpreter Shisaka Kimura. Q: What does the name mean? A: "I wanted a name where the "the" was in the middle," says Maki. Q: What bands were you influenced by? A: The Clash, Sonic Youth, Supersnazz, Ramones, Dead Boys Q: What is the role of young Japanese women in society? A: "To have babies." Q: Does being in a band constitute a form of rebellion to this role? A: "No." Q: Recording in Japan is prohibitively expensive, how are you able to record? "I pay for everything," says Kimura. Turns out all the girls have jobs. Drummer IDMU is studying Chinese culture, bassist Naru studies music, guitarist Akki silkscreens t-shirts, and guitarist Maki runs Benten-a Japanese indie label that specializes in girl punk bands like Lolita No. 18, Chitan Go Kings, Candy Eyeslugger, and Mummy. "In Japan, our crowd is mostly young girls," says Maki Mummy. And in America, at least at SXSW, the front rows were four deep with older white males. Do you like that? "Yes." Do they understand the question, I ask Kimura. "Yes." Delving into the sociological aspects of their band may not be their forte, but rocking audiences is. Later on, Mummy the Peepshow will throw down one more gauntlet for the Austinites and record company cheeses at Japan Nite, a SXSW showcase featuring a diverse lineup. The way sold-out show becomes a study of musical styles. The Spoozys enter in space helmets and jumpsuits and pummel their instruments with ferocity. Number Girl is a tight, explosive four piece that Steve Albini would love. Lolita No. 18 is a girl band that recalls the Ramones and Toy Dolls and is equally adored. Mummy opens the show and has the crowd smiling ear-to-ear with its energetic set of punk ditties and dreamy vocal harmonies. Their stuff isn't available abroad yet, but their web presence is up (http://www.sister.co.jp/english/index.html)