I'm betting just a clone.  Oohs' guitarist Frank has a teenage son that is
way into Cowboy Bebop, and I'm sure we would have been informed if indeed
the Drag was part of the soundtrack as Frank Jr. is (surprise) also into
J-fish and the spinoffs.

However, in confirmable related news, the soon-to-debut (July 18) "Teen
Titans" series on Cartoon Network will feature a theme co-written by Andy
Sturmer and performed by Puffy AmiYumi.  The theme will be available on the
U.S. version of the "NICE" CD coming August 12 on Bar-None/Sony, along with
some multimedia live content from last year's tour.

Brioohs

on 7/7/03 2:00 PM, audities-owner@smoe.org at audities-owner@smoe.org wrote:

> whilst idling away an idle 4th weekend i watched the
> first 5 or so episodes of Cowboy BeBop, some fine
> anime if anyone's so inclined to that sort of
> behavior, but midway through i think #3 (the one where
> the big black guy steals a welsh corgi who can process
> data and they have to chase him all over mars or
> whatever the hell) there's a chase with incidental
> music that sounds an awful lot like the verses of
> Imperial Drag's "Zodiac Sign" (but faster, and with
> totally different words.)  I watched credits to see if
> i recognized any manning type connection, but didn't
> notice anything.  Anyone know? if sturmer-jellyfish
> went j-pop with puffy ami yumi, could manning and co.
> have relicensed their other stuff for anime/commercial
> purpose? or did someone just rip em off plain and
> simple?
> 
> or perhaps i'm hearing things, but it was my instant
> response - "oh, imperial drag - cool."