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Showing posts with label rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rock. Show all posts
Monday, February 14, 2011
"Time in Japan" by The King Hats
Listen to the very cool British post-punk rock group The King Hats' recent single "Time in Japan":
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Electric Eel Shock 'Sugoi Indeed'
Electric Eel Shock stays metal, man
CHIAKI NOZU PHOTO
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
By DANIEL ROBSON
Special to The Japan Times
'I am 'Metal Man,' " states Akihito Morimoto matter-of-factly. "I love heavy metal, and I also studied metal materials and die-cast manufacture at university. So all my life is about metal."
At the live shows of his band Electric Eel Shock, it shows. Coming on stage 150 times a year to their own twisted, tortured version of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man," guitar-vocalist Morimoto and chums Kazuto Maekawa (bass, gurning) and Tomoharu "Gian" Ito (drums, nudity) rock up a sweat, blasting out tight, powerful metal with a fistful of Osaka humor.
Over 10 years of almost constant touring, the band have become one of Japan's best-known musical exports, playing at venues and festivals all over the U.S. and Europe. It's not only their staggering stage show that has earned them a reputation — though watching Morimoto lurch around the stage with his Flying V guitar in his mouth before calling everyone in the audience "bastards" while Gian, wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock, whacks his kit with four sticks and Maekawa lurches into the crowd certainly has its charms. No, it is also the members' unfailing belief in the power of metal, which has seen their albums grow increasingly essential despite their low-budget recording.
Their sixth album, "Sugoi Indeed," is their best to date, a short but sweet bundle of power chords, guitar solos and fierce rhythms. Its songs feature lyrics in English (which Morimoto, with his limited vocabulary, describes as "difficult") and Japanese, and include the aforementioned "Metal Man" as well as garage-rocker "Out Of Control" ("The song's character thinks he loves his girlfriend, but really he just loves thinking of himself as a caring lover," explains Morimoto) and the dark "More," whose chorus contains a subtle warning against wasting food ( "More! More! More! It's gross!").
Continued...
Here is their latest release 'Out of Control' from "Sugoi Indeed":
Note: Having seen this band once before, I can't wait to get their new album. Also check out their awesome video: Electric Eel Shock - Rock & Roll Can Rescue The World
And be sure to visit their official website: Electric Eel Shock
CHIAKI NOZU PHOTO
Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
By DANIEL ROBSON
Special to The Japan Times
'I am 'Metal Man,' " states Akihito Morimoto matter-of-factly. "I love heavy metal, and I also studied metal materials and die-cast manufacture at university. So all my life is about metal."
At the live shows of his band Electric Eel Shock, it shows. Coming on stage 150 times a year to their own twisted, tortured version of Black Sabbath's "Iron Man," guitar-vocalist Morimoto and chums Kazuto Maekawa (bass, gurning) and Tomoharu "Gian" Ito (drums, nudity) rock up a sweat, blasting out tight, powerful metal with a fistful of Osaka humor.
Over 10 years of almost constant touring, the band have become one of Japan's best-known musical exports, playing at venues and festivals all over the U.S. and Europe. It's not only their staggering stage show that has earned them a reputation — though watching Morimoto lurch around the stage with his Flying V guitar in his mouth before calling everyone in the audience "bastards" while Gian, wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock, whacks his kit with four sticks and Maekawa lurches into the crowd certainly has its charms. No, it is also the members' unfailing belief in the power of metal, which has seen their albums grow increasingly essential despite their low-budget recording.
Their sixth album, "Sugoi Indeed," is their best to date, a short but sweet bundle of power chords, guitar solos and fierce rhythms. Its songs feature lyrics in English (which Morimoto, with his limited vocabulary, describes as "difficult") and Japanese, and include the aforementioned "Metal Man" as well as garage-rocker "Out Of Control" ("The song's character thinks he loves his girlfriend, but really he just loves thinking of himself as a caring lover," explains Morimoto) and the dark "More," whose chorus contains a subtle warning against wasting food ( "More! More! More! It's gross!").
Continued...
Here is their latest release 'Out of Control' from "Sugoi Indeed":
Note: Having seen this band once before, I can't wait to get their new album. Also check out their awesome video: Electric Eel Shock - Rock & Roll Can Rescue The World
And be sure to visit their official website: Electric Eel Shock
Monday, May 18, 2009
China Rock & Roll Scene Video 2009
According to Wikipedia, Chinese Rock first started in Beijing in 1984 and mostly involved university students in small underground bars and hotels.
Since then Chinese rock has had its ups and downs and was severely hit hard by the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake. But now, finally, in 2009 the Chinese rock movement seems to be rolling along pretty well. The below video was released earlier this year in February by Tripfilms and it gives us a good view of the current emerging underground rock scene in China:
Since then Chinese rock has had its ups and downs and was severely hit hard by the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake. But now, finally, in 2009 the Chinese rock movement seems to be rolling along pretty well. The below video was released earlier this year in February by Tripfilms and it gives us a good view of the current emerging underground rock scene in China:
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Crazy Japanese TV Commercial for Dole Bananas
Well, it is never easy living in a foreign land, but, as for myself, being so chock full 'o nuts, I really think that I fit in just great with Tokyo's non-stop, work around the clock, and drink until you drop lifestyle! Perhaps that is why I have enjoyed living here so many years. And there have been many times, when I KNOW that I have finally seen it all and that there is nothing left, the party is over so its time to start packing the bags again.
However, today I just had another mind-melting WTF moment that I still cannot fully explain, but I'll try my best.
Basically, within the past year or so, there has been this popular "Banana Diet Craze" going on here in Japan which started around sometime back in the fall of 2007. And, like other previous food fads, it was expected to soon fade out as usual. But according to Japan Probe its seems as though that this latest craze has no end in sight as it is all becoming even more aped out crazy by getting super hyped up with the help of several Dole banana Japanese TV commercials like this one:
And, after I watched the above, I just laughed and shook my head, totally dazed. Then, for some inexplicable reason, I suddenly thought of the hit song Welcome To the Jungle by Guns N' Roses:
Well, perhaps, I need to take some time off and get away for a while. So maybe I will to go to Waikiki (aka "Shibuya on The Beach") during the upcoming Golden Week holiday and climb a coconut palm tree! Welcome to the jungle, indeed!
However, today I just had another mind-melting WTF moment that I still cannot fully explain, but I'll try my best.
Basically, within the past year or so, there has been this popular "Banana Diet Craze" going on here in Japan which started around sometime back in the fall of 2007. And, like other previous food fads, it was expected to soon fade out as usual. But according to Japan Probe its seems as though that this latest craze has no end in sight as it is all becoming even more aped out crazy by getting super hyped up with the help of several Dole banana Japanese TV commercials like this one:
And, after I watched the above, I just laughed and shook my head, totally dazed. Then, for some inexplicable reason, I suddenly thought of the hit song Welcome To the Jungle by Guns N' Roses:
Well, perhaps, I need to take some time off and get away for a while. So maybe I will to go to Waikiki (aka "Shibuya on The Beach") during the upcoming Golden Week holiday and climb a coconut palm tree! Welcome to the jungle, indeed!
