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This is not a big report about Japanese scene. I got bunch of 7"s in trade and I'm gonna write something. Not all of them are really new, but I guess
you can't find these everywhere in record shops, at least not here in Holland, so I hope it will be interesting for you to read about them.
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LAST CHILD
NO GIVE ROCK 7"EP
King World Records
This is reissue of 1989 recordings. It's great punk rock - crazy on way only Japanese do it. Songs are in japanese, but here and there you can hear
some english. It's actually not really pure punk rock 'cos there are some high energy and new wave influences. Last Child are weird and psychotic
with lot of guitar noises and screamy vocal.
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RABIES
LADY LUCK 7"EP
Skippy 1997
Hey Ho Rabies let's go. This is really really great Ramones style punk rock, catchy as hell and really raw - let's say Ramones on trashy Japanese
way. Rabies sing in english with that great not to understand Japanese accent. They are really mega catchy and they rock to maximum. It's like
somebody put Ramones through huge fuzz pedal. Each song is a killer and you should try to get this if possible.
Skippy
address: 5-24-11-202 Miyamae Suginami-Ku Tokyo 168
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REDKING 7"
Saboten Japan Records 1999
Just don't ask me what are the names of songs here - hee hee -it's all in japanese. At least I hope that Redking is the name of band - but probably I
got it all wrong. This 7" starts with load of noise that will tear your ears if you don't put the volume down. This band sounds like punk on light
speed. It's really fucking fast, really hard, very screamy and totally crazy. When looking at the sleeve, I would call it space speed robo-punk. After
hearing the first song you feel like a space ship just passed next to your head and blew up your ears. B side is slower, well it's not really slow, it's
just not so speedy like first one and it has these strange breaks. I like this one too, but first one is a real killer.
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ROOM 41 7"EP
Lilies Records
I think I'm gonna have a headache when I'm finished with this special today - hahaha. These bands will blow my brains. How trashy, raw and wild
and fast can they go? Room 41 really rule and kick ass. Very fast, catchy and dirty punk rock - just the way punk band should be. I got their split
with Teen Cool the other day, which is a killer too, but I'll review that in next update. You make sure to get something by this band. There is also a
7" on Empty Records. I have no idea if they have more, but I can only hope if there is more that I will be able to get it.
Lilies Records
address:
3-2-13-305
Kounan Kounan-Ku
Yokohama City
Japan
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THE SNIPE 7"EP
Ghost Company 1998
This is just more and more great stuff. The Snipe are 77 style punk rock - really fucking great, just perfect losers punk. And to make everything
even greater they also add harmonica. Well, there is not much to say - if you like 77 style punk with great raw production, great songs and rockin'
guitars - this is for you!
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WANDERS
READY GO 7"
Honey Boney Records 1997
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TURN UP THE 70s 7"EP
Majestic Sound Records 2000
"Reday go" - I'm fucking ready, ready to scream, jump, destroy... Wanders are so full of raw energy and they make you go crazy. One more 77 style
punk band, again very raw and super fast. Oh, wait they go lo-fi garage surf instro on B side. Well, fine with me - I like this too.
Fuck, they are even rawer on this EP. This is just great great great .... fast and loud trash punk rock with perfect songs - this is one of the best punk
records ever. I definitely need more of this band.
Majestic Sound Records
address:
Horie-Daikyo bldg.B1
1-2-25, Kita-Hoire, Nishi-Ku
550-0014, Japan
email:
ms-rc@mti.biglobe.ne.jp
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SPLIT - FEARLESS/LOVE SPLIT 7"EP
This 7"EP is really messy. I hope I got it good and this is really 2 bands: Fearless and Love. I'm sorry if I got it wrong. Fearless is pretty hard and
heavy girl punk. First song "Find Yourself" is more or less classical simple and pretty catchy punk, but "Speed" has this great distorted to maximum
vocal and sounds really weird and modern - I like it! I'm not sure if Love (if this is the name of band) is girl band. Well, first song sound like girls. It's
more 80s style punk and pretty hard. But 2nd song sounds like guys singing. I'm really confused here.
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SPLIT - THE NERDS/YAUNG SKINS 7"
Deckrec
Ok, I know the other records I reviewed here were punk rock and this has nothing to do with it, but ... This is one of the weirdest records I heard
recently. "Witch Doctor" by The Nerds is (well I don't know how to call this) funny and crazy 60s beat sounding instrumental with all kinds of
funny sounds. It's just weird nerd music - hee hee. I think this is one or the other famous melody, but I don't know which ne. Yaung Skins are as
weird. They do crazy jazzy piano version of "Summertime". You definitely didn't hear anything like this 7" before. This is really weird and groovy.
Deckrec
distributed by UK. Project INC.
5-2-14-IF
Daizawa
Setagaya-Ku
Tokyo
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SPLIT - ROCKET MENN/LATERISERS 7"EP
Mambow Record
Rocket Menn are great trashy punk rock. I love this sound. I kinda miss it, cos there are not so many bands who play like this any more. I guess
trash punk is slowly dying. I don't know which year this EP is. I love trashy punk rock with garage influences and I love Rocket Menn and both of
their songs, specially great and catchy "Love Me". Laterisers have girl singer, maybe they are all girl band - I'm not familiar with Japanese names so I
can't tell. Anyway, they are very primitive pretty catchy punk and very very trashy.
Rocket Menn
address:
4-7-15 Hakomatu Higasiku
Fukuoka 812 Japan
Laterisers
address:
6118-1 Befu Higashitaku-Machi
Taku-Shi Saga 846 Japan
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Mambow Record
address:
112-7 Yoshiwara Shime-Machi Kasuya-Gun Fukuoka
Japan 811-22
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