Japanese punk rock

imadude · Post by **imadude** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 3:47 pm

hey does anybody know of any good japanese punk rock bands (if there are any) and can you tell me who they are and good songe by them thx

Tom the Fish · Post by **Tom the Fish** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 7:19 pm

I'm going to use a very fluid definition of punk here, since it means so many things to so many people.

From the sixties, more garage than punk, but the rawness is there, I'd recommend the Mops. 80s hard rock band Ultra Bide was amazing live. Ghost is possibly the best band on the planet, but they are very eclectic and can go from folk to punk to prog rock to psych in the same song, or have one song almost fit in any genre at any time. Overhang Party is great. While I'm not sure if they're punk or pop, Rural is great. I just agot a cd by (i think, most of the type is in katakana) GAGAGA SP, which I've been playing a lot. Also, while I haven't heard them yet, Mongul 800's name has been poping up quite a bit.

That's all that pops into my head at first,
Tom

BigshotSpike · Post by **BigshotSpike** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 7:32 pm

Mad Capsule Markets and hide (some songs).

Vale · Post by **Vale** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:34 pm

I would consider Dir en Grey 6 ugly punk. Its the engrish that makes it great. Come on, dont tell me "Little miss girl, very fond of child" isnt the greatest line ever. I most likely spelt Dir en Grey wrong, so dont flame me for it.

BigshotSpike · Post by **BigshotSpike** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:49 pm

naw, you spelled it right.

I think six ugly is kind of a mixture of metal and punk. And yes, the Engrish rules!

Jace Tsunami · Post by **Jace Tsunami** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 12:05 am

All I listen to is Punk Rock, so I know what's good or bad. However, the only two JAPONESE bands I can tell you about are Camino and Duel Jewel, because I saw them live.

They are terrible, stay away from them.

If you want American Punk rock, I've got loads of it, some good canadian stuff too.

Chaos Angel · Post by **Chaos Angel** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 7:01 pm

Two words.

"The Pillows".

They did the majority of the FLCL (Fooly Cooly if you must) soundtrack, and I love every song buy them that I've heard to date.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 8:40 am

Chaos Angel wrote:Two words.

"The Pillows".

They did the majority of the FLCL (Fooly Cooly if you must) soundtrack, and I love every song buy them that I've heard to date.

Yes!

I don't even like punk rock, but I have to say that the FLCL/Pillows match was perhaps the best in anime history.

Consequently, I've actually been able to enjoy their music even without the anime.

yuppa · Post by **yuppa** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:24 am

HMM... "THE PILLOWS" could be slang for..well you know.. Big (fill in the blank)

AtomicWeezleman · Post by **AtomicWeezleman** » Sun Jun 15, 2003 4:23 pm

GoGo 8877, they did some punk, but moved off it quickly...................i wonder why?