VacantJoy wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2024 10:00 amhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331 ... nderground
1Record Labels of Note
El Records
Trattoria Label
Headache Sounds
Perfect Music
P-Vine
Usagi-Chang
Vroom Sound
Softly!
2Generation of 97
3Venues to Take Note of
Club Goodman
Club Fever
Club Three
The Drugstore
Shinjuku Loft
Koenji, that's a place where things are happening
Modern Venues:
Gear
UFO Club
20000V (now known as Ni-man Den-atsu)
Aoi Heya (gorgeous)
4Back to the Mono KeroeX-Girl
5図鑑 (Zukan)くるり [Quruli]
6スリーアウトチェンジ (Three Out Change!!)Supercar
7School Girl Distortional AddictNumber Girl
8Kocoronobloodthirsty butchers
Influenced Number Girl
9Dawn Praise the WorldToddle
Bloodthirtsy Butchers + Tabuchi from Number Girl
10Lama
Supercar + Tabuchi from Number Girl
11四角いVisionSloth Love Chunks
Kentaro Nakao from Number Girl
12ChantCrypt City
One of Kentaro Nakao of Number Girl's other side-projects
13Platonic日暮愛葉 [Aiha Higurashi]
Garage-punk queen
14ANDROID -like a house mannequin-Vola & the Oriental Machine
Ahito Inazawa from Number Girl
15Real LifePanicsmile
16I'm Not Fine, Thank You. And You?54-71
17らんど (Rando)Zazen Boys
Ahito Inazawa's current band
18History Part
19川の流れのように / あきれたね美空ひばり [Hibari Misora]
Beloved Ryukoka and Enka singer
20Sukiyaki / Anoko-no namae-wa nantenkana坂本九 [Kyu Sakamoto]
Rockabilly wasn't huge in Japan, but elements of it can be found in some mainstream singers of the time such as Sakamoto
21正調寺内節 (This Is Terauchi Bushi)寺内タケシとバニーズ [Takeshi Terauchi and The Bunnys]
Surf Rock
22Human RenascenceThe Tigers
Groups Sounds band
235-1=0The Tempters
The Tigers' main rival
24Album No. 1The Spiders
More Group Sounds, more enduring legacy
25Psychedelic Sounds in JapanThe Mops
More Group Sounds
26The Golden Cups AlbumThe Golden Cups
Group Sounds - sounds like Sonic Youth
Their cover of Hey Joe is fucking crazy, listen to this
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27The Captains
Modern Group Sounds-influenced band
28プレイガール大魔境キノコホテル [Kinoco Hotel]
^^ Same
29New Rock
30Vacant WorldJacks
"The First Great Japanese Rock Band"
31'77 LiveLes Rallizes Dénudés
Oh BABY these guys are HEAVY
32頭脳警察1 (Zunō Keisatsu 1)頭脳警察 [Zunō Keisatsu]
Another Nihon Sekigun-associated psych clusterfest
33SatoriFlower Travellin' Band
34EveSpeed Glue & Shinki
35ライブ村八分 [Murahachibu]
36Five Men Singing巻上公一 [Koichi Makigami]
A voice so naked it should be arrested for indecent exposure.
Melded that heavy rock song with theatre
37ヒカシュー (Hikashu)ヒカシュー [Hikashu]
^^ this man's band
38国境巡礼歌 (Kokkyō Junreika)J.A. シーザー [J.A. Ceasar]
39風街ろまん (Kazemachi Roman)はっぴいえんど [Happy End]
Really pushed the idea of singing rock music in Japanese, as opposed to English
40Mentai Rock Scene
41The Best of Rougeルージュ [Rouge]
42外道 (Gedo)外道 [Gedo]
43Single ManRC Succession
44有頂天サンハウス [Sonhouse]
45真空パックSheena & The Rokkets
46Yojohan
47紀元弐阡年ザ・フォーク・クルセダーズ [The Folk Crusaders]
48元気です。 (Genki desu.)吉田拓郎 [Takuro Yoshida]
49氷の世界 (Kōri no Sekai)井上陽水 [Yosui Inoue]
50私の声が聞こえますか (Watashi no koe ga kikoemasuka)中島みゆき [Miyuki Nakajima]
51Air Kiss尾崎亜美 [Amii Ozaki]
52Mind EditRiow Arai
Transcedental
53風街ろまん (Kazemachi Roman)はっぴいえんど [Happy End]
Hell yeah! These guys are awesome!
54
Quruli, Kenta Maeno and Shugo Tokumaru heavily influenced by the latter
55熱い胸さわぎ (Atsui munasawagi)サザンオールスターズ [Southern All Stars]
Counterpoint to the latter. Sung in Japanese but with an anglicized pronunciation
56Enka and Early Idols
57情熱Jero
58せんせい / 太陽の花嫁森昌子 [Masako Mori]
59そよ風の天使 (Soyokaze no tenshi)桜田淳子 [Junko Sakurada]
60不死鳥伝説 (Fushichō densetsu)山口百恵 [Momoe Yamaguchi]
61Pink LadyPink Lady
62Wish岩崎宏美 [Hiromi Iwasaki]
63不思議 (Fushigi)中森明菜 [Akina Nakamori]
64Koizumi in the House小泉今日子 [Kyoko Koizumi]
6517才南沙織 [Saori Minami]
66山本リンダのすべて (Linda Yamamoto no Subete)山本リンダ [Linda Yamamoto]
67恋狂い (Koiguri) / 何かいいことありそうな (Nanikaiikotoarisona)奥村チヨ [Chiyo Okumura]
68比呂魅卿の犯罪 (Hiromikyō no Hanzai)郷ひろみ [Hiromi Go]
69Twilight Made...西城秀樹 [Hideki Saijo]
70年下の男の子 (Toshishita no Otokonoko) / 私だけの悲しみ (Watashi Dake no Kanashimi)キャンディーズ [Candies]
71Geração benditaSpectrum
Candies' back-up band
72Squall松田聖子 [Seiko Matsuda]
Arguably the biggest idol singer at the time. Famous for her songs as well as numerous commercial appearances. Was on the forefront of women's rights in popular culture due to her decision to continue singing after having a child in 1986.
73Kick Offおニャン子クラブ [Onyanko Club]
Problematic lyrics
74Punk
75God Is God Puke Is PukeUltra Bidé
76成り立つかな？(Can I ?)突然段ボール [Totsuzen Danball]
77軋轢 (Friction)Friction
78◯△▢ (Maru Sankaku Shikaku)◯△▢
79Box of FearMister Kite
80LizardLizard
81Shirley / She Smiled WildMirrors
82魔都 (Mato)S-Ken
83SexSex
84Demon PriestSyudan Jisatsu
85Pain
868 1/28½
87Aunt SallyAunt Sally
88The OriginalSS
89メシ喰うな! (Meshi Kuuna!)INU
90PhewPhew
91King of Noise非常階段 [Hijokaidan]
92Hello New PunksThe Star Club
Nagoya
93Nuclear CowboyThe Genbaku Onanies
94Stop JapThe Stalin
The next few bands are 'harder edge'
95DetestationG.I.S.M.
96Equalizing DistortGauze
97Plastic Scandal奇形児 [Kikeiji]
98Pussy for SaleLaughin' Nose
99DiscographyMasturbation
1003: William Bennett Has No Dickハナタラシ [Hanatarash]
101
Fun anecdote: Hijokaidan and Hanatarash competed for who could get banned from the most music venues, cumulating with what the book describes as cascades of blood, piss and vomit and improper use of machetes, industrial tools and a dead cat.
102Vision Creation NewsunBoredoms
Eye Yamantaka and Mitsuru Tabata from Hantarash's band
103Desire for AgonyZeni Geva
Tabata post-Boredoms
104Pulse DemonMerzbow
105あぶらだこ [木盤] (Aburadako [Ki-ban])あぶらだこ [Aburadako]
106TzomborghaRuins
107Burning FarmShonen Knife
108The Blue HeartsThe Blue Hearts
109New Wave
110黒船 (Kurofune)Sadistic Mika Band
111Single ManRC Succession
112Solid State SurvivorYellow Magic Orchestra
Haruomi Hosono (Happy End), Yukihiro Takashi (Sadistic Mika Band) and Ryuichi Sakamoto
113Snowflakes Are DancingTomita
Technopop Pioneer
114ヒカシュー (Hikashu)ヒカシュー [Hikashu]
115Welcome PlasticsPlastics
116In a Model RoomP-Model
117ハルメンズの近代体操 (Halmens no Kindai Taisō)ハルメンズ [Halmens]
118さてこそ (Satekoso)Chakra
119Aissle有頂天 [Uchōten]
120Drink!Juicy Fruits
121玉姫様 (Tamahime sama)戸川純 [Jun Togawa]
122ピンクの心 (Pink no Kokoro)野宮真貴 [Maki Nomiya]
123Parallelismeコシミハル [Miharu Koshi]
124Death of Idols and Kayokyoku
125見て森高千里 [Chisato Moritaka]
12617才南沙織 [Saori Minami]
127淋しい熱帯魚 (Samishii Nettaigyo)Wink
128Bang!Blankey Jet City
129ハチミツ (Hachimitsu)スピッツ [Spitz]
130Uphill All the WayUnicorn
131さんだる (Sandaru)たま [Tama]
132Digitalian Is Eating Breakfast小室哲哉 [Tetsuya Komuro]
133J-Pop
134Digitalian Is Eating Breakfast小室哲哉 [Tetsuya Komuro]
135Here's a lot of early eurobeat-influenced J-Pop
TRF, Tomomi Kahala, Ami Suzuki, Namie Amuro, Globe
Tetsuya Komuro-produced and a generation-defining sound
136All About Lily Chou-Chou: Original Soundtracks "Arabesque"小林武史 [Takeshi Kobayashi]
137深海 (Shinkai)Mr. Children
Produced by Takeshi Kobayashi
138EvergreenMy Little Lover
139More bands
Every Little thing and Dreams Come True
140Orange SunshineJudy and Mary
Sony-produced pop-punk - but nonetheless really good
141More J-Pop Bands
B'z, Glay
Zard
Speed
Misia
The Brilliant Green
Puffy
Max
SMAP
Kinki Kids
The Yellow Monkey
Spitz
Sharam Q
Hitomi
Chara
Luna Sea
L'Arc en Ciel
142Shibuya-Kei
143Happy End of the WorldPizzicato Five
Great band, encapsulating El Records' influence on the Japanese indie scene
144
Shibuya Kei was pretty influenced by City-Pop, namely Akira Terao, Tatsuro Yamashita, Momoko Kikuchi and Miho Nakayama
145Doctor Head's World TowerFlipper's Guitar
146LIFE小沢健二 [Kenji Ozawa]
Ex-Flipper's Guitar guy
147FantasmaCornelius
Another ex-Flipper's Guitar
148
Trattoria
149Que sera, sera (Things Go From Bad to Worse)Violent Onsen Geisha
150NunkiKahimi Karie
151Future or No FutureSeagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her
152Jet GenerationGuitar Wolf
153Roomic Cube: ...A Tiny Room ExhibitionTakako Minekawa
154ミニ・スカート (Mini Skirt)カジヒデキ [Hideki Kaji]
155The Fantastic Plastic MachineFPM
156New RockBuffalo Daughter
157LONG SEASONFishmans
Whereas Shibuya-Kei was 'curated' much like how the fashion world worked, Fishmans stemmed from the Shimo-Kitazawa indie rock scene
158東京 (Tōkyō)サニーデイ・サービス [Sunny Day Service]
^^ idem
159NeuPOLYSICS
Part of "Tokyo New Wave of New Wave" scene
160Krackerjack PartyMotocompo
161Skyfish
TNWONW
162CE-IIISpoozys
TNWOFNW
163End of History
164BADモード (BAD MODE)宇多田ヒカル [Hikaru Utada]
165I Am...浜崎あゆみ [Ayumi Hamasaki]
166ファーストタイム (First Time)モーニング娘。 [Morning Musume]
Otakushit
167Post-History Section
168Rotting Tapes I腐っていくテレパシーズ [Rotting Telepathies]
Harsh goblin gibberish
169Destination TokyoNisennenmondai
The soundtrack to my afterlife in hyper-purgatory
170The Warm
I don't even know if this website has this band.
Also the last three bands all played together on a fateful night at a venue called GEAR
171
Mentions a Kinks-like band called the Mookees
172It's About TimeThe Fadeaways
173
Noname bands who play in Koenji which this website probably doesn't have listed:
The Acetones
The Ouths
Hanari Kyoko and The Snipers
All of them are pretty mod
174Bomb the TwistThe 5.6.7.8's
Garage rockers featured in Kill Bill Volume II
175
The Saturns
Another garage rock band (gnarly, I hear)
176アケミさんとミドリさん (Akemi-san to Midori-san)うさぎ [Usagi]
Part of Nissenmondai and The Warm's whole postpunk-influenced scene
177
Also
Elevation
Drive to the Forest in a Japanese Car
178Real LifePanicsmile
HAKATA NO WAVE
179
The Chelsea Q events in Fukuoka/Hakata
Bringing bands like Velocityut and Accidents in Too Large Field
180
Vivre Hall Venue in Fukuoka was a good place for all this business
Mo'some Tonebender
Rumtag
Also the teenage Ringo Shiina
181No FictionTacobonds
This and next few bands were associated with Club Goodman's forray into the ultraweird and eccentric with the help of record labels such as Heache Sounds, Perfect Music and P-Vine
182worst taste
183Idea PatternThe Mornings [JPN]
184Da.Vi.De.Bo.Kirihito
These guys and the next few bands played at 20000V a bunch
185GROUNDCOVER.
186Time WasMosquito
187
Shoot My Disco (off the wall guitarmusic)
Miami (violin-led chiptune)
188ROROBOaT
I AM SO GLAD THIS BOOK MENTIONS BOAT. DO YOU SEE THE COVER THIS WEBSITE LISTS THEM WITH? THAT IS THE ALBUM RoRo. THAT YOU SEE WAS THE WAY MY TEENAGE SOUL WAS FIGURATIVELY RIPPED APART BY THE SHEER BEAUTY OF RoRo, DANCING IN A VOID IN WHICH ONLY ME AND MY SPIRITUALLY-ELEVATED HORMONES HAD COMMUNION IN THIS COLD, DREADFUL UNIVERSE. IT IS ONLY IN SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT I ACHIEVE A FRACTION OF THE MONUMENTOUS SENSE OF AWE AND PEACEFULNESS AS I DO WHEN I LISTEN TO THIS ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN CREATIVITY.
But that's not all...!
189NEVER WEAR OUT yOUR SUMMER xxx !!!Natsumen
oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oh baby oH BABY OH BABY OH BABY OH BABYOH BABYOHBABYOH BABYOH
THIS IS LIVING
THIS IS LIFE
190Space Dream BathroomThe Aprils
Kinda like Flipper's Guitar
191Little PrinceEeL
I discovered to this back in 2010 when I first got into music and I was pretty into the hot messy garbage mix this album was.
192ファミリーミュージック (Family Music)YMCK
193Bewitched!Hazel Nuts Chocolate
194Cartooom!Plus-Tech Squeeze Box
195L.D.K. Lounge Designers KillerCAPSULE
Chief songwriter Yasutaka Nakata would later go on to become well-respected and write for popstar Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
196
What's wrong with all music scenes according to the book:
The number of new artists major labels release is decreasing year by year, and the things do to minimise risks aren't always conductive to the overall health of the music scene.
Labels have their own way of promoting bands.
Bands are discouraged from playing in their own venue circuit, instead they are pushed towards events that the label itself has approved
197Boris at Last -Feedbacker-Boris
198Kore Ga Mayaku Daあふりらんぽ [Afrirampo]
199L'autre capMaher Shalal Hash Baz
Next three bands were big abroad thanks to the promotion of Seattle-based label K-Records
200劈開Moools
201Papa's EarTenniscoats
<3
202Sorry, I Am NotShe Talks Silence
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