Japrocksampler
Has anyone out there read this?
Amazon has a synopsis that says. . .
Julian Cope, eccentric and visionary rock musician, hip archaeologist and one time frontman of Teardrop Explodes, follows the runaway underground success of his book “Krautrocksampler” with “Japrocksampler”, a cult deconstruction of Japanese rock music. “Japrocksampler” reveals what really happened when East met West after World War Two and the mayhem that ensued and is a must for anybody interested in modern music and Japanese culture. It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock ‘n’ roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s and tells the tale of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with a penchant for plane hijacking. The book concludes with enticing reviews of Julian’s Top 50 Jap Rock albums.
What do you all think of the title Jap Rock Sampler?
According to author Julian Cope, the top two bands of the era he describes are Les Rallizes Denuses and Shinki Speed & Glue. Has anyone ever heard of these groups?
Comments?
Thanks to Tony Kiernan
No, but the picture reminds me of this…
September 18th, 2007 at 8:19 pmI only heard the name of ” Speed, Glue and Shinki “. This was a kind of psychedelic rock band. There were so many punk, progress or heavy metal rock bands in 70s Japan.
I found out next link.
http://www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/getcontents.asp?strMixID=104048
Many of those Japanese rock bands should have been strongly inspired by UK or US bands. Possibly their music hardly sounded like Japanese.
Anyway, the picture is hilarious. (^-^)
September 18th, 2007 at 11:14 pmI have the “Live ‘77″ album by Les Rallizes Denuses. Slow and distorted blues rock. Pretty weird. The songs are really long. I’m a Flower Travellin’ Band fan though, another band mentioned in the book. The Mops were pretty hot too.
I read “Kraut Rock Sampler,” Cope’s book about the German rock scene of the ’60s and ’70s, and enjoyed it immensely, so I imagine “Jap Rock Sampler” is just as good. As for the name, it makes sense in the context of Cope’s first book, but it seems more forced as Krautrock is an actual term for German music (one that Faust even acknowledged in a song title), whereas Jap Rock is not really an established term. But then again, what does J-pop stand for but Jap pop?
September 18th, 2007 at 11:58 pmThats funny overoften, it reminded ME of this!
http://luthor.altervista.org/queen01.jpg
But the Chopped Suzuki is teh awesome, and to have a “Jesus beard” like the guy on the left AND a motorcycle, was the height of my ambition once!.
Great Photo, top class post, full marks JP, you have made my day!.
September 19th, 2007 at 7:14 amThe picture is the cover of Anywhere by Flower Travellin’ Band.
September 19th, 2007 at 7:31 pm