Bands
There are separate pages here for some of
my favourite bands. Progress tends to be sporadic because it relies upon me having something
worth putting up (e.g. photos) and the time to do the putting. Since some of the bands
with separate pages have broken up, one way or another, I've decided to divide the list in two accordingly.
The "disbanded" section often has links to current projects by former band members.
As well as the pages I've posted a non-exhaustive list (occasionally with links
to their home pages) of other bands
I've enjoyed and will go to see again when I can afford to. I have made no attempt to rank them, they're in
roughly chronological order only and I have given no hints as to which are bands that I'd cross oceans to see
and which I just thought were pretty good. And I like a pretty broad range of genres.
This is not a list of
all the good music I've seen. Bands don't make the list for a variety of reasons.
Sometimes because they're just not
really to my taste,
sometimes they get lost in a great lineup and sometimes I was too shitfaced at the
time to remember afterwards how good they were. It's not unusual for a band to make the list
the second or third time I see them. Occasionally someone gets de-listed if I see them do a crappy show.
The list is restricted
to Japanese (only one exception so far) bands or solo artists that I've seen live in Japan.
Pages:
Disbanded
Also particularly liked, in no particular order:
the pillows,
Dohatsuten,
Flower Companyz,
59, The Big Raw, The Animations,
Mexico Taxi,
The Neatbeats,
Howlin' Hachima, The Stomp, Bye Bye Records, Cool Joke,
Katayama Breakers and
the Rock'n'Roll Party,
Akainu,
Disgusteens, Prambath,
Wimpy's,
Watanabe Flower,
Pulling Teeth, Fuzz,
Zorro,
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra,
Jighead, understatements,
SMN,
FeeBee's,
Sex Machine, Mexicans,
The Jerry of Beats, Kokeshi,
The Mackshow,
Jackie and the Cedrics,
The Minnesota Voodoo Men,
Los Tailors,
Stainless, Telstar, The Ree-Dees,
The Index, The Little Melody Makers,
Utsumi Yoko & Yokoloco Band,
Nomura Maki & Arijigoku,
Electric Eel Shock,
Laughin' Nose,
DMBQ,
Sawada Naoya,
Clovers, The Beat Shower, Sayonara Rock Boys,
Cock-a-doodles, The Outrows, The Pees,
Romeo,
Kozzy Iwakawa,
Jack in the Box, Jelly Bean Clowns,
Margaret Drawers,
IQ20, Johnny Gun,
The Youngman Psycho Blues,
Bleach,
Nakano Atsushi, Nancy Whiskey,
Butter Dogs,
Oink,
Blue III,
Shigaki Masaki, The King Jab Aces,
The Six Bullets,
Drex,
SA,
Watusi Zombie,
Go!Go!7188,
Inazuma Sentai,
Maximum the Hormone,
Sunny Branch,
The Cro-Magnons,
Violets,
The Gimmies,
The Nailclippers,
Radiots,
Garlic Boys,
Radio Caroline,
Nokemono,
Kegawa no Maries,
Drinkin' Buddies,
The Riots, HB,
Bloomfield,
Usotsuki Barbie,
Bait Ones,
N'Shukugawa Boys,
Heisei Josei,
The Iggy Pop Kyo Charcopencils,
Karugamonendo,
The Privates,
Shonen Knife, Beast, Three Minute Movie,
The Sax Night,
Mohikan Family's,
The Star Club,
Asakusa Jinta,
Oreskaband,
Oi-Skall Mates,
Rodeo Carburettor, The Kanmuri, Motors,
Bullet 777,
Power and Skill Original,
The China Wife Motors,
The Bop Jackets,
Soul Flower Union,
Fateh*lia Band, Shotgun Runners,
Diesel Ann,
Razors Edge,
9mm Parabellum Bullet,
Loudness, Bacillus Brains,
Okamoto's,
Kuroneko Chelsea,
Who the Bitch, Six,
The Mouretsu Attack 40's,
Lolita No.18,
Peelander Z,
Firestarter, Vice, Devastated Goes,
Zeni Geva,
Teraguchi Shinya,
Axewield,
Blond New Half,
The Baileys,
Izumiya Shigeru,
Boys Order,
Jug a billy cats,
Ultra Bide,
The Bodies,
The Ton-Up Motors, Link 13, Rude Bones, The Comin',
Culvert,
Watanabe Momo, Droog, Yoru no Strangers, Candy Shock, Hundred Knuckles,
The Roll Up,
The Tacosan, Gya-Gya's, su-xing-cyu, Honey Maker, Spread,
The Prisoner, Hanada Hiroyuki,
Goggle-A,
Deathtopia,
Quattro,
New Rote'ka,
Gigolo13,
Jr. Monster,
The Rocats, Gyogunrend's, Burl, Apple Stung, Rumbles, Fungus,
Cobra,
Ryders,
Doberman,
TJiros, Bokerou, KAS69, Tissue,
Cutty Sark, Large400,
Watashinoomoide, Master Peace, ∴, Black Pearl, Sawaradesert,
Diedro Los Diablos,
Takagi Mahiko & Shakin' up Babys,
Nacional,
The Shallows, Spiderz, Masatsu Genin, KiM,
Proud Hammers,
Kingons,
Jinseihoketsu, Louder, Wonder 3, La fish, Flintlocks, Juggling Dubs, Thy County.
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