The High-Lows

First post bout my beloved High-Lows. Formed on the still warm ashes of the Blue Hearts in 1995, it's the new rock typhoon everyones had been waiting for. It's rock, with a big R, pure and genuine. Their first album is full of huge guitar riffs, harmonica grooves and I suppose it was a real relief when release (and still is for me everytime I listen to it) during this hard year for Japan. More than punk spirited rock, their music make you look on the bright side of life, even if we all know that it's all wicked from the start. Here's their first single (release on 10/25/1995) MISSILE MAN. More than a warning bout the storm comming, it gives you a good definition of what is a "guitar riff".

It's the live video of the first song of the first album "Good Bye" (to the Blue Hearts of course, but also with a lot of thing). Where some could just see a Rolling Stone influenced song, i see that fuck, the High Lows were one the best band of the nineties. Hiroto is definitely a unique singer/performer