vendredi 26 juin 2009

When the bomb falls...

Studio live version of bakudan ga ochikkochiru toki (''when the bomb falls).
Rock'n'roll is also about performance right? Here's a good example showing you The Blue Hearts at their best: hyperactive, directly from the heart, sung with guts! Great lyrics too, what will happen if a bomb was dropped... Will surely be interesting, cause there's ''too much thing i don't need".
Even if they are an hyper popular band, it's still punk, in a japanese way or in one other...

samedi 6 juin 2009

The Cro-Magnons

http://www.pgslive.com/contents/img_assist/gen/8174
Well, with The Cro-Magnons (za Kuromaniyonzu), i will finish presentation of the 3 successives groups formed by Komoto Hiroto and Masatoshi Mashima.
These two are kind of an exception: doing a band for 10 years, and them form a new one.
Let me sum up for ya:
The Blue Hearts (1985-1995)
The High-Lows (1995-2005)
and now The Cro-Magnons (2005-2015??).
So, here's a live footage of their song Dangan Rock (Bullet Rock!). Yes, thats where the name of my blog comes from.
Its from their debut single album Tariho, but i will develop that later.
Almost all of their song have the strange capacity to turn easily into anthems.

If america had Iggy Pop, Japan still have Hiroto! Not bad for a 47 years old ojisan right?

lundi 1 juin 2009

Yurayura Teikoku


One of the best band ever. In my personal top3, definitely.
I'll let the music talk for them.
Let's begging with ''発光体/Hakkoutai" (Luminous body)
Once blood, tears and sweat have dried up, what will come out your head?
You'll probably find out here. It's from their album ''3x3x3".
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nnbmhq2zjln

Official site here (jp and engl)