The Pillows-- Japanese Rock So Good!

Iv'e been into J rock female bands for a long time.

a reply to: antoinemarionette

Nice, I see the similarities! Great song and vid, thank you!

a reply to: olaru12

That was great olaru, thanks! The voices are almost operatic.. awesome.

So the only other Japanese rock I know is by a band called

Mongol800

When I was in the marines a buddy of mine who was stationed in Okinawa turned me on to them. Kinda like emo punky rock. But I dig it.

Well, why don't you have a little listen my friends

a reply to: TheAlleghenyGentleman

That's some great Japanese punk rock. Thank you!

a reply to: zosimov

And thank you OP for posting a cool, interesting and expansive subject that has nothing to do with you know who!!!

Yeah!!!

a reply to: zosimov

Japanese punk is def happier than Eastern European punk rock.

Mongol800 sounds like the band suicide machines. At least the SM's first album.

My brother brought me back a Eastern European punk cd in the late 90's and it made me want to set fire to myself and steal everybody's chickens. It was the angriest music I had ever heard and I grew up on punk. Ugh that was depressing.

Mongol800 not so much tho!

Happy!!!!

a reply to: olaru12

DOMINATOR!!!

Hahahahaha

That was awesome.

a reply to: antoinemarionette

Exactly! Thanks for appreciating that aspect, I admit I do strive for more unifying topics Politics like salt is best in moderation.. After that-- unpalatable to an extreme.

Thanks for your own interesting contribution!

a reply to: olaru12

Whoa! That gives new meaning to the term 'hair band'.

Them girls are burnin' it up!

a reply to: TheAlleghenyGentleman

LO FREAKIN' L



Things are definitely a bit rougher on the East side!

a reply to: zosimov
Thank you very much for sharing, I never heard of them before and I love 'em!... I don't know how to describe their sound, it's like Beck becoming the band leader of The Hives or something. From a single source, they already have 36 albums from 1990 to 2007, somehow they remind me of the Swedish band Popsicle.

I love Japanese bands like:


Before that...


... and my eternal crush, Utada Hikaru.

Again, thank you. You even inspired me to start a new thread.

a reply to: MaxTamesSiva

Thanks for posting these! Can't wait till I get a chance to listen (After work).

olaru, same goes for yours.

a reply to: zosimov
I forgot to include The Hiatus, they have the same drummer as Toe- Kashikura Takashi, which I think is one of the best drummer in the world right now.

a reply to: MaxTamesSiva

Awesome. I really appreciate your taking the time to add great music to this thread!

We have a really cool compilation going here