Japanese punk/metal
 

Just wondering if anyone else here is a fan of Japanese punk rock or heavy metal...

Lip cream is pretty rad.

Hell yeah! Lip cream is great! One of the best 80's punk bands. Probably my favorite Japanese bands from the 80's is Confuse and Gudon.

I'm a fan of the usual big names. Dir en grey (they've been terrible lately), Pierrot, X JAPAN, Luna Sea, L'Arc en Ciel...the classics. I'm sort of worn out of Japanese music, to be honest.

I forgot about Balzac, they're also kinda tight. Outside of them and Lip Cream I'm not all too familiar with the scene. Not in Japan at least.

Balzac is really good too. Some of the members of Lip Cream went on to form a band called Colored Rice Men.


Its the opposite for me. I've gotten tired of american music, while I love Japanese bands. Not so much rock or J-pop, though I do like a few.

These are the bands i know and listen to:

Gallhammer - crust punk/black metal
Merzbow - noise/avant-garde
Bathtub Shitter - grindcore
Boris - experimental rock/sludge metal
No Rest For The Dead - stoner rock/grindcore

I'm pretty picky with music. Anything that has anything to do with Tomoko Kawase I dig, I kind of like Scandal (But their last album did nothing for me.) Nightmare is pretty awesome, I liked Pierrot. I'm sure there is more that I'm blanking on at the moment.

@lowbacca - Bathtub Shitter kicks ass

I like the punk band Nightmare not the Visual-kei one.
And as for Tommy, she is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

And on the metal side:

Zombie Ritual (zombie obsessed death/thrash metal)
Coffins (death/sludge)
Volcano (speed/thrash metal I suppose?)
Sex Machineguns

I like Melt Banana!

Magane is a pretty good band from Japan. Asian bands trying to do black metal is usually a disaster but they do it well.

I love Electric Eel Shock. You can find their music on Youtube and I think they need more recognition. They're just awesome! :tgrin:

They're not punk or metal.

I dig some Melt Banana.

-ms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Eel_Shock

Doesn't garage/metal count? :tlol:

Meh, maybe they changed their style over time? :tconfuse:

Still, they're pretty good.

Putting too much emphasis on labels. What are you, 12?

Well, I don't blame Powder, this thread IS about Japanese Punk/Metal after all.

I used to listen to some really bad Japanese punk bands when I was into that kinda thing. Now if I'm listening to Japanese music it's most assuredly one of their billion insane Ska bands.

Thanks man.

It didn't sound like punk or metal to me, pardon... Obsessing over labels would be me asking why they don't have mohawks & leather jackets.

Any suggestions?