The pressure to conform in Japanese society made being a punk risky – even before you factor in the flamethrowers. As a rash of reissues arrives, 80s stalwarts Lip Cream, Death Side and the Nurse reca ...
Japanese punk band HEY-SMITH has announced that they were tapped to perform the ending theme for the Tenjiku Arc of the TV anime Tokyo Revengers. The song, “Say My Name,” is the band’s first new song ...
Kenichi Ugana’s “The Gesuidouz” is a delightful deadpan oddity about a Japanese punk group, whose 26-year-old lead singer Hanako (Natsuko) is convinced she’ll be dead at 27, the same age as Jim ...