JAPCORE Ftw

[World Burns To Death]

"Japcore" is used to refer to a series of fast-paced japanese punk/hardcore bands.

Most "Japcore" artists include elements of crust punk, anarcho punk, & d-beat in their songs, and focus on issues of global warming, disarming nuclear weapons, and corruption caused by capitalism.

ITT talk about your favorite japanese punk bands

japanese albums to check out if you haven't already:

Gauze - **** Heads
GISM - Detestation
**** On The Beach - Fastcore On The Beach
Disclose - A Mass Of Raw Sound Assault 7''
Battle Of Disarm - Sons Of War

[ThisUserIsAPipebomb]

I've been meaning to check out GISM forever. I think I'll do that.

[raus]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=496570

Biter.

[Aus Rotten]

Check out Vivisick too.

For the record, F'uck on the Beach has got to be one of my favorite fastcore/powerviolence bands. 2br00tal.

[Excursions]

Most of it sucks compared to American hardcore, admittedly, even the bands that try to sound like they are American suck.

[INSERT-NAME-HERE]

I really like Acrostix and Effigy, and always Confuse.

[Times Ten]

Most bands in this thread are awesome.

Idol Punch
Jellyroll Rockheads

[Aus Rotten]

Most of it sucks compared to American hardcore, admittedly, even the bands that try to sound like they are American suck.

No way. American Hardcore falls way short in comparison to Japanese hardcore. We can all agree that Finnish/Swedish hardcore just blows both away though. :thumb:

[Feel The Darkness]

No way. American Hardcore falls way short in comparison to Japanese hardcore. We can all agree that Finnish/Swedish hardcore just blows both away though. :thumb:
USHC is the best. The Japs and Swedes have truly mastered the epic sound, but I still prefer the raw style of old American stuff.

[Aus Rotten]

I don't know, I like the raw-sounding foreign Hardcore so much more. Kaaos, Appendix, Destrucktions... just so great. I think the best USHC is the youth-crew HC like 7 Seconds or DYS.

[RetiredAt21]

F'uck On The Beach rules.

[Anxious]

Japanese people are crazy

[Excursions]

No way. American Hardcore falls way short in comparison to Japanese hardcore. We can all agree that Finnish/Swedish hardcore just blows both away though. :thumb:

I like it all, their was some really good Japanese and European bands (Finnish and Dutch in particular kicked) but my preference is towards American hardcore.

[(r)evolution]

i like japanese hardcore (GISM mostly) but never really got into Swedish/Finnish hardcore, what should i check out?

[Feel The Darkness]

I like it all, their was some really good Japanese and European bands (Finnish and Dutch in particular kicked) but my preference is towards American hardcore.
qft

[Aus Rotten]

i like japanese hardcore (GISM mostly) but never really got into Swedish/Finnish hardcore, what should i check out?

Swedish - Anti-Cimex, Avskum, Mob 47, Wolfbrigade, Victims, and DEFINATELY check out Totalitar -- my personal favorite Swedish band, probably favorite hardcore band overall.

Finnish - Destrucktions, Kansan Uutiset, Terveet Kadet, or my favorite Kaaos.

American - I Object!, DYS, 7 Seconds, Jerry's Kids, basically just check out the "This Is Boston, Not L.A." comp, hah.

[Excursions]

Terveet Kadet kick much ***.

[AIRIC]

I love Kaaos so much.

[Anxious]

Melt Banana. Not hardcore but Japanese and crazy. Same thing for Guitar Wolf.

[Feel The Darkness]

Swedish - Anti-Cimex, Avskum, Mob 47, Wolfbrigade, Victims, and DEFINATELY check out Totalitar -- my personal favorite Swedish band, probably favorite hardcore band overall.

Finnish - Destrucktions, Kansan Uutiset, Terveet Kadet, or my favorite Kaaos.

American - I Object!, DYS, 7 Seconds, Jerry's Kids, basically just check out the "This Is Boston, Not L.A." comp, hah.
Dude, how could you forget Riistetyt when talking about Finnish HC?! SRSLY?!

Oh, and my personal favorite stuff from the US was the 80's NYHC, and alot of the SoCal stuff, especially the straight edge stuff coming out of Cali. Uniform Choice, Unity, Unit Pride, Chain of Strength, etc.

[Aus Rotten]

Ah, my fault Riistetyt rips hard! I just snagged Valtion Vankina 1st press and a 1st press Moderat Likvidation - "Kuknacke" on clear yellow w/ red splatter. But, i'm looking to sell the Moderat Likvidation.... anti-homosexual bands aren't my idea of enjoying. I pretty much snagged it to sell it.

[SydneyCityTrash]

Melt Banana. Not hardcore but Japanese and crazy. Same thing for Guitar Wolf.

"Guitar Wolf: Wild Zero", this movie is most probably the best example of the current Chinese/Japanese punk (or hardcore) scene. Probably would be pretty hard to get a copy of though.

[Iron Bug]

Etae

[faith and fiction]

Sorry I think Japanese s'hit is completely overrated.

[Aus Rotten]

Give an example, what "Japenese s'hit" do you think is overrated?

[faith and fiction]

FOTB
Forward
Battle Of Disarm

Most of it is just all the same, little short dudes playing fast as s'hit music.

[Aus Rotten]

On the contrary, I think that's what makes it so f'ucking great. Can't beat how fast it is.

[Feel The Darkness]

On the contrary, I think that's what makes it so f'ucking great. Can't beat how fast it is.
Speed is great, but I'll take Judge over any Jap band, any day.

[faith and fiction]

West Coast 80s hardcore FTW.

[Feel The Darkness]

West Coast 80s hardcore FTW.
Yeah, the west coast had some killer bands coming out, but I still jam tons of east coast ****.

[xenocyde]

balzac is pretty chill

[Bread]

Melt Banana. Not hardcore but Japanese and crazy. Same thing for Guitar Wolf.

Everyone loves Melt Banana.

[nitzguy]

i'm going to Japan in early december

[World Burns To Death]

balzac is pretty chill
balzac is a joke

[Excursions]

Sorry I think Japanese s'hit is completely overrated.

Probably true, I still like alot of it.

Speed is great, but I'll take Judge over any Jap band, any day.

Hate Judge.

[AIRIC]

I think Japcore is kind of overrated too. Swedish hardcore is really where it's at.

[Feel The Darkness]

Hate Judge.
Hate you. :naughty:

[RetiredAt21]

Everyone loves Melt Banana.

Nah.

[drumstelf]

anti-homosexual bands aren't my idea of enjoying.

Where did you get that from? You have totally missunderstood everything...

[White Riot!]

MORE LIKE CRAPCORE
http://a69.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/24/l_6eaae00fad5106ac8509e1689cfdd26c.jpg

[RetiredAt21]

MORE LIKE CRAPCORE
http://a69.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/24/l_6eaae00fad5106ac8509e1689cfdd26c.jpg

Hahaha.

[Aus Rotten]

Where did you get that from? You have totally missunderstood everything...

Moderat Likvidation did a few songs for the 80's "Anti-Fag" comp, and the third song on the B side on Kuknacke is titled "Anti-Fag." Where exactly did I misunderstand that Moderat Likvidation is an anti-homosexual band?

[Thasis]

The only Japanese punk-esh/hardcore band I've listened to is Corrupted. I think they're more sludgey but still. They're alright. Had to delete them to free-up space on my comp though. I need to get that external harddrive... *shakes fist*

[RetiredAt21]

Never heard of Corrupted, but they sound interesting from what you described.

[A-Life-Less-Plagued]

I have this one hour+ song by Corrupted called El Mundo Frio. I haven't listened to it all the way through but it seems cool. I assumed they were Mexican/South American since all of their album/song titles seem to be in Spanish, but I guess they are Japanese. Weird.

[RetiredAt21]

Are they good?

[AIRIC]

Yes they're from Japan but sing in Spanish. It's pretty weird. But yeah they use a lot of harp and do splits with lots of sludge and grind bands like Noothgrush, Grief and Phobia.

[RetiredAt21]

I can't find any songs. :(

[A-Life-Less-Plagued]

do you have soulseek justin?

[RetiredAt21]

No. :(

[CabbageStabbage]

I thought Corrupted were doom metal :confused:

El Mundo Frio pwns anyway. Do they have other good stuff?

[AIRIC]

They are doom/sludge metal

[A-Life-Less-Plagued]

yeah.

[AIRIC]

Anyone into doom/sludge/stoner check out user doobiehowser on slsk.

[DaveToopes]

What is "stoner"?

[AIRIC]

Slow sludgy metal lots of times about weed. basically doom metal about weed.

[Feel The Darkness]

What is "stoner"?
Stuff like Bongzilla and Electric Wizard

[RetiredAt21]

Electric Wizard f'ucking kicks a'ss.

[drumstelf]

Moderat Likvidation did a few songs for the 80's "Anti-Fag" comp, and the third song on the B side on Kuknacke is titled "Anti-Fag." Where exactly did I misunderstand that Moderat Likvidation is an anti-homosexual band?
It´s true that the song is titled Anti Fag, but the content and lyrics is not about fags or anti-homosexuals in any way. Provocating- Yes (that was the basic idea with the title in those days in the south of Sweden), anti-homosexual- No

Btw, I missed out that there was 2 different threads....

[Aus Rotten]

I don't understand why you would title a song "Anti-Fag" or appear on a comp called "Anti-Fag" -- and have lyrics about something completely different. It's very stupid in my opinion. What are the lyrics about then good sir ?

[RetiredAt21]

I kinda thought that was stupid too.

[Aus Rotten]

What's the point of saying "Anti-Fag" just for the sake of being "provocative" ?

[Flagjacket]

I opened this and thought you were talking about Anti-Flag.

[Aus Rotten]

Woops! :)

[RetiredAt21]

Anti-Flag sucks.

[drumstelf]

I don't understand why you would title a song "Anti-Fag" or appear on a comp called "Anti-Fag" -- and have lyrics about something completely different. It's very stupid in my opinion. What are the lyrics about then good sir ?

I guess you mean the cassette "Anti Fag Music" ? (it´s not a compilation).

If I see the text (verse- not chorus), without any knowledge, I would guess it´s about...the whole porn-industry or something, even though most of it are rubbish. Nothing in the (verse)lyrics indicating that it should be against homosexuals.
The song it self was pretty much made in 10 minutes, in the studio, when the band discovered they had that time left. They had most of the chords but not any lyrics. I would say, stupid or not, the way the lyrics turned out is a combination of -beeing tired after a long day in the studio -an unpleasant coincidence at that time -a certain amount of bizarr humour and -a will to provoke. (They succeed in the last point...)

It should also be taken into acount that it was different times back then. But-It´s amazing...what a bunch of 17 year old punx did 23 years ago in Sweden still upsets people. But of course, there has never been a proper explanation I guess (the cigarette-thing was just one member making a joke with the interviewer) / Cheers

[DaveToopes]

What the **** drop it guys!

[RetiredAt21]

What the **** drop it guys!

Backed.

[Aus Rotten]

I guess you mean the cassette "Anti Fag Music" ? (it´s not a compilation).

If I see the text (verse- not chorus), without any knowledge, I would guess it´s about...the whole animal photographs-industry or something, even though most of it are rubbish. Nothing in the (verse)lyrics indicating that it should be against homosexuals.
The song it self was pretty much made in 10 minutes, in the studio, when the band discovered they had that time left. They had most of the chords but not any lyrics. I would say, stupid or not, the way the lyrics turned out is a combination of -beeing tired after a long day in the studio -an unpleasant coincidence at that time -a certain amount of bizarr humour and -a will to provoke. (They succeed in the last point...)

It should also be taken into acount that it was different times back then. But-It´s amazing...what a bunch of 17 year old punx did 23 years ago in Sweden still upsets people. But of course, there has never been a proper explanation I guess (the cigarette-thing was just one member making a joke with the interviewer) / Cheers


Are you sure you weren't in Moderat Likvidation?

[World Burns To Death]

lip cream rule

[RetiredAt21]

I'm confused.

[Excursions]

Moderat Likvidation's Kuknacke compilation isn't a bad.

[drumstelf]

Are you sure you weren't in Moderat Likvidation?

No, I´m nor sure of that... :naughty:

(animal photographs-industry !? I wrote porn-industry!! what is this...? censorship?)

[Feel The Darkness]

No, I´m nor sure of that... :naughty:

(animal photographs-industry !? I wrote animal photographs-industry!! what is this...? censorship?)
word filters.

porn = animal photographs

[Flagjacket]

I guess you mean the cassette "Anti Fag Music" ? (it´s not a compilation).

If I see the text (verse- not chorus), without any knowledge, I would guess it´s about...the whole animal photographs-industry or something, even though most of it are rubbish. Nothing in the (verse)lyrics indicating that it should be against homosexuals.
The song it self was pretty much made in 10 minutes, in the studio, when the band discovered they had that time left. They had most of the chords but not any lyrics. I would say, stupid or not, the way the lyrics turned out is a combination of -beeing tired after a long day in the studio -an unpleasant coincidence at that time -a certain amount of bizarr humour and -a will to provoke. (They succeed in the last point...)

It should also be taken into acount that it was different times back then. But-It´s amazing...what a bunch of 17 year old punx did 23 years ago in Sweden still upsets people. But of course, there has never been a proper explanation I guess (the cigarette-thing was just one member making a joke with the interviewer) / Cheers
Back int he 80's I first played in a bunch of new wave bands before I started a hardcore band called Brigger and we only recorded one 7" that we only gave out attwo shows, but we played with Bad Brains and Reagan Youth a bunch of times.

[AIRIC]

HILARIOUS

[drumstelf]

word filters.

porn = animal photographs

Ahhh...ok, thanx! :thumb:

[RetiredAt21]

The word filters here are gay and not even funny.