Re: Now Playing Thread
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 3:51 pm
THE HORDE OF TORMENT - Product Of A Sick Mind demo tape
GRAVESTONE - Creating A Monster
GRAVESTONE - Creating A Monster
Uncompromising war on metallic modernism under the dictatorship of The Corroseum.
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Akira Takasaki and Munetaka Higuchi of Loudness were in Lazy.They started as a boy pop band, and on the album before this one Rock Dream (1979) they started to introduce Rock N Roll sound, but this one is by far their best and the only Hard Rock Heavy Mertal Album of Lazy before he formed Loudness.Takasaki started here with his guitar wizardry.Actually this was original Loudness line up with Tasaaki,Higuchi and Lazy's singer Hironobu Kageyama.Kageyama left and Minoru Niihara came from Earthshaker and Masayoshi Yamashita wasTakasaki's childhood friend.Kageyama became huge pop star in Japan in the 80's as a solo artist.He still performs and writes songs.bigfootkit wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:04 amI'm often quite resistant to Japanese Hard Rock/Metal of this era because many of the bands were so specifically derivative of certain particular Western bands, (for example, Murasaki = Deep Purple) but this sounds far more individual than what many of their peers were doing. And what a brilliantly OTT perfectly executed cover design. Certainly worthy of further investigation, thanks for the steer lunaboy.
Thanks for the potted history bobo. Loudness were one of those bands who i always meant to invest some time in as they passed me by completely back in the day. After all these years maybe now is finally the right time.bobo wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:53 am Akira Takasaki and Munetaka Higuchi of Loudness were in Lazy.They started as a boy pop band, and on the album before this one Rock Dream (1979) they started to introduce Rock N Roll sound, but this one is by far their best and the only Hard Rock Heavy Mertal Album of Lazy before he formed Loudness.Takasaki started here with his guitar wizardry.Actually this was original Loudness line up with Tasaaki,Higuchi and Lazy's singer Hironobu Kageyama.Kageyama left and Minoru Niihara came from Earthshaker and Masayoshi Yamashita wasTakasaki's childhood friend.Kageyama became huge pop star in Japan in the 80's as a solo artist.He still performs and writes songs.
You definitely should.I'm into Japanese stuff since the 80's.Japanese rock is a required taste, totally different than anything else.So many killer heavy metal and hard rock bands. Anthem is also legendary, Sabbrabells, Wolf, Rajas, Flatbacker/E.Z.O.....The list goes on and on Check this site for infos http://japanesemetal.gooside.com/bigfootkit wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:35 amThanks for the potted history bobo. Loudness were one of those bands who i always meant to invest some time in as they passed me by completely back in the day. After all these years maybe now is finally the right time.bobo wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2023 7:53 am Akira Takasaki and Munetaka Higuchi of Loudness were in Lazy.They started as a boy pop band, and on the album before this one Rock Dream (1979) they started to introduce Rock N Roll sound, but this one is by far their best and the only Hard Rock Heavy Mertal Album of Lazy before he formed Loudness.Takasaki started here with his guitar wizardry.Actually this was original Loudness line up with Tasaaki,Higuchi and Lazy's singer Hironobu Kageyama.Kageyama left and Minoru Niihara came from Earthshaker and Masayoshi Yamashita wasTakasaki's childhood friend.Kageyama became huge pop star in Japan in the 80's as a solo artist.He still performs and writes songs.
I'm familiar to an extent with the Japanese scene (Bow Wow, Earthshaker, Nokemono, 44 Magnum, Ningen Isu, Sigh & further back to Flower Travellin' Band, Murasaki & Strawberry Path), and agree that there's much to be enjoyed, but for whatever reason i missed hearing Loudness completely back in the 80s though i've heard a few bits & pieces since. I know they were promoted well in the U.S. at the time & had some success there, but their label here in the UK didn't seem to do much to get their name out there.bobo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:45 pm You definitely should.I'm into Japanese stuff since the 80's.Japanese rock is a required taste, totally different than anything else.So many killer heavy metal and hard rock bands. Anthem is also legendary, Sabbrabells, Wolf, Rajas, Flatbacker/E.Z.O.....The list goes on and on Check this site for infos http://japanesemetal.gooside.com/