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Laughin’ Nose – Get The Glory 7“

Even though Ōsaka’s Laughin’ Nose later turned into some melodic/Oi!’ish/punk pathetique type band, their first 7“, released in 1983, is definite proof they were one of Japan’s seminal hardcore bands, and they were damn great at that! „Get The Glory“ has 6 tracks, 4 studio and 2 live. Of the studio tracks, the title track also appeared on Great Punk Hits in the same version, and a different version of one of the live tracks („No War“) had already been released on the Outsider compilation. The studio tracks are definitely among the early japanese hardcore greats: some mid tempo, some fast but not thrash, with a nasty, distorted production. The recording quality of the live songs is lo-fi and muddy, but the songs themselves are just as good as the studio tracks and it makes me wish they’d recorded them in the studio as well.

And now, get the glory that is Laughin’ Nose’s Get The Glory 7“!

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Eyescream – The End Complete Discography LP

Eyescream’s discography came out in 2022 on F.O.A.D. in 2022, and it compiles their two tape releases from 2018 and 2019, their three-way split with No No No and 経血 from 2019, and a live set recorded in 2019. Eyescream played wild, short blasts of US-inspired hardcore with a singer who -of course- has to draw comparisons to The Comes‘ Chitose. I don’t think they’re active anymore, the title of their discography and F.O.A.D. calling them „short-lived“ on their website seems pretty definite to me.

Which sucks, because they were fucking great.

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The Blue Hearts – ST 12“


This self titled 12“ by The Blue Hearts came out in 1990 in the US as a promo record. The selected tracks are off their first two LPs and their 2nd single, and all of them great. Side A has I Wanna A Kiss (aka キスしてほしい), an almost 50s-vibe doo-wop number, the darkish and melancholy Scrap, and the catchy, anti-war number (at least I think so…) No No No with a great chorus. Side B has the aggressive Dance Number, next is Linda Linda, the poppiest and catchiest song of all times (which gave its name to a movie and an awesome band!), and it closes with Be Nice (人にやさしく) off their 1st 7“. Owning this may not be essential, but it’s the cheapest way to get the tracks off their 1st album on vinyl.

Be kind to people, or I’ll fuck you up!

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Friction – ’79 Live 10“


Early Friction are definitely one of my favourites japanese punk rock. This live 10“ of theirs has nine tracks, recorded in Kyōto in 1979. All the songs appear either on their first 7“, their I Can Tell/Pistol 7″, the 東京 Rockers compilation LP or on their first LP 軋轢. But, especially compared to the versions on the album, these live recordings are a lot more punk than the cold, controlled post punk recorded in the studio. This is noisy, wild, powerful, incredible (not that the album versions aren’t great!). The sound quality is okay, definitely not clean, but who gives a fuck about that? Not me. This is probably Friction at their most powerful, so…

Get it!

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Paintbox – Earthball Sports Tournament LP


If there ever was one hardcore band whose versatility is truly jaw dropping, then it had to be Paintbox. Earthball Sports Tournament from 2000 (on HG Fact) has got it all and more: insane, anthemic hardcore, melodic punk, hard rocking, crooning, crazy fast staccato vocals, acoustic guitars (that are actually fun listening to), bongos, harmonicas, violins, and of course Chelsea’s incredible guitar playing… A fucking wild ride, an absolutely great album. The only thing I do not find great about it, is the cover artwork… This version is the licence pressing on Prank Records from 2008.

What’s your handicap?

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久しぶりですね。。。

It has been a while, but I’m not dead. Although I’ve had it three times by now, CoViD did not kill me, neither did midlife crisis, boredom, or the sheer complacent happiness of everyday life.

Also, my mom did NOT take over control of my record collection. She hasn’t handled it for quite a while now, and I don’t think she has any interest in it, either.

I had just grown tired of blogging, and it became more of an obligation than a hobby. So I skipped a month, then a couple more, and here we are!

But there is still work to do, I have loads and loads of records I haven’t posted yet, and another load of records I haven’t digitalised yet, so I guess I’m back in business now.

What you can expect in the near future: Punk Rock, Hardcore, New Wave, Gothic Rock, Post Punk, Proto Punk, No Wave, some Metal, and all from Japan.

I also think I’ll start posting international split releases with a japanese side, because why not. I also played with the idea of posting some relevant “copy cats”, international bands playing hardcore japanese style. Well, maybe, if anybody’s interested.

So you can expect new, irregular updates in stiff, incorrect english, full of misinformation about great music.

Stay tuned for more Rock’n’Roll.

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突然段ボール – ホワイト・マン + 変なパーマネント 7“

This is Totsuzen Danball’s very first release, it came out in 1980 on Pass Records, and the track titles are White Man and Strange Permanent. There’s nothing I don’t like about this release: the uncool, nerdy and somewhat slobby look of the band, the very laid back, minimalistic arty new wave punk of the two songs, the name of the band itself: Suddenly Cardboard!

Totsuzen Danball was two brothers and a changing lineup of musicians. Their music would turn more arty and avantgarde on their later releases; there’s a cool video on youtube which has the two brothers playing to a background tape, with guitar, xylophones, kitchen untensils and kids’ toys as instrumentation.

Just imagine! Cardboard! All of a sudden! Without warning!

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Fearless Vampire Killers – The Girl Who Rapes Boys 7”

„The Girl Who Rapes Boys“ is quite the title for a record… Bad Brains lovin’ FVK released their 3rd ep in 1988, and musically it is in the same manic, high speed, USHC-inspired vein as their two previous ones. It was recorded and mixed in 5 sessions over 5 months, which is definitely unusual for a 7“. You can hear the different sessions in some of the tracks; even though all all of them have a pretty thin sound, some tracks are even tinnier than other. Still, this is a cool ep.

But that title!

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