Worshipping japanese hardcore since the day before yesterday!
This 8“ from 1984 is the second vinyl release by Tōkyō’s Samurai. It is similar in style to the other releases of theirs that I’ve posted, a competent mix of punk and rock’n’roll. To my ears this 8“ is already a bit more polished than their debut 7“. It seems that some copies of this e.p. came with a much rawer bonus tape included (possibly a rehearsal?), but sadly my copy doesn’t have it.
These two vinyl and flexi 7“es from 1983 are Samurai’s debut effort. I like this one here the best of their three releases from the eighties: though the sound is pretty similar to their two 8“es -rock’n’roll and garage influenced punk rock- the tracks on these 7“es are kind of livelier and a bit dirtier to my ears.
I don’t really know shit about Samurai, so if there’s anyone to fill in the blanks, I’m willing to learn more. Here goes what little I can say: during their original existence in the early/mid-eighties it seems this power trio released a 7“ and two 8“es, this one being the second 8“ from 1985. The music is mid-tempo punk rock with a lot of rock’n’roll thrown in, a bit like what The Rockers or Anarchy did a couple of years earlier. Samurai come across a bit stiffer and less fun, though. At least were as creative in finding a band name as The Rockers and Anarchy, haha. A reunion produced one more CD and a couple of compilation albums, it seems.
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