"Separate Volume ele-king: J-PUNK / NEW WAVE - Memories of a Revolution," supervised by Shinya Matsuyama
ISBN: 978-4-911484-07-4
A big revolution from a small scene,
introducing the Japanese Punk and New Wave movement
from the late 1970s to the 1980s!
Focusing on the Tokyo Rockers scene depicted in the film "Street Kingdom: Make Your Own Sound," as well as the Kansai scene not covered in the film, the birth of noise, and the vital underground hubs of Kichijoji Minor, Kyoto University Seibu Kodo, and Hosei University's "Gakkan."
This is a permanent preservation edition featuring precious photographs from the time, visuals, timeless masterpieces, a guide to major labels, the appeal of diverse works, buried history, and the participants speaking on the "now."
Kiku size 220x148 / 224 pages
Cover photo: Yuichi Jibiki / Cover artist: Aunt Sally
■ A General History of J-Punk / New Wave (Shinya Matsuyama)
■ Interviews
Yuichi Jibiki: "The Chronicler of the City's Pulse"
s-ken: "Edo-born Romanticism in Pursuit of Chic and Hip"
Sachiho Kojima: "Outside Of Society: Like an Ashura"
Koichi Makigami: "Half a Century of the 'Voice' at the Frontline"
NON: "I Sing My Current Songs, Now"
Tadashi Watanabe: "At the Lighthouse Called Fujiyama"
■ Yuichi Jibiki Photo Gallery
■ 30 Timeless Masterpieces
Yuzo Kosakai / Taro Tateishi / Yoshio Nakayama / Shigenori Noda / Keiichi Fukushima / Manabu Yuasa / Tsutomu Noda / Shinya Matsuyama
■ 40 Personal Masterpieces
JOJO Hiroshige / Mitsuru Tabata / Porsche Okite / Go Yoshida
■ Sota Hayashibara Flyer Gallery
■ Essential Label Files (Takeshi Goda)
■ Columns
Wataru Okuma: "Tokyo's Underground Empire: Kichijoji Minor and Hosei University Gakkan"
Shojiro Ishibashi: "The Tale of Seibu Kodo"
Ian F. Martin: "J-Underground: Chaos and Revolution"
Toshiji Mikawa: "The Invention of Japanoise"
Yuichi Kishino: "The Secret Society Across the River: Keihin Kyodai-sha"
Tori Kudo: "Tokyo-America-UK-Ehime: Songs of an Underground Water Vein"
Satoru Higashiseto: "Vanity and Yuzuru Agi"
