Category Archives: New Rock
Hachimitsu Pie はちみつぱい
Video – Boku no Shiawase Hachimitsu Pie is better known these days as the precursor to The Moonriders but their sole studio album pops up on a lot of top album lists in Japan. They started out as a backing … Continue reading
Hideki Ishima 石間秀樹 Guest Appearances
Ishima did some outside work during the time he was in Flower Travellin’ Band. In the summer of 1970 (July 25 to August 31), Flower Travellin’ Band and Tenjo Saiji collaborated for the rock musical ブラブラ男爵 “BuraBura Danshaku” and performed … Continue reading
Hideki Ishima 石間秀樹 The Flowers
At the end of 1969, Ishima joined Yuya Uchida and The Flowers and got to put his sitar practice to quick work, as the first thing he recorded with The Flowers, Rock ‘N’ Roll Jam ’70, included him on sitar … Continue reading
Hideki Ishima 石間ヒデキ Solo Album
Flower Travellin Band broke up in April 1973 and Ishima couldn’t seem to wait to move on, as his solo album was announced the next month. He even changed the writing of Hideki from 秀樹 to ヒデキ. He gathered up … Continue reading
Gedou 外道
After a long search, I was finally able to track their debut album down. It is really amazing that an album that is consistently listed in Top Japanese Rock Album lists has been out of print for so long. (2002 … Continue reading
Ranmadou 乱魔堂
Ranmadou’s story starts with guitarist Eiryu Kou 洪栄龍. (He’s the guy on the far left on the album cover above.) Kou joined a band called The Vickies as a guitarist in 1966. (A few sources claim it was 1967 or … Continue reading