This song is dedicated to Hideki Yoshimura, the singer/guitarist from the legendary Japanese alternative rock band Bloodthirsty Butchers. (1967-2013) The message in this song is very personal. This song is one of the less popular songs on Nabeshima album. But because of the message, I had to do this …
Jumping At Shadows (Peter Green Fleetwood Mac cover) with Japanese guitar Last year 2020 I lost 2 of my biggest guitar heroes. One is Eddie Van Halen and the other is Peter Green. I don’t have to explain how great guitarist Peter Green was. He is the one …
This is a photo of me when I was 15 years old. Yes I was a Van Halen fanatic. Just to clarify, it was mid-1990’s. This kind of music was already out of fashion, let alone Red/White stripe outfit. I had to post this photo. Because it was a proof …
From a viewpoint of Japanese, the problem with Western Christianity is the tendency of mixing up righteousness and ego. Totally dualistic concept of right and wrong. I am right – You are wrong. I win because I am right. I deserve victory because I am right. This kind of …
One of the greatest guitarists of all time, Peter Green. Rest In Peace. I’m not gonna say I’m a long time fan. I fell in love with his music (early Fleetwood Mac, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers) back in 2015, probably because I started playing Les Paul guitar in …
Over the course of our journey, a lot of people have asked me about Japanese Christian music. I wish I had a time to write a dedicated article about Japanese Christian music scene (if such thing exists, or it’s very small even if existed), but I don’t have enough time …
We don’t necessarily believe in social media dominated world but we believe in good spirit in people, because….Holy Spirit! (Hope you have/had a blessed Pentecost Sunday, even though many of us are doing churches online now…) That’s why we make a statement to raise our spirit. What’s your …
I will probably say this again and again but when I refurbished our website, I was decided to make it different from a regular band website. I wanted to make it more like a blog so that I can write about some other stuff. (And on our Japanese website …
When we refurbished our website earlier this year, I was decided I was going to make it different from ordinary band websites. I wanted to make it more like general blog, writing not only about our own band but also other stuff, including our favorite music. On our Japanese website, …
We can’t help but post this. Hideki Yoshimura, singer/guitarist from “bloodthirsty butchers”, our most favorite Japanese rock band, has passed away at age 46. Whole Japanese rock community was shocked and saddened at the news. His music inspired many Japanese rock bands, especially indie/underground bands like …
