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 …
bloodthirsty butchersの吉村秀樹が亡くなってしまった。 書かずにはいられない。 僕はいつも、日本で一番好きなロックバンドはbloodthirsty butchersだと言い続けてきたが、 どちらかといえば、 あれもこれも好きだけどブッチャーズが一番好き、 というのではなく、 むしろ bloodthirsty butchersこそが唯一好きな日本のロックバンドだったのだ。 ちょっとでも流行っているものや、嘘くさいものはどうしても毛嫌いしてしまう ひねくれた嗜好をしている僕だけれど、 ブッチャーズだけは、本当に好きになることができたのだ。 僕は日本のミュージシャン、バンドでいうと、 1970年代は荒井由実、 1980年代はEarthshaker、 1990年代は熊谷幸子、 2000年代はbloodthirsty butchers が好きなバンドだ、 と言い続けているけれど、 ことその中で、 2000年代に自分のバンドを始め、 同時代を歩きながら接してきたこと、 そして何度もライヴを見てきたこともあって、 bloodthirsty butchersは それらの大好きな日本人ミュージシャンの中でも もっとも身近なバンドだった。 46歳、そしてこのタイミング、 とても早過ぎる旅立ち、 それは間違いない。 それについての感慨や、考えは、 とても文章にして書けるはずもない。 バンドページの英語のコメントには、 言葉の問題もあって陳腐なことしか書いていない、 けれども、 そこに書いたように 彼らはその長いキャリアの中で 決してポピュラーなバンドではなかった 流行したりしたこともない …
I know it’s a little bit of “off topic” writing about “Van Halen” again, but this is very important topic for us as a band, since we are very much influenced by Van Halen. After all, talking about popular topic is not a bad thing for musician’s blog. So here …
