So I didn't think of going for the show, actually.. Didn't know it was the release show.. The Wild Gun Crazy guy always posts a lot of things on twitter, so I knew there was some kind of show going on, I didn't know it was the release show.
Anyway, it turned out to be like a festival kind of thing. 32 bands that were on the CD playing in 3 different live houses in Shimokita: Reg, Mosiac, and Cave-Be. (I didn't know that, I thought it was only Cave-Be).
And alsoooooo, the thing that bought me though, was that they gave away the compilation with the ticket for the show. SO! That's a great deal! 2000 yen for a show (or THREE if you went to all three venue), from 2pm to 10pm and you get a free CD on top of that! Great deal no??
Anyway, I chose Reg because........................... maybe it's the only live house of the 3 that I've not been to before, but there was no specific band I was going to see. Besides The Masahiko, Flight Egg, and Hot Cake, I didn't know the other bands.... Though I missed all three of those bands' set, actually, coz I didn't know the show started so early, and even if I did, I think I'd have been too damn lazy to wake up to get to the shows on such a rainy day.
Band 1
Jazzy rock.. If I remember correctly. I actually quite liked them and wanted to buy their CD (but I didn't in the end).. Maybe I didn't buy the CD coz their sound fluctuated too much from the power rock I like to funky sounds... Actually, they sounded like The Masahiko (whose guitarist was rocking out at the front).
Their lead guitarist was really, really into the whole show, though. He was definitely rocking out, and actually, in retrospect, of all the 4 bands I saw, this band pulled in the largest crowd.
So I guess, I have no taste. ahaha!
Band 2
I actually wanted to leave for the second band to buy some stuff in Shimokita. I actually left the livehouse when the band was sound checking because they suddenly turned really, really like HARD PUNK ROCK... But then suddenly, the second song they sound check was really cool... So I decided to go back in check them out.
And really, their set was like that... The first song was instrumental, very funkish. Second song was TOTALLY punk rockish, third song dropped into those mellow driving haunting rock tune and third was back to a mixture of funk and rock.
I was sold for this band because the drummer was damn cool (mannnn... If singer/guitarist weren't song writers, I'd totally go for the drummers, hands down!). And also, they announced that their CD was 300 yen.
300 yen for anything is awesome enough for me.
So yes, I went to get the CD after their set. The vocalist said I could have a sticker of any of the band members and asked me which one I wanted. Of course I wanted the drummer, but you can't say that to the vocalist, right?? It's gonna hurt his feelings! ahahaha... So I said "Dare de mo ii.".. And he gave me the bassist's... And I asked him why the bassist, he laughed and said that's coz the bassist is a kick-ass guy.
Nuff said! hehe... Let's see if the CD grows on me.
Band 3
Hmmm... Of the 4 bands, I thought this band was quite the weakest of the 4.. They also looked like they're barely out of high school, though!!!
They had some good rock tunes. Very Japanese rock tunes.
They were cool in the sense that they had girls on drums and keyboards. I think with time, this band can definitely grow their sounds and come up with something unique to offer the scene.
Band 4
HMMMM!!!
Actually I wanted to go for this band's show a few weeks ago because Kinoshita was DJing for their show at Shimokitazawa Garage. But I never made it because I had classes scheduled that night.
They have one of those band names that conjure the image of a jazzy rock band, but they were totally not like that!
They had very, very low, driving rock tunes, and the band didn't waste time in talking, haha.. They just dove into one song after the next. The bassist was quite cute, and it was nice buying the CDs from him, though he asked me "which band did you come to see?" and I said "no one in particular". But actually, I did stay to see their set because I had wanted to check them out since the whole Kinoshita thing.
But they had very nice songs live. Not TOTALLY power packed, but definitely very driving songs, which I hope, translates well in the recorded version.
But anyway, when they were playing, I said to myself that I'd definitely pay 1500 for their songs, maybe 1800...
So when I went to check the CD out, they had 3 CDs out... all three were demos, two of them were 500 yen each, and one was 300 yen. Hell yeah!!!!!! So I bought all 3, which, actually, totals to less than 1500.
Rock on!
Anyway, I thought of the 4 bands
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