'Illusion' which didn't last longRock had developed musically, rapidly, experimentally for the last three years in 60's, and finally demanded even revolution of a change of the society. It seemed that the ideal completed at Woodstock Festi…

The year of 1967 was a year when everything gad been new in culture from the beginning. In January, Joan Baez, who showed her beautiful voice in 'Dana Dana' in the previous year, had a concert in Japan, and arouse so big movement that her …

The Beatles in 1964 came to Japan without any time differences 1964 was the year when Tokyo Olympic, which should have been called 'the symbol of the high economic growth', was held and in addition to it the culture and fashions for young …

Rock 'n Roll ended, but... In 1960, Ikeda Hayato assumed the premiership and devoted himself to the economy and the longest prosperity ever came in, automobiles and black-and-white televisions prevailed to average families. And then Japane…

The U.S. forces brought 'country & western' to the burnt - out ruinsAfter August,1945 when World War the second ended, western music that was regarded as 'hostile music' during the war returned to Japan. It was a good news for Japanese mus…

■Hitorizaki (1979) Their debut single. 'Hitorizaki' means 'To bloom alone'. Aska sings about the sorrow of a woman who has a lover to leave from a woman's point of view. In early days,there were so many songs which Aska sang from a woman's…

Godiego is a Japanese rock band which flourished from the late in 1970s to the middle in 1980s with its excellent meodies, techniques, and pop sense which are far from Japanese. Takekawa Yukihide (vocal, music composer) aimed to be a singe…

I'm a big U2 fan. As you know, U2 made a big hit of 'The Joshua Tree' in 1987 all around the world and espesially The Edge's guitar work influenced music scene including Japan so much. In the west, It was in the 21 the century that its inf…

Fuji Rock Histrory At first I'd like to ask about Fuji Rock of the first year in 1997. What were you doing then? It was the year I started Snoozer. The first issue of Snoozer was published in May of that year. But I couldn't go to Fuji Roc…

The mid-1990s was the era when Japanese pop music was so mellow. The business category called "CD shop" was generalized nation-wide, enormous past masterpiece catalogs which had been difficult to get as analog records were reprinted togeth…