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Genre: Experimental
Location UK
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Last Login: 6/14/2008
Member Since 6/4/2007
Website www.japrocksampler.com
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..Publishing date: 3rd September 2007CE (Bloomsbury).... .. Julian Cope, visionary rock musician, hip archaeologist and one time frontman of "Teardrop Explodes", follows the runaway underground success of his book "Krautrocksampler" with "Japrocksampler", a cult deconstruction of Japanese rock music. "Japrocksampler" reveals what really happened when East met West after World War Two and the mayhem that ensued and is a must for anybody interested in modern music and Japanese culture. It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s and tells the tale of six seminal groups of artists in Japanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with a penchant for plane hijacking. The book concludes with enticing reviews of Julian's Top 50 Japrock albums. ........ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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Publishing date: 3rd September 2007CE (Bloomsbury)

Julian Cope, visionary rock musician, hip archaeologist and one time frontman of "Teardrop Explodes", follows the runaway underground success of his book "Krautrocksampler" with "Japrocksampler", a cult deconstruction of Japanese rock music. "Japrocksampler" reveals what really happened when East met West after World War Two and the mayhem that ensued and is a must for anybody interested in modern music and Japanese culture. It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s and tells the tale of six seminal groups of artists in Japanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with a penchant for plane hijacking. The book concludes with enticing reviews of Julian's Top 50 Japrock albums. .. .. .. ..