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.
ALUNAH “Fall to Earth Again” Tour ‘09
2 April REDDITCH The Tardebigge
3 April STOURBRIDGE Katie Fitzgeralds
4 April BURTON The Appleby
5 April COALVILLE The Vic
9 April BIRMINGHAM ‘The Electric Kool Aid Acid Fest’ @ The Old Wharf
10 April WOLVERHAMPTON The Giffard Arms
11 April LONDON The Unicorn
12 April ESSEX ‘Cosmic Puffin Fest’ @ Mersea Island w/ Litmus
16 April TAMWORTH Club Vertigo
17 April NUNEATON Queen’s Hall
19 April NOTTINGHAM Old Angel
24 April KETTERING Sawyers
25 April COVENTRY Golden Cross
27 April EXETER The Cavern w/ Solace
29 April LONDON The Gaff w/ Solace
30 April BIRMINGHAM Eddie’s Rock Club @ Busk
23 May EXETER Tiggas
6 June STOURBRIDGE The Rock Station
7 June LONDON ‘Damsels Of Destruction Fest’ @ The Bridgehouse 2 Canning Town
“Fall to Earth” cd available from HMV.co.uk “Fall to Earth” & “Song of the Sun” vinyl releases available from ALUNAH
.. .. Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to announce that Traummaschine, with the "action painter" Alberto Castelló, this weekend will be playing in London, and they will have a special guest: Geoff Leigh.
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