EP-4:Showa Taisha - Linga Franca 1, 1983.Yann Tomita: Music for Astro Age, 1992.Kinniku Shoujo Tai:Elise no Tameni, 1992.CHIKADA HARUO & VIBRASTONE:ENTROPY PRODUCTIONS, 1991.Struggle For Pride:YOU BARK WE BITE, 2006.Mikami Kan:Hiraku Yume Nado Arujanashi, 1972.THA BLUE HERB:STILLING,STILL DREAMING, 1999.Elephant Kashimashi:Uki yo no yume, 1989.Nanao Tavito:Ame ni utaeba…! disc 2, 1999.Ozawa Kenji:The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on, 1993.Quruli:Walz wo Odore Tanz Walzer, 2007.DOWN TOWN FIGHTING BOOGIE WOOGIE BAND:Kaizoku ban~LIVE FIGHTING 80'S, 1980.thee michelle gun elephant:GEAR BLUES, 1998.Scha Dara Parr:Wild Fancy Alliance, 1993.Ankoku Tairiku Jagatara:Nanban Torai, 1982.SOUL FLOWER UNION:ELECTRO ASYL-BOP, 1996.
Rosa Luxemburg:Rosa Luxemburg II, 1986.Here is what Snoozer's list of the 150 Greatest Albums of Japanese Rock 'n' Roll looks like: Snoozer's list contains much more indie rock and much less hard rock and shibuya-kei than Rolling Stone Japan's, not odd at all when you consider the fact that Snoozer is an indie rock magazine "for girls & boys tangled up in blue." Along with the RSJ list and the stuff you find on Japan Rockology you have a pretty great chronicle over Japanese rock and pop. I was reminded of the Néojaponisme post again a few weeks ago when I found my current mp3-blog favorite and realized that the Snoozer list still hasn't found its way to the English speaking part of the internet so I decided to post it. I just had to get my hands on that list as well so that I could compare and listen my way through a pretty big chunk of rock history and got a friend of mine to hunt down a copy of the issue for me. It was the first time I had found a proper guide to Japanese rock history outside of "RC Succession, Happy End and YMO were important and probably this really obscure punk band I got from a vinyl rip trading site because they sound bad ass." In the post it is mentioned that Japanese music magazine Snoozer posted a list of 150 rock albums in response to RSJ's, according to them, boring list. When Néojaponisme posted Rolling Stone Japan's list of the 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time I was in heaven. Whenever I stumble upon a list with things I find remotely intresting I get a little bit hard.