DemonHunter
May 6, 2007, 04:44
any one who listens to Group Sounds bands?
like The Jaguars,The Tempters,The Tigers,The Mops,Carnabeats,The Golden Cups ect...
if you never tried it go get the GS I Love You: Japanese Garage Bands of the '60s Compilation
:-)
currently there is a GS Revival Scene in japan with bands like
The Psycrons and Los Galileos
some information :
In June 1966, the Beatles visited Japan to perform a series of concerts at Tokyo's legendary Budokan Hall. Their visit created such national excitement among teenagers that almost overnight there was a dramatic shift in the way young musicians formed groups, played their instruments and thought about fashion and style.
This new wave of 1960s Japanese rock groups was called Group Sounds\or GS for short.
The term GS was purportedly coined when Jackey Yoshikawa and the Blue Comets were guests on Yuzo Kayama's TV show. Kayama started teasing Yoshikawa about his poor English pronunciation of "Lock 'n' Lorr."
Yoshikawa admitted that because of the two R's and two L's, "Rock 'n' Roll" is difficult for Japanese people to pronounce correctly. Yoshikawa then challenged Kayama to come up with an English term that Japanese people could easily pronounce.
Kayama thought for a moment and suggested, "Why not call "Rock 'n' Roll" the "Group Sounds?" Within days the media and fans all over Japan began using the new expression.
By 1967, nearly 30 new bands with mod names like the Spiders, the Tempters, the Carnabeats, the Jaguars, and the Tigers made their record debuts. The top GS groups had enormous popularity in Japan with wild scenes of Beatlemania-like hysteria greeting them at concerts and following them wherever they went.
A quintessential GS song can be characterized by its slightly dissonant melodies and a tendency to go from a straight ahead pop or beat number to an over-the-top, fuzzed-out screaming psychedelic rave up\sometimes all within the same song!
VIDEO's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FkDBIh2XDs (The Spiders)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrXJ3vpvKww ( The Golden Cups)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZUxZiwqHo (The Tempters)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QcMB3iuqd0 (The Mops)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VVhFUM-Y0g (The Blue Comets)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hes2VbgHmDE (Mops)
like The Jaguars,The Tempters,The Tigers,The Mops,Carnabeats,The Golden Cups ect...
if you never tried it go get the GS I Love You: Japanese Garage Bands of the '60s Compilation
:-)
currently there is a GS Revival Scene in japan with bands like
The Psycrons and Los Galileos
some information :
In June 1966, the Beatles visited Japan to perform a series of concerts at Tokyo's legendary Budokan Hall. Their visit created such national excitement among teenagers that almost overnight there was a dramatic shift in the way young musicians formed groups, played their instruments and thought about fashion and style.
This new wave of 1960s Japanese rock groups was called Group Sounds\or GS for short.
The term GS was purportedly coined when Jackey Yoshikawa and the Blue Comets were guests on Yuzo Kayama's TV show. Kayama started teasing Yoshikawa about his poor English pronunciation of "Lock 'n' Lorr."
Yoshikawa admitted that because of the two R's and two L's, "Rock 'n' Roll" is difficult for Japanese people to pronounce correctly. Yoshikawa then challenged Kayama to come up with an English term that Japanese people could easily pronounce.
Kayama thought for a moment and suggested, "Why not call "Rock 'n' Roll" the "Group Sounds?" Within days the media and fans all over Japan began using the new expression.
By 1967, nearly 30 new bands with mod names like the Spiders, the Tempters, the Carnabeats, the Jaguars, and the Tigers made their record debuts. The top GS groups had enormous popularity in Japan with wild scenes of Beatlemania-like hysteria greeting them at concerts and following them wherever they went.
A quintessential GS song can be characterized by its slightly dissonant melodies and a tendency to go from a straight ahead pop or beat number to an over-the-top, fuzzed-out screaming psychedelic rave up\sometimes all within the same song!
VIDEO's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FkDBIh2XDs (The Spiders)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrXJ3vpvKww ( The Golden Cups)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnZUxZiwqHo (The Tempters)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QcMB3iuqd0 (The Mops)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VVhFUM-Y0g (The Blue Comets)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hes2VbgHmDE (Mops)