Klasse-1A Japan - Links




Seen live and enjoyed:
30% Less Fat
All Japan Goith
Bermuda Vagabond
Berry Roll
Big Bonus
The Captains
Cherryblossom
Child School TV
Child Stop (Skapunk)
Cutie Pi
Dallax
Doberman
Dustbox (Punk)
Five Stones
funnySkash (Osaka Ska)
Gelugugu (Skapunk from Osaka)
Genki de Ska!? (Ska-Pop from Kobe)
Gokart Monkey (Skapunk from Kobe)
Gollbetty
Good 4 Nothing (Punk from Osaka)
Good Better Best (funny Ska-Punk)
Hat Trickers (Droogs-Punk from Tokyo)
Hawaiian6 (from Tokyo)
Hey-Smith (Osaka Skapunk)
Hot Sonic (Japanese Punk)
Jackal Sus4
Kemuri (JP) (myspace)
Kracker Japz (Funk from Nara)
Lego-9 (Ska-Pop from Osaka)
Lonesome Dove Woodrows (Rock'n'Roll)
JAPANESE SKA & PUNK BANDS:

Seen live and enjoyed:
Maguro Jet (Ska-Punk from Yokohama)
Matani TV (Ska from Nagoya, Japan)
Matatabi (Ska-Punk)
Mini Ska Box (Osaka Ska Pop Punk)
Mole Hill (Punkrock)
Mule Train (Ska from Tokyo)
New Rote'ka
Nicotine (Punk from Chiba)
Real Reach
Rock'a'Trench
Rotten Graffty (Cool Rotten Rock from Kyoto)
Saboten (Punk)
Shonen Kamikaze (Skapunk)
Shuriken (Osaka Punk)
Si Xing Qiu
Skamodoki (Metalska from Kansai)
The Skippers (Osaka Punkrock)
Skull Candy (Ska-Pop from Kansai)
Smash Up (Punk from Osaka)
Snail Ramp (Punk from Osaka)
Splash Lover
The Spymaker (Ska Punk from Nagoya)
Squeeze
Stance Punks
Sunset Bus (Punk from Osaka)
Too Much Too Young
Witchery Skank (Osaka Smile-and-be-happy Ska)
Za Bon


Want to see:
A Million Bamboo (JP) (Ska from Osaka, Japan)
Balzac (JP) (Horrorpunk from Osaka, English website)
Change Up (myspace.com) (Party Ska-Punk from Japan)
Fuck'in Boys 365 (Party-Ska from Nagoya)
The Killers (Pink Punk from Japan)
Marsas Sound Machine
Muramasa (Osaka Ska)
Oi-Skall Mates (Japanese version of Bad Manners)
Oreskaband (Osaka girls ska band)
Potshot (Ska from Japan)
Shield Busters (Happy Ska Punk from Osaka)
Ska Flames (JP) (Ska from Japan)
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra (JP) (myspace)
U-K-3 (Ska, no link yet)
more Ska-Bands (D)
LIVE VENUES:
Bears, Namba, Osaka (JP)
BigCat, Big Step Building 4F, Shinsaibashi, Osaka (big)*
Cross Road, Neyagawa, Osaka (JP) (Sunday concerts)*
Club Drop, Amemura, Shinsaibashi, Osaka (JP)*
Fandango, Juso, Osaka (E)
Galaxy House, Toyonaka, Osaka (Shijo Monorail Sta.)*
Hokage, Amerika Mura, Shinsaibashi, Osaka
King Cobra, Shinsaibashi, Osaka*
Live Square 2nd Line, Kita, Osaka (JR Fukushima Sta.)
Mersey Beat, Sannomiya, Kobe*
Muse, Kyoto*
Muse, Shinsaibashi, Osaka *
Namba Hatch, Namba, Osaka
Noon, 3-3-8 Nakazaki, Kita-ku, Osaka (JP)*
Pipe69, Shinsaibashi, Osaka
Club Quattro (E), Shinsaibashi, Osaka (live concert schedule, JP)
Sinkagura, Shinsaibashi, Osaka (small venue, Punk)*
Urban Square, Sannomiya, Kobe*
Zepp, Cosmo Square, Osaka (big)*
(I've been to the locations marked with *.)
OTHER LOCATIONS:
Blarney Stone, Umeda, Osaka*
Blue Billabong, Namba, Osaka (nice all-you-can-eat-and-drink-parties)*
Hub English Pub, Namba, Osaka*
Night Klub Rudy (JP), Ishibashi, Ikeda-shi, Osaka (nice Ska pub) (English description)
Club Pure (E), Shinsaibashi, Osaka (all-you-can-drink parties)*
Ska Bar / Club Stomp, Osaka


OTHER WEBSITES:
Osaka Music Event Search (E)
Seekjapan Music and Event magazine (E)
Osaka Skankin' Night (JP)
Puresound CD-Shop Osaka (JP)
Niconico Records Osaka (JP)
Pizza of Death Records (E)
Japanese Online-CD Shop with many song samples to listen (JP)
JMusicEuropa Concert dates (D, E) (mainly JRock)