Punk
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‘We were treated like enemies of society’: Japan’s dangerous hardcore punk scene looks back to its roots
The pressure to conform in Japanese society made being a punk risky – even before you factor in the flamethrow…
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‘There was a bucket where you could squeeze sweat out of your clothes’: OZ, the club that changed Japanese rock
The venue, which opened in Tokyo in 1972, created a pioneering space for musical experiment. As a record of it…
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My Chemical Romance drops Australasian tour and Download festival cancelled amid coronavirus fears
New Zealand, Japan and Australia will be missing out on a defining band of emo-punk, with the event left ‘deva…