Book recorded the legendary indie scene
"Street Kingdom"
Miracle of reprint!
Last week, in the last week and Che Guevara cult, we have to until the publicity of his book. By changing the Gara' and taste this time, we will introduce the book of the legend that has shaken the underground scene in Japan.
It was released in this January"Street Kingdom"Particularly, the present from the late 1970s until the mid-1980s, Japan's recorded unique punk dawn Photo and text. The first edition in 1986, is the "phantom of the book", which has been in a long time difficult to obtain. This time, became a really long-awaited re-release to the full renovation for the first time in 22 years.
Latest work Kudokan to be published in February"Boy brass knuckles"But the depicted street, punk of this era really was hot. In Shibuya,"La Mama""Crocodile", And etc., etc. Without a "live-in" now, is what exciting live there has been waged nightly in many of the live house. The appendix in this DVD, because the live scene of the "Crocodile" of 1980 has been recorded, punk came late boy is a must-see.
This was done in Tokyo somewhere "Street Kingdom" launch event of the pattern (Photo 2).Yuichi Jibiki of the author from the left, Chico beard (ex friction), Tsunematsu (ex friction), Kan Takagi, a Momoyo (ex Lizard), punk of living witnesses is the Zurari Gotham. If the analogy with professional wrestling, Inoki, Baba, Tsuruta, Choshu, or let's say Tiger, the state but aligned neck cancer even ...
In this photo (Photo 3) Genet (ex auto Mod), Chuya (ex allergies) also appeared, just like the venue is quaint, such as 80's punk charisma our reunion.
"Street Kingdom" is not only a bookstore, it sells also in the lock corner of Shibuya Tower Records. Now the indie boom relapse, would be a must-have book.
Shinichi Takahashi (photographer)
Independence as a free-lance photographer than 98 years. Currently, active in, such as magazines and books · CD jacket. In addition, music-related, overseas travelogue, energetically writing the document article such as in magazines and books as a writer.