Show-Ya - 私は嵐 (I Am The Storm)
Added 2024-09-22 15:00:10 +0000 UTCIt was fun to go back in time with this one!
I was not born in the 80's, but man, I wish I was. The clothes. The makeup. The hair. The MUSIC!
80's hair metal is a genre that I wish I was alive for and the fact that it existed in Japan and I am learning about it now is extremely exciting!
I am in love with this band. This is the kind of musician I dreamed of being.
I was born in the wrong time!
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Sun-Go the guitarist is considered one of the first female shredders in Japan. She and Saki (ex-Nemophila) are so close that they call each other mother and daughter even though there is no family connection. Saki caused some confusion several years ago wishing Sun-Go happy Mother’s Day online.
PurpleDracos
2024-10-27 15:20:04 +0000 UTCProbably should check out the other big all-female J-Rock band from the 80’s…Princess Princess. Big hair and all! https://youtu.be/xKMke40Uc7s?si=1lziY55vGxeA2Za9
Kevin (WhirlwindMediaStudio)
2024-09-27 01:04:45 +0000 UTCI mainly know their sound from their Nano No Yaon festival where they generally play and I have seen 1 or 2 streamed sets by them a couple of years ago when they played with Nemophila. It's fun to see their older sound because while Keiko's vocals are still pretty good, especially for her age, this is obviously way cleaner. I was born in the '80's but never really liked the sound of a lot of '80's music (and style), but I have to say that they do still rock even now. If you want 2 other '80's Japanese bands (male though) that are worth checking out, check out Seikima-II (ex-Nemophila's Saki's favourite band) and Loudness (who also performed with Nemophila before). Especially Seikima-II are a blast to watch live, their frontman is a top-tier performer and they have without question the same type of 80's style to a lot of what they do.
MrMette
2024-09-23 00:17:12 +0000 UTCPrincess Princess, Scandal, Anna Tsuchiya, Gacharic Spin, Mary's Blood, Band-Maid, Nemophila, Bridear, Yoyoka, Hagane, Lonesome Blue, Silent Siren, Trident ... ... are just a few that I know. Of course Show-ya performs every year ;) .
PANIC
2024-09-22 17:44:56 +0000 UTCShow-Ya is still active (sort of). They have sponsored an annual concert in Tokyo for all female musicians and staff since 1987 called Naon no Yaon. From what I've read it really started to focused on female musicians starting around 2014. Most of the bands that have appeared there in recent years are the same ones that you've been looking; at (Band-Maid appeared in 2016). Lead singer Keiko is the main driving force behind this, she wants to see female rock grow. Also, her outfit was pretty daring for that time period in traditionally modest Japan, also, tattoos are sort of taboo in Japan for most people.
Glen Kelley
2024-09-22 17:03:12 +0000 UTCShow-Ya started in 1981 and are still very much active. Nemophila did an amazing cover of this song, they used Show-Ya's drummer because Nemophila's drummer was on maternity leave.
Sami Koivisto
2024-09-22 15:45:33 +0000 UTCShow-ya was the band that broke the glass ceiling in Japan for girl-groups, and to a large extent American style rock, in 1981. Remember that Queen played there (1975) and Cheap Trick recorded the album that got that band off the ground even in the US (Live at Budokan in 1978) . In 1978 Eddie VanHalen showed the world some of his revolutionary guitar techniques, some of which are used here by the guitarist Miki "Sun-go" Igarashi. Nakamura, Igarashi and Tsunoda adopted the stage names of “Captain”, “Sun-Go” and “Mittan” to avoid confusion with the first name Miki, which they have in common - Nicely noted 😉 . Most people most closely associate Keiko Terada (vo) with the band as she and Miki Nakamura (keys) were responsible for its formation in 1981. Terada left the band in February 1991, considering the musical direction the band was taking too mainstream orientated. There have been several reassemblings and reunions of the band with various members and the Wikipedia page on them gives a nice summary if you are up for a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Show-Ya The hit single "Genkai Lovers" (which was used for a Shell campaign) became their best known song. Most people however associate Watashi Wa Arashi with the band thanks to YouTube. If you want more cringy 80’s rock :p you can listen to the aforementioned here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJE-vpRIOVM Show-ya has not lost any of its influence tho, as it (namely Terada) puts on an all female annual rock festival with some of the finest musicians in Japan at Naon no Yaon. The band Nemophila owes at least some of its success to her and the festival. Visit the Wiki for the festival and scroll down to “Event History” and I am sure you will recognize several band names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naon_no_Yaon As J-Music fans … like them or not, we all owe a huge debt of gratitude to this band as without them many of the girl groups we love today would not exist. When they started there was no template ... nothing to follow. As noted in the DISCORD, Terada's rose tattoo is fake and as added by guitar_andy " a tribute to Bette Midler's 1979 film The Rose loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin. Show-Ya has also covered the song of the title". You can visit their site for an interesting year by year biography, and as a current band … yes, they still have merch 😉 : https://show-ya.jp/
PANIC
2024-09-22 15:32:13 +0000 UTC
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