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COLLAPSE SOCIETY (Tokyo, Japan) — Japanese crust punk / “Tokyo crasher crust”

Tokyo’s Collapse Society sit in the early-90s wave of Japanese crust punk documented by tape traders and small-label EP runs. Their first widely-ci

ACID (Tokyo, Japan) — Japanese crust punk / hardcore punk

Tokyo’s Acid formed in 1987 and sit right on the fault line between late-80s Japanese hardcore punk and the crustier direction that would spread through the 90s. Discogs tags them

JUNTESS (Tokyo, Japan) — Japanese hardcore punk with metal-infused guitar work

Tokyo’s Juntess sit in the late-80s / early-90s wave of Japanese hardcore punk, known for a hard-driving rhythm section and metal-infused guitar that pushes t

D.S.B. (Kokubunji/Tokyo, Japan) — Japanese hardcore punk

Japan’s D.S.B. (Defiance of Shit Bastards) formed in 1990, started by two high school students KAZU (vocals) and YO (guitar). Early on, they circulated a first demo in 1991 that wa

Vintage Vixens 29/30

One of the first pornographic films to feature a plot, character development, and relatively high production values, Deep Throat earned mainstream attention and launched the “porno chic” trend, although the film was

Vintage Vixens 28/30

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GAI (Hakata/Fukuoka, Japan) — Japanese hardcore punk / noise-core

Hakata’s Gai are a key early name in Japanese hardcore punk from Fukuoka City, active in the first-wave underground network that also fed bands like Confuse. They formed i

Seems someone made a painting of Daisy Massobianco of @wire_doll . Dont know who did this but if it was you, great job!

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Vintage Vixens 27/30

Russ Meyer week continues with this classic.

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THE EXECUTE (Tokyo, Japan) — Japanese hardcore punk

Tokyo’s The Execute formed in October 1981, founded by Lemmy, and sit right at the early point where Japanese punk hardened into Japanese hardcore punk. Their name comes up constantly i

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Vintage Vixens 26/30

Russ Meyers Mud Honey feat. #lornamaitland “a film of ribaldry and violence made from the juice of life.”

I mean… come on!

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Same stuff, different name.

punk / doom / free jazz / dub /psych / noise

Too many techno/electronic types hitting us up with the old name.

Records, broadcasts, zines, dispatches, art drops, fast fiction

Bring on the weirdos.

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GUDON (Hiroshima, Japan) — Japanese hardcore punk

Hiroshima’s Gudon (愚鈍) formed in 1984 and sit deep in the tape-trade era of Japanese hardcore punk, active through the mid-80s into 1990. Their name shows up constantly in collector circl

Vintage Vixens 25/30

Russ Meyer did a lot for women’s equality. Agree or am I being ridiculous?

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ZOUO (Osaka, Japan) — Japanese hardcore punk

Osaka’s Zouo formed in the early 1980s around vocalist Katsunori “Cherry” Nishida, with roots in the local youth scene before there was a clear hardcore template to follow. Nishida

GAUZE (Tokyo, Japan) — Japanese hardcore punk

Tokyo’s Gauze formed in 1981 and became a reference point for Japanese hardcore built on speed, tight playing, and long-term consistency. The core lineup stayed intact for decades: Fugu (voca

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