Japan Band *DRAGON ASH* ?

Just wondering but would the Japanese band *Dragon Ash* be considered "Neo Punk" or what? I don't mean stuff like "Shizukana Kaidan Wyo" but their harder stuff like...

---21st Century Riot
---Mustang A Go Go!
---Rock The Beat!

Just wonderning is all. Japan members here in the Forums could probably best answer this. I ask because through all the electronics and stuff I hear a lot of what sounds like angst in their songs (I'm not fluent in Japanese I could be wrong)... but then I've always thought of the German band Rammstein as Punk/Metal too.

[ January 07, 2003: Message edited by: MegaDrive 20XX ]</p>

Well, i almost don't know what to call them.

while they do have some heavy-fast stuff (Fantasista), they have songs where they sing really well and slowly (Viva la Revolution), and they have total hip hop songs (Grateful Days).

they're weird. I like them. listen to Viva la Revolution and Grateful Days. download Let yourself go, Let myself go too, they're all pretty good songs.

i love them
and don't know what to call them
i never think this matters however
Japanese Band or J-Rock(?) sounds fair?

don't forget "invitation"
oh ya, they have a song called "I Love Hip-Hop"

Steady & Co. is good also.

They rock! <img src="graemlins/loco.gif" border="0" alt="[Loco]" />

I don't think it really matters what you call them.

If you like them, listen to them.

Steady & Co (as afformentioned) is cool too. Also be sure to pick up Garden and I luv Hip Hop on single. Viva La Revolution was their break out album, but I my favorite songs come from the albums before that.

On a side note - please actually BUY the CDs. Everyone here makes a fuss about roms, so I'll make a small fuss about mp3s.

No, not punk.

I wouldn't think so.

As far as a I know there are no mainstream Japanese punk bands but there are Japanese Punk Bands.

<a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/222/japanese_pop_punk.html" target="_blank">Here's the only Japanese Punk Band I know of</a>

<a href="http://golocal.mp3.com/gir?genre_id=1150&geo_id=00000002&find+your+music.x=10&find+your+music.y=12" target="_blank">And the charts of Japanese Punk on mp3.com</a>

Hmm a punk type band? Are they like the pillows?

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