Anyone got onto Japrocksampler by Julian Cope? Some mad music to discover in this book.

utube Speed, Glue and Shinki and Les Rallizes Denudes for a taster.

 

Thanks guys - surely square set on my to-read list. Much appreciated. Love Cope, informed and makes you want to be informed.

Jill,

Cope does go a beyond the call of duty with the back story in the early chapters but his record reviews are

adictive and get one enthused to hit you tube and start listening. Check out Eve by Speed, Glue and Shinki.

Rock'n'Roll

Cope's Japrocksampler is great. I've been listening to and following all sorts of Japanese underground rock for years so didn't feel a need to pick it up immediately.. but when I finally did I couldn't put it down. Great stories and as Dom said above mad music to discover. Book is definitely deeper than the title suggests.

Nope.

Thanks for the heads up though!Is it mainly a discography/history of Japanese Rock, or does it get as I expect Julian Cope - in depth?

I've seen it in Rough Trade, along with his bolshy great big compedium of rock'n'roll from across the world.