Japrocksampler

Author(s): Julian Cope

MUSIC WRITING & CRITICISM

Julian Cope, eccentric and visionary rock musician, hip archaeologist and one time frontman of the Teardrop Explodes, follows the runaway underground success of Krautrocksampler, a cult deconstruction of German rock music, with Japrocksampler.

Japrocksampler is a short history of Japanese youth culture in the post-war years. It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock and roll renegades of the 1960s and '70s, telling the tale of six seminal groups of artists in Japanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with a penchant for plane hijacking.

Cope tours regularly and has just brought out a new album, Dark Orgasm. His website, Head Heritage, is widely acknowledged as containing some of the most entertaining and insightful album reviews on the web. Julian's fans (Copeheads) as well as the generally interested reader will lap up this take on the Jap Rock phenomenon.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780747593034
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : September 2008
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Julian Cope
  • : Paperback
  • : 1208
  • : 304