基本説明
邦訳：白夜書房、2008年8月。
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2007. Julian Cope, eccentric and visionary rock musician, hip archaeologist and one time frontman of Teardrop Explodes, follows the runaway underground success of his book Krautrocksampler with Japrocksampler, a cult deconstruction of Japanese rock music. It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock'n'roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s and tells the tale of six seminal groups of artists in Jamanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with enticing reviews of Julian's Top 50 Jap Rock albums.
Full Description
Julian Cope, eccentric and visionary rock musician, follows the runaway underground success of his book "Krautrocksampler" with "Japrocksampler", a cult deconstruction of Japanese rock music, and reveals what really happened when East met West after World War Two. It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s, and tells of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with a penchant for plane hijacking.
