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28 March 2005

Japan Nite USA 2005 (Studio Z, 27 March 2005)

Son of a bitch!!

I wrote this long ass review for this gig and praised it for being one of the more surprising shows I've been to each year and the damn Blogger thing fucked it all up! Apparently there was HTML errors or some bullshit like that and now it's all GONE!!! DAMN IT!!!

I went and did an entire band-by-band analysis too!

Alright, I'm going to do a nutshell version of each band. FUCK YOU BLOGGER!!

The Emeralds. Fantastic four piece Japanese boy band that rocked the house from beginning to end. Songs are nothing special, just pure rock. But their energy is what stood out and that was good since there were 4 more bands appearing after them. Beer Rating: 3 Beers.

Noodles. Three piece girl band that played rock and some punkier tunes. The music was okay, but the highlight was their cute Engrish - especially when they were trying to peddle their merchandise on us. Beer Rating: 3.5 Beers.

Titan Go Kings. Definitely the band of the night. 3 piece punk girl band with cute outfits and matching bunny tail hats. Their songs are short, and strong, and loud! My personal favorites were "YONEDA" which is a song where they just yell out that name because Pinky, the lead singer, was hit by this guy and the guy never paid up, and "Opening Theme No. 2 - We Are Titan" (I think that's the name of the song) where they urged the crowd to do a YMCA type thing with their hands but instead spell TITAN out with it. When the band would talk to the crowd, whether it be urging us to buy their CDs, professing their love for McDonalds, or thanking San Francisco ad nauseum, their Engrish was so damn cute that my friend Randy wanted to bring them all home! Beer Rating: 1 Beer

Tsushimamire. 3 piece girl rock outfit. They were alright, but after Titan Go Kings, they got the short end of the stick. Beer Rating: 4 Beers

Petty Booka. A Japanese girl duo with matching cowboy outfits and ukeleles. They played covers for the most part, from classics like "Que Sera Sera" to The Ramones' "Rockaway Beach." Very entertaining and cute! Loved it! Beer Rating: 2 Beers.

The Pillos. Four piece Japanese men rock outfit that acts and sounds eeerily like Ash. But by the time they came on close to 1am, I was tired as fuck and didn't care. They were definitely the crowd favourite, but they didn't provide any edge unlike the other bands that preceded them. Beer Rating: 4 Beers

Overall, a great night out!

Overall Beer Rating: 2 Beers

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