| rjhudson ( @ 2004-10-02 22:06:00 |
| Entry tags: | funny papers, taiwan on1 |
Capsule Toys and Bug Lights

I have just acquired and inspected proof that a good Japanese funk band exists. I know, I know. It's been a long time coming that proof of such a thing existed. I myself never expected to see it and God knows I was looking for it. I suppose what got me into the search for this elusive document that a Japanese band could, in fact, get down, was hearing other Japanese bands that didn't ride in on the funky pony such as Gasoline or the Boredoms or any number of bass-heavy no-tune-on out of whack unknowns to be found on various compliations. I knew there was a select group of Japanese that understood getting down. 
I just didn't see. . . well, hear any Japanese funk bands that I liked. It's all about the 16- beat-bass-slapping-ear-splitting-timbre-h
"Ayaka City Zoo," originally done by Happy End, is covered by Quruli on the tribute album to the Happy End imaginatively titled Waitress Penis Sauce, Penis Sauce Nun.
It's funky. It really is.
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