{"id":1419,"date":"2019-04-22T19:38:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T02:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2019-04-22T19:49:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T02:49:33","slug":"the-joy-of-punk-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ambriente.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/22\/the-joy-of-punk-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Punk Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This past Saturday (20 April, 2019), I got to experience a bit of Rock ‘n’ Roll history as Half Japanese<\/a> celebrated a re-release of their 1988 “Charmed Life”<\/a> album on blue vinyl. Long before the popularization of the genres Indie Rock or Alternative Rock, the brothers Jad<\/a> and David Fair formed the punk rock band Half Japanese in 1975. But when one listens to Half Japanese now, it doesn’t identify with 70s punk as much as 80s and 90s alternative rock. Between the lyrics, distorted guitar and noise, the first band that comes to mind is Sonic Youth who have cited Half Japanese as an influence and Don Fleming<\/a> who has worked with Sonic Youth was on stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I only had my iPhone and generally would not use it to record song after song, but I felt as if I was listening to something special as these white haired men in their 60s rocked out on the small stage of le poisson rouge. Between the darkness of the club and the fluctuating lights on stage, much of this footage is a blur, but you can still hear the art punk sounds of Half Japanese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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