Yesterday we celebrated the Emperor's birthday (public holiday in Japan) by listening to some good ol' rock 'n roll. I love nothing better than to see girls (especially Japanese girls) knocking down some songs with an electric guitar. We saw the 5678s and MAD 3 play at the Shimokitazawa Shelter. The 5678s have been around for quite a while but have gained a little bit more recognition having recently appeared in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. The three girls came out on stage in 50s style sexy dresses and matching hairstyles, and put on a good warm-up show for MAD3. The girls I feel rolled a little more than rocked, but they rocked too. They had some really fun songs and having recently seen the Wedding Singer again (TWICE) I thought that they would be a great band to have at a wedding.....
Clearly the headlining act were MAD3. I had never really listened to any of their stuff before, but they were TIGHT. All of them (except the drummer - he wore a shirt that just said 'fuck') were in tight black leather. I had been expecting rockabilly but these guys just ROCKED. I had heard that a lot of there stuff was instrumental, which is true, but they are just tooooo busy playing to sing. There was a lot of energy on stage. They used a lot of 80s metal riffs (i picked up on the acca dacca...) I liked that they played the crowd - it was a SHOW! The lead guitar player by the end of the show ended up with no shirt on, but I loved it when he did the 'back to the crowd, comb my hair really slow 50s style' move - N.I.C.E!! Their xmas present to the audience was an original song called 'I hate christmas'....
WE WANT MAD!
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