V.A : Devil Must Be Driven Out With Devil

A 1986 comp featuring various Japanese punk/metal heavyweights of the day; ranging from Casbah's stomping metal and City Indian's Lemmy worship to the raw hardcore of Lip Cream and Ghoul. This is a nice snapshot of the early Japanese heavy music scene and packed with bands which have influenced the sound of most of the Nipponese stuff posted on this blog (except for the Saber Tiger tracks which, like all other things X-Japan related, are incredibly fucking cheesy--I've just been never been able to enjoy castrato heavy metal vocals.)


1. DEATH CITY／GHOUL
2. POSITIVE WAR／UNITED
3. TOP FIGHT／LIP CREAM
4. DEAD ANGEL／SAVER TIGER
5. 8・9・3／CITY INDIAN
6. ROCK THE PASSION／CASBAH
7. BITE YOURSELF／UNITED
8. RADIMENTAL TROUTH／LIP CREAM
9. DESPERATE WAR／CASBAH
10. MAD SISTER／CITY INDIAN
11. EMERGENCY EXPRESS／SAVER TIGER
12. FLASH BACK／GHOUL


DEVIL MUST BE DRIVEN OUT WITH DEVIL

Ghoul : 1984-1989 / Tribute To Masami

Seminal 80's Japanese punk band, fronted by the one handed, raspy-voiced, fan-punching legend Masami, who passed on young(like many of his contemporaries) in the early 90's, apparently of liver failure brought on by excessive love of the drink.


1984-1989:
Part 1
Part 2

Masami's post-Ghoul but very similar sounding band, Sqwad:

In 2002, a two disk tribute to Masami was released, featuring a whole host of Japanese underground punk/hc bands. The title ,汚れなき豚友達へ, means something like 'to the pig-friends who are not filthy'. There's a bunch of good stuff on here, but Paintbox's cover of the title track is pretty much worth the d/l itself.




汚れなき豚友達へ