| Just doing a couple of gigs in Tokyo, Osaka and possiblly Nagoya, most of the bands and artists having visited Japan say, "Yeh, we did a tour in Japan." What a laugh! Coming to a country with population of 120 million, if you are not capable to visit more than a few cities and doing a few gigs, I guess you are not anything but money maing machine with the best cost performance which seems to be nothing different from just a product of music industry. But a few bands and artists, mostly far from "music industry, have got guts to do a long tour in Japan. I guess most of booking agents or management would never accept this idea of "never money making business", but a musician wants to play and lots of music fans far from big cities should be given a chance to face to them. I believe the Parkinsons is one of those few bands trying to do a real tour here in Japan. Kicking off at Shinjuku Loft in Tokyo and played in Sendai and Hirosaki in northern end of Honshu, the Parkinsons were moving up to Kitami in Hokkaido, the most nothern island in Japan where I joined in them. Driving from Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, on a land completely covered by snow in blizzard, all of the boys were saying that they have never been to this cold land in their life. What was waiting for them in snowstormed town, however, was real hot audience and local bands. |
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Though the Parkinsons gave a big impact at Fuji Rock Festival '02, I imagine there were not more than hundred people from Hokkaido there as the cost of travelling to Naeba, where the festival was held, from Hokkaido is quite a lot and nobody could expect lots of audience at the venue called Yuyake Matsuri, "Sunset Fair", without any support of the local poeple. I found a few fans of the parkinsons in the audience, but it was obvious that the most of the poeple brought in by those support bands. Despite of the heavy duty blizzard, there were about 80 people in the venue and a local punk out fit called TRICYCLE kicked off the show and HEADROCK followed. The amazing one was the one, called QUACK, came out just before the Parkinsons. Influenced by Kemuri, their straight ska-punk was good enought to warm us up and gave a great impact for all of us and the Parkinsons. After the show, I got a CD-R copy of their works and should say they are damn good and if you get a chance to see them, you should never miss them. |
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The Parkinsons in Japan
The Parkinsons (20th Jan. @ Shinjuku Loft) with Beehive & Wakusei and JIGHEAD : photos by saya38 and review by jinki, michael, and nob
The Parkinsons (24th Jan. @ Kitami Yuyake Matsuri) with TRICYCLE, HEADROCK and QUACK : review and photos by hanasan The Parkinsons (25th Jan. @ Obihiro REST) with Underground 13th Fliow, Jay's, Onion Bakudan and Accel Tribe : review and photos by hanasan The Parkinsons (26th Jan. @ Asahikawa Casino Drive) with DEFLEXION & ZARIGANI5, Accel Tribe, The Johnny Boys : review and photos by hanasan The Parkinsons (27th Jan. @ Sapporo Bessie Hall) with Lolita No.18 (JPN & ENG), HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, ZARIGANI5 and Wakusei (JPN & ENG) : review and photos by hanasan The Parkinsons (4th Feb. @ Nagoya Apollo Thatre) : manga report by chika The Parkinsons (6th Feb. @ Juso Fandango) with Wakusei : photos by hanasan The Parkinsons (6th Feb. @ Juso Fandango) : photos by ikesan The Parkinsons (20th Feb. @ Kyoto Takutaku) : photos by hanasan The Parkinsons (20th Feb. @ Kyoto Takutaku) : photos by maki |
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The official site of the Parkinson http://www.theparkinsons.xoasis.com/ The album info : Sound Circus Label (in JPN) The latest album  "A Long Way To Nowhere" (UK import / US import / 国内盤) |
The new album (out in '04) "Reason To Resist" (UK import) previous works check the albums? |
hanasan's works-->2004  2003 Theatre Brook (27th Dec @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)Robert Randolph and The Family Band (11th Dec @ Nagoya Club Quattro)Robert Randolph and The Family Band (9th Dec @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)BETAGARRI (29th Nov @ Uneno The Church)SORROW (27th Nov @ Sendai Junk Box)SORROW (26th Nov @ Koriyama #9)BETAGARRI with The 3peace, SHOP LIFTER, & MIZZ(24th Nov @ Club Phase, Takadanobaba) Bleach (22nd Nov @ Shinjuku Antiknock)おじゃんになるかも (6th Nov @ Shimokitazawa 440)Sleep Walker (17th Oct @ morph_tokyo)Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (11th Oct @ Makuhari Messe)Elvis Costello (1st Oct. @ Nakano Sun Plaza)Katteni Shiyagare (29th Sep @ Shibuya Club Quattro)KEMURI (20th Sep. @ Kawasaki Club Citta)KEMURI with CHAOS (10th Sep. @ Oita Drum Top's)KEMURI with ARTS (9th Sep. @ Kagoshima Caparvo Hall)KEMURI with Dashing Straight (7th Sep. @ Fukuoka Drum Logos)KEMURI with SUCK DOWN (5th Sep. @ Hiroshima Quattro)KEMURI (4th Sep. @ Yonago Belier)KEMURI (30th Aug. @ Chiba Look)KEMURI (16th Aug. @ Rising Sun Rock Festival)Theatre Brook (15th Aug. @ Rising Sun Rock Festival)Theatre Brook (22nd Jun. @ Shinjyuku Liquid)Hore! Hore! Live Vol.2 feat. Salsa Gum Tape, Banda Bassotti, and Kiyoshi Imawano (13th May. @ Shibuya Club Asia)Banda Bassotti with Doberman, Oi Skall Mates, and Rude Bones(12th May. @ Kawasaki Club Citta)Banda Bassotti (11th May. @ Osaka Big Cat)Banda Bassotti (10th May. @ Nagoya Bottom Line)Banda Bassotti (5th May. @ Ueno Church)Jackson Browne ( 4th May. @ Nakano Sun Plaza)Jackson Browne (2nd May. @ Nakano Sun Plaza)The Street Beat Festival featuring Brahman and Banda Bassotti (19th Apr. @ Paci' Paciana, in Bergamo)The Street Beat Festival featuring Brahman and Banda Bassotti (18th Apr. @ Zapata, in Genova)The Street Beat Festival featuring Brahman and Banda Bassotti (17th Apr. @ Giornata dell'Arte e della Creativita Studentesca in PISA)Nada Trio, Agricantus & Mongol 800 (13th Apr. @ Piazza Del Tribuni Rome)The Street Beat Festival featuring The Unity Squad, Rude Bones, Mongol 800 and Banda Bassotti (12th Apr. @ Villaggio Globale Rome)The Street Beat Festival featuring Betagarri, Brahman, Banda Bassotti and Obrint Pas (11th Apr. @ Villaggio Globale Rome)The Street Beat Festival featuring Capdown, Doberman and Banda Bassotti (28th Mar. @ Centro Social Padova)The Street Beat Festival featuring Banda Bassotti, Capdown and Doberman (27th Mar. @ Centro Social Bologna)The Street Beat Festival featuring Capdown, Doberman and Banda Bassotti (26th Mar. @ Auditorium Flogin Firenze)Sleep Walker (21st Mar. @ the Room, Shibuya)Katteni Shiyagare (20th Mar. @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)Johnny Marr & The Healers (1st Mar. @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)The Parkinsons (20th Feb. @ Kyoto Takutaku)Prince Buster with the Determinations with DJ Gaz Mayall (10th Feb. @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)The Parkinsons, WAKUSEI (6th Feb. @ Juso Fandango)The Parkinsons, LOLITA NO.18, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, ZARIGANI5, WAKUSEI (27th Jan. @ Sapporo Bessie Hall)The Parkinsons, DEFLEXION, ZARIGANI5, Accel Tribe, The Johnny Boys (26th Jan. @ Asahikawa Casino Drive)The Parkinsons, Onion Bomb, Accel Tribe, etc (25th Jan. @ Obihiro Rest)The Parkinsons, Quack, etc (24th Jan. @ Kitami Yuyakematsuri)Sleep Walker (28th Jan. @ Yokohama Motion Blue)JAG : for kids left behind in a battle field (17th Jan. @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)-->more in 2002 |