Too much modern music is boring and depressing. Music is meant to express a range of emotion, including sadness and anger, but it just seems like a big chunk of new mainstream music focuses only those two feelings. Thankfully bands like Limited Express (Has Gone?) are still around to entertain the masses with their energetic sounds.
With a new drummer in place for the recently departed Koji Narazaki, the Kyoto trio tore through their half-hour performance with unabashed glee. Bassist Yukari and guitarist Jinichiro Iida set the tone early with big jumps, kicks, and a lot dancing. The small, appreciative audience followed suit, bouncing around and cheering the band on. With two acclaimed discs and a handful of singles full of splendid, angular, noisy pop to their credit, the act had little trouble finding enough quality material to present.Yukari handled the bulk of vocal duties with Iida joining in from time to time. When not singing, Iida unveiled a plethora of arena-worthy stage moves. He whipped his guitar around, shook his head, pumped his fist, and fell to his knees like a man possessed by some kind of wonderful punk demon. Constantly moving, Iida went so crazy that his glasses completely fogged up and stayed that way for the bulk of the concert. If that's not fucking rock n' roll, I don't know what is. His lack of vision didn't faze him. In fact, not being able to see seemed to make him get even more creative while twisting out Limited Express' unique sounds. |
Dressed in a vintage green dress and a pair of deadly, boxing style high-tops, Yukari was more than ready to match her bandmates' genki-ness. Singing in a high-pitched voice, her animated vocals added another level to the act's fiery indie rock. Possibly inspired by her apparel, she displayed footwork skills that would have made Ali proud. Equally impressive with or without her bass, her relentless enthusiasm and penchant for striking poses that begged to photographed made her a favourite of the Japanese audience.With huge toothy grins across both of their faces there was no doubt that Iida and Yukari were having a ball. Their vigor and passion infected all the spectators in Zher The Zoo. After just 30 minutes with Limited Express it's easy to understand why they are so revered at home and abroad. In addition to being innovative and catchy, their music is most importantly loads and loads of fun. . |
report and photos by shawn. |
 mag files : Limited Express (Has Gone?) F-U-N : (06/04/02 @ Yoyogi Zher The Zoo) review and photos by shawn |
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The official site Limited Express (Has Gone?) - http://www.limited-ex.com/ the mini album  "生け贄のJesus Child" |
the previous works "Makes You Donce!"
"Experimental Express Explorer" (split with Experimental Dental School)
"Flowers of Error" (国内盤) "Fine Time A Tribute to New Wave" (国内盤 - compilation) "功夫少女 - カンフー・ガール - " (国内盤 MAXI) "Feeds You! " (国内盤) check the albums? |
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