Welcome back the Top 3 Video Countdown for June 28, 2019!
And it's ladies night today on the Top 3 Video Countdown. All four of these female fronted bands will be featured on my show this Sunday on KOR radio. The Mike Rogers Show” every week on KOR Radio. Mike Rogers Show this weekend! Saturday 9pm UK time. Saturday 1pm Los Angeles time. Sunday 5 am Japan Time. 日曜日の朝5時スタート！ http://www.koradio.rocks/
First up is a band that is coming to Japan at the end of August, 2019. Their name is Bad Mary. You can check out their Japan tour schedule here: https://www.facebook.com/badmaryband/
Their bio states: "Drawing influence from the likes of Blondie and The Ramones, Green Day and Paramore, Bad Mary has created their own strain of punk that takes you back to New York in the 70’s but with a modern vibe. Following on from their critically acclaimed debut, Better Days, released in 2013, the high octane four-piece group – led by powerhouse lead singer Amanda Mac, Mike Staub (bass/vocals), Bill Mac (drums) and David Henderson (guitar) – split their latest blasts of infectious, in your face songs into two driving EPs, Killing Dinosaurs (2015) and We Could Have Saved the World (2016). The band makes their home on Long Island, New York and have played classic venues such as Arlene’s Grocery, Bowery Electric, Trash Bar, and Highline Ballroom. Bad Mary were in the lineup of Warped Tour when it hit Jones Beach in 2015, the Liberty Music Festival in Philadelphia in 2016, and have scored airplay on U.S., U.K. and Australian radio." They've also been on the radio on my shows LOTS! Here's Bad Mary's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badmaryband/
Next up at #3 is a band that was introduced to us by the all-knowing, Cindy Kona (The curator to the stars!). The band's name is Syteria. Syteria has a great pedigree! From their online bio: "Featuring Jax Chambers from the legendary Girlschool, Keira Kenworthy, Julia Vocal (Calvo) and Pablo Calvo, Syteria are a four piece UK rock band formed in 2015. "
At #2 this week is a band introduced to us by music critic Stossy Reid! Mr. Reid says that this album could be "The Best Album of 2019!" You listen to this and you be the judge.
There is little known about Kung Fu Girl excepting I can't find their Facebook page nor their Twitter page. So, I guess we have to trust the opinion of Stossy Reid!
At #1 this week is a band that does not need an explanation because they'been famous for over two decades! It's Shonen Knife and their latest brand new song!
You can hear these songs and more on my radio show this Sunday! Check it out! "The Mike Rogers Show” every week on KOR Radio. Mike Rogers Show this weekend! June 1, Saturday 9pm UK time. June 1, Saturday 1pm Los Angeles time. June 2, Sunday 5 am Japan Time. (6月2日の日曜日の朝5時スタート！） http://www.koradio.rocks/ (Oh and I play new USA/UK artists too!)
Check out these artists and more on my FM radio show this Sunday! Check it out! The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on InterFM 89.7 in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya 79.5 and nationally broadcast on Radiko.jp (Internet radio).
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‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ World Premiered at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London, England. ‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ is a documentary about one of the last true geisha in Japan. From her wartime childhood to geisha apprenticeship to the glory days of a top geisha. This film illustrates the trials of the ultimate Japanese cultural enigma that is – The Life of a Geisha.
“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018!
Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story Here’s the movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwJ4AfzOwM Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story DVD and Blu-Ray on sale all across Japan and available on rental everywhere in Japan! Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!
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About Mike in Tokyo Rogers: Mike has been a professional music/TV/radio/anime-related program producer in Japan since the eighties. He began in the music business in 1977 as lead vocalist with the legendary Los Angeles Punk Band, “The Rotters” (Sit on My Face Stevie Nix.). As a university student, he was assistant to the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ – KROQ Los Angeles from 1980 ~ 1981.) Mike was the first and only foreigner in Japanese history to become the General Manager of a major Japanese broadcasting station (TV Tokyo owned InterFM). Has produced a few smash hit programs (some real losers, too!) and several of Tokyo’s highest rated and most famous radio programs. A recent hit Internet TV program was “The TV Show” (Set Program with “Ninja Slayer”) which, between April – Oct. 2015, garnered over 10 million viewers. He is currently producing and hosting “The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live onwww.koradio.rocks.
Also Mike is the creator and founder of the Mt. Fuji – Atami Film & VR Festival. Also his life’s dream is his just completed full-length motion picture, “Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” which enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25,2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan from Sept. 2017 ~ Mar. 2018. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! His next project, “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” world premiered at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in Oct. 2018. Mike is also an Official Jury member to the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London making him the first person ever to serve as a Jury Member from Japan in Raindance Film Festival history. … Oh, and he likes to write about himself in the third person! —————————–
PAST ISSUES OF THE TOP 3 VIDEOS: LAST WEEK:
The Top 3 Video Countdown for June 15, 2019! J For Julie (Jpn!), Courettes, Bad Mary, Messer Chups! https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-june-15.html
Welcome back the Top 3 Video Countdown for June 22, 2019!
At #4 this week is a hot new "Rock'n'Roll-PunkRock" band from Rosignano Solvay (LI) Italy! Their name is the Beaters! They only been around a very short time but they're getting airplay all over the world! Here is their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thebeatersvintagepunkrocknroll/
And now we go to Mexico City for a BRAND NEW punk band. Their name is XENU & THE THETANS. Not much is known about XENU & THE THETANS but their debut will be released on the mighty Slovenly Records very soon. But fret not, you get to check them out here! First!... I checked their social media and Facebook and everywhere. Not much information. Looks like 4 guys and a girl!
Next up is a video by a band named Kate Clover. Now, I don't usually play this sort of live video, but, tomorrow on my KOR Radio show, I will WORLD PREMIERE 3 songs by Kate Clover! Kate's record was produced by Brandon from the Crocodiles and this girl is HOT!... And who else is introducing brand new bands to you like the Mike Rogers Show is, eh? I think Kate Clover might just be the next Tracey Tracey from the Primitives or Deborah Harry!
At #1 this week is a band who has graced our pages several times in the past, they are the Crocodiles! They describe themselves as a Garage/Rock/Punk band. This band is awesome!
You can hear these songs and more on my radio show this Sunday! Check it out! The Mike Rogers Show” every week on KOR Radio. Mike Rogers Show this weekend! June 1, Saturday 9pm UK time. June 1, Saturday 1pm Los Angeles time. June 2, Sunday 5 am Japan Time. (6月2日の日曜日の朝5時スタート！） http://www.koradio.rocks/ (Oh and I play new USA/UK artists too!)
Check out these artists and more on my FM radio show this Sunday! Check it out! The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on InterFM 89.7 in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya 79.5 and nationally broadcast on Radiko.jp (Internet radio).
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‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ World Premiered at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London, England. ‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ is a documentary about one of the last true geisha in Japan. From her wartime childhood to geisha apprenticeship to the glory days of a top geisha. This film illustrates the trials of the ultimate Japanese cultural enigma that is – The Life of a Geisha.
“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018!
Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story Here’s the movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwJ4AfzOwM Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story DVD and Blu-Ray on sale all across Japan and available on rental everywhere in Japan! Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!
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About Mike in Tokyo Rogers: Mike has been a professional music/TV/radio/anime-related program producer in Japan since the eighties. He began in the music business in 1977 as lead vocalist with the legendary Los Angeles Punk Band, “The Rotters” (Sit on My Face Stevie Nix.). As a university student, he was assistant to the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ – KROQ Los Angeles from 1980 ~ 1981.) Mike was the first and only foreigner in Japanese history to become the General Manager of a major Japanese broadcasting station (TV Tokyo owned InterFM). Has produced a few smash hit programs (some real losers, too!) and several of Tokyo’s highest rated and most famous radio programs. A recent hit Internet TV program was “The TV Show” (Set Program with “Ninja Slayer”) which, between April – Oct. 2015, garnered over 10 million viewers. He is currently producing and hosting “The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live onwww.koradio.rocks.
Also Mike is the creator and founder of the Mt. Fuji – Atami Film & VR Festival. Also his life’s dream is his just completed full-length motion picture, “Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” which enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25,2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan from Sept. 2017 ~ Mar. 2018. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! His next project, “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” world premiered at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in Oct. 2018. Mike is also an Official Jury member to the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London making him the first person ever to serve as a Jury Member from Japan in Raindance Film Festival history. … Oh, and he likes to write about himself in the third person! —————————–
PAST ISSUES OF THE TOP 3 VIDEOS: LAST WEEK:
The Top 3 Video Countdown for June 15, 2019! J For Julie (Jpn!), Courettes, Bad Mary, Messer Chups! https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-june-15.html
Welcome back the Top 3 Video Countdown for June 15, 2019!
First up today is a duo from Brazil and Denmark! They are called, The Courettes! Their bio states: "WHAAAAUW! The Courettes is the garage duo sensation from Brazil and Denmark! It's savage! It's dynamic! After the blasting debut album “Here are the Courettes” - critically acclaimed on the garage scene all around Europe - The Courettes are back with the SMASH HIT single “Boom! Dynamite!” + B-Side killer “T-C-H-A-U”! Straight from the legendary Toe Rag Studios in London, produced by Liam Watson. More fuzz! More screaming! Louder drums! More raw vocals! In good ol’ Analog’n’Couriffic MONO!!!" Here's their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/courettes/
Next up is a band from St. Petersburg Russia who just finished their USA tour! They are Messer Chups! Their bio states: "While Messer Chups' mostly instrumental sound is hard to neatly categorize, it’s safe to say that it would be embraced by fans of rockabilly, horror punk, vintage surf records, Italian slasher films, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Pulp Fiction, lounge music, the theremin, The Cramps, and the theme song from The Munsters. Their catchy music combines surf, vintage Russian melodies, rare film samples from the 50s and 60s, scratchy historical recordings, and lounge loops. Live, they explode with garage-punk intensity, all played against a video-collage backdrop of mid-century trashy cult and horror movie clips featuring Russ Meyer and Ed Wood, and superstars like Vampira and Bela Lugosi in a zombie mash-up."
At #1 this week is Bad Mary who will be touring Japan in August and September 2019! Their name is Bad Mary and they are hot!
Bad Mary's bio states: "It’s not the 70s anymore in NYC – but the spirit of that era’s wild punk scene is alive, well and infused into the contemporary roar that’s blasting out of multi-generational Long Island based sensation Bad Mary. Building off the crackling success of their debut album Better Days – which garnered three first round Grammy ballot nods and whose “Forget About It” and “Don’t Know Where The Line Is” provided an edgy soundtrack to the 2014 NBA Finals – the foursome led by powerhouse vocalist Amanda Mac has a fresh bold task for their new EP: Killing Dinosaurs."
SPOTLIGHT ARTIST! This week's Spotlight Artist is a girl from Tokyo called, "Julie." I found this video completely by accident. I know that this song was recorded with the help of members of the Scottish Rock Band, Placebo! Julie is quite an enigma as she hit the air in Japan in 2016, and then has simply vanished!
You can hear these songs and more on my radio show this Sunday! Check it out! The Mike Rogers Show” every week on KOR Radio. Mike Rogers Show this weekend! June 1, Saturday 9pm UK time. June 1, Saturday 1pm Los Angeles time. June 2, Sunday 5 am Japan Time. (6月2日の日曜日の朝5時スタート！） http://www.koradio.rocks/ (Oh and I play new USA/UK artists too!)
Check out these artists and more on my FM radio show this Sunday! Check it out! The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on InterFM 89.7 in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya 79.5 and nationally broadcast on Radiko.jp (Internet radio).
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‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ World Premiered at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London, England. ‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ is a documentary about one of the last true geisha in Japan. From her wartime childhood to geisha apprenticeship to the glory days of a top geisha. This film illustrates the trials of the ultimate Japanese cultural enigma that is – The Life of a Geisha.
“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018!
Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story Here’s the movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwJ4AfzOwM Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story DVD and Blu-Ray on sale all across Japan and available on rental everywhere in Japan! Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!
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About Mike in Tokyo Rogers: Mike has been a professional music/TV/radio/anime-related program producer in Japan since the eighties. He began in the music business in 1977 as lead vocalist with the legendary Los Angeles Punk Band, “The Rotters” (Sit on My Face Stevie Nix.). As a university student, he was assistant to the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ – KROQ Los Angeles from 1980 ~ 1981.) Mike was the first and only foreigner in Japanese history to become the General Manager of a major Japanese broadcasting station (TV Tokyo owned InterFM). Has produced a few smash hit programs (some real losers, too!) and several of Tokyo’s highest rated and most famous radio programs. A recent hit Internet TV program was “The TV Show” (Set Program with “Ninja Slayer”) which, between April – Oct. 2015, garnered over 10 million viewers. He is currently producing and hosting “The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on www.koradio.rocks.
Also Mike is the creator and founder of the Mt. Fuji – Atami Film & VR Festival. Also his life’s dream is his just completed full-length motion picture, “Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” which enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25,2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan from Sept. 2017 ~ Mar. 2018. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! His next project, “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” world premiered at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in Oct. 2018. Mike is also an Official Jury member to the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London making him the first person ever to serve as a Jury Member from Japan in Raindance Film Festival history. … Oh, and he likes to write about himself in the third person! —————————–
“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018! 
