The Top 3 Video Countdown for August 17, 2019! Tearaways, Rochelle Vincente Von K, Darts, Otoboke Beaver (Jpn!)

We're back to the Top 3 Video Countdown for August 17, 2019!

At #3 This week is the mighty Tearaways from Los Angeles! The Tearaways are hitting the shores of England just about now! 

Check their tour dates and reserve tickets here: 
http://www.tearaways.com/tour-dates/

Guys! Make us proud of you all in the UK! Today's video is another Stephen David Brooks masterpiece and the latest hit from the boys!

Here's their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheTearawaysUSA/

#3) The Tearaways - Manchester Girl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh4Q7rbYXRA

At #2 is Rochelle Vincente Von K and her newest. "Outlaws."

Directed by Stephen David Brooks (oh and Rochelle wears that red dress from Stephen's award winning indie film "Flytrap"), "Outlaws" sees Rochelle and her band time travel from the 50's into the future with their baby blue T-Bird hot wheels. Who could believe that 2019 would look like this ?! As technology has progressed, how has our sovereignty and society progressed? What steps has humanity taken to nourish our global community since we now have the ability to reach further and wider? As guardians of our beautiful planet, and with more knowledge at our fingertips than ever before, what are we choosing to do every day to protect the home of all things living? 

Here's her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rochelle.vonk

#2) Rochelle Vincente Von K - Outlaws:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEXZNXmjvr8

At #1 this week are the Darts from Phoenix AZ and Los Angeles CA! The Darts explain themselves as: "Garage-psych-rock grrls make your head slam and your feet shake. And then there's the music."

The Darts further the amusement with this classic line: "If Elvira and Wednesday Adams consumed the flesh of man, drank shots of snake venom, started a band for the bride of Frankenstein’s bachelorette bash, that's us."

Here's their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thedartsUS/

#1) The Darts (US) - Breakup Makeup:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBPqKzWHZkc

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST! Today's Spotlight Artist is a band from Kyoto called, Otoboke Beaver! Check it out! 

Otoboke Beaver is released by the UK label, Damnably records. Their bio states: "(they) are a punk-rock-garage quartet from Kyoto, Japan. The band’s name is taken from a local ‘Love Hotel’ and they describe themselves as: “Japanese girls ‘knock out or pound cake’ band”.

Formed in 2009’s summer in Kyoto, Japan. Live the band often invade the audience, often with guitarist Yoshie crowd-surfing whilst playing wild riffs flawlessly. Sonically, it’s crazed, deranged garage, punk-rock-pop at break-neck speed and everyone sings in Japanese, and often in Kyoto slang."

Uh, this shit is heavy!

They have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Otobokebeaver22/

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST! Otoboke Beaver - Love Is Short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C9jbMwhT-0

If you like any of these bands, go Like their Facebook page and also follow them on Twitter! 

You can hear these songs and more on my radio show this Sunday! Check it out! "The Mike Rogers Show” every day on a station near you!

Mike Rogers Show now on SEVEN stations across the world! 

世界7ステーションで絶賛放送中のマイクロジャースショー！ 

UK: www.koradio.rocks 

UK: www.popradiouk.co.uk 

南アフリカ：www.bigindiegiant.com 

カナダ：http://bombshellradio.com/ 

カナダ：www.woodyradio.com 

香港：http://radiolantau.com/ 

NEW STARTING 8/24 ! Los Angeles: iRADIO109.com

KOR Radio UK:

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/

Radio Lantau (Hong Kong)

Mon - Friday 

5pm Hong Kong

6pm Japan 

日本は月〜金（毎日！夜６時！）

http://radiolantau.com/

Big Indie Giant from South Africa:
Sunday 

11am - Cape Town
10am - London
6pm - Tokyo
and will repeat Wednesdays （再放送）

2pm - Cape Town

1pm - London

9pm - Tokyo
https://www.bigindiegiant.com/

Woody Radio

Sundays 12 noon EST
Japan time: 11 pm Saturday!
日本の放送時間は土夜１１時！

http://www.woodyradio.com/ 

Bombshell Radio

Saturday 10pm Canada
Sunday 11 am Japan
Repeat:
Monday 3am Canada
Monday 4 pm Japan

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Los Angeles iRADIO109 
Los Angeles every Sat. 12 midnite
London every Sat. 8 am
New York every Sun. 3 am
Tokyo time Sat. 4 pm
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Also, I have a Patreon account! Please send over a few dimes (or even $125,657!) if you like what I am doing: Mike Rogers Show on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=20842243)

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” daily around the world!

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 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 shows can be found on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mike-rogers-45

Please support my efforts on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=20842243

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PAST ISSUES OF THE TOP 3 VIDEOS:

LAST WEEK:

The Top 3 Video Countdown for August 10, 2019! Goldhearts, Kyle Falconer (feat. Alissa Janine), Kill My Coquette, The Noodles (Jpn!) http://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-august-10.html

https://The Top 3 Video Countdown for August 3, 2019! Tearaways, Amyl & the Sniffers, Tidal Babes!modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-august-3.html

The Top 3 Video Countdown for July 27, 2019! The Tearaways, Shonen Knife, Dog Party, The Tidal Babes!https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-july-27.html

The Top 3 Video Countdown for July 13, 2019! Honeychain, Palaye Royal, Bad Mary, Tomboys (Japan)!https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-july-13.html

The Top 3 Video Countdown for July 6, 2019! The Let's Go's (Jpn) The Hots, Tearaways, Amyl & the Sniffers!https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-july-6.html 

The Top 3 Video Countdown for June 28, 2019! Bad Mary, Shonen Knife, Syteria, Kung-Fu Girl!https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-june-28.html

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

The Top 3 Video Countdown for June 8, 2019! The Let's Go's, Television Generation, Vigil of War, The Seven and Six! https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-june-8.html

The Top 3 Video Countdown for June 1, 2019! Marc Platt, The Peawees, Sugar & Tiger!:https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-june-1.html

The Top 3 Video Countdown for May 25, 2019! The Courettes, Love Zombies, Roxy Suicide, The 50 Kaitenz (Japan!)

https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-may-25.html

The Top 3 Video Countdown for May 18, 2019! The 50 Kaitenz (World Exclusive!), Starbenders, Abjects, Crocodiles! https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-may-18.html

The Top 3 Video Countdown for May 9, 2019! The Starbenders, Bat!, Lone Chains, Gyasi!  https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-may-9.html

The Top 3 Video Countdown for May 2, 2019! The Starbenders, Kick Lips, Glam Skanks, the Cosmics!: https://modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-top-3-video-countdown-for-may-2.html

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Japanese Girl Rock Bands (And More) That Matter in 2017!

This is part two (sort of) of a series on the best Japanese Girl Rock Bands... I added the (and more) because, well, frankly speaking, it's hard to find all-girl bands so, I've expanded the list a bit to add Japanese bands that have girls and guys also; Japanese bands who are crazy (there's lots of those) and, well, just Japanese bands that I like.

Japanese Girl Rock Bands That Matter in 2017 (part 1) is here: modernmarketingjapan.blogspot.jp/2017/03/12-japanese-girl-rock-bands-that-matter.html

I have culled the list to exclude bands that, for me, seem to veer too far into the J-Pop arena. Personally, I don't really like J-Pop. But I "get it" why some of those groups are popular. Hell, the first group I ever liked was the Monkees and the first 7-inch record I ever bought was the Monkees, "D.W. Washburn." So, I can understand why some people and kids like that kind of music.

Also, I can respect it. I mean, anyone who can do music and make a living at it as an artist must be doing something right. I applaud them...

J-Pop, K-Pop and America's "Hit Parade of Hell" is just not my cup of tea. 

My tastes have "matured".... Bwa! Ha! Ha! (My testes have "matured"? Isn't that hilarious?) Can you imagine the amount of ego it requires to make a statement like that? My god! I hate conceited DJs and "Musicologists." 

My point is I am trying to stick with what I personally really like. After all, isn't everyone a critic?

But to steal a line from Spinal Tap, "Enough of my yakking. Whaddya say? Let's boogie!"

In the first issue of this "Japanese Girl Rock Bands That Matter in 2017," I didn't include today's first band. Their name is TsuShiMaMiRe. I got lots of complaints from people for not including them, but I didn't include them because I heard that their drummer had quit and was replaced by a guy! (So they can't be in a "Girls" band list!) Now, I hear that the guy was just temporary???... When I find out what is really going on, I'll let you know. 

Their Wikipedia only lists two of the original girls members as being active now.

From Wiki: Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re ... is eclectic punk rock, mixing noisy and pop instrumental sounds with idiosyncratic, quirky, often funny or disturbing lyrics. They are one of the many bands to have become famous in the United States through SXSW music festival, and also through their performances at anime conventions and at "Japan Girls Nite" U.S. tours. The band's original lineup consisted of Mari Kono on lead guitar and vocals, Yayoi Tsushima on bass, and Mizue Masuda on drums. They originally formed the band while in college in Chiba, Japan. In January 2017, Mizue announced she was leaving the band to pursue other projects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsu_Shi_Ma_Mi_Re

TsuShiMaMiRe - Speedy Wonder:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=603FkEnMBOw

Next up is a band that is introduced to us by my good friend, Bee Bee Clark! "Bee Bee Clark? I've heard that name before!" You say? Yep! Bee Bee is one of the criminal master minds who made the definitive Japanese Garage Rock Movie, " Garage Rockin' Craze." It's freaking too cool! I can't find a 

Garage Rockin' Craze Trailer 予告編 :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNukfLBvALc

This band is the Stompin' Riffraffs! I love this band! These guys rock!....Nao, the lead singer has a Facebook page, but I can't find one for the band! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009285475674

Stompin' Riffraffs - Phantom Rock:   https://youtu.be/Dz54y1sVpMQ

Next up is a band introduced to us by The Routes lead vocal and guitar, Christopher Jack. It's Samehada Shiroko & Dynamite! I think that roughly translates to: "Shark skin ass and dynamite." Bwa! Ha! Ha!

Samehada Shiroko & Dynamite have been playing together for 4 years now. And they are from Fukuoka and on the Sasanami Label. The singer is an artist and she does all the artwork for the CDs... They even opened for the seminal Japanese Punk/rock band, "Sheena and the Rokkets!" Wow! They put on really wild live shows, and they're constantly playing up and down the country. 

Samehada Shiroko & Dynamite - Moshi Yokattara: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV7NePEIJ9o 

Next up is a band that your mom would not approve of! It's Otoboke Beaver! Their Facebook page says, "We are Otoboke Beaver "Japanese girls ‘knock out or pound cake’ band”!!!!!!!!!" OK? I got it! Lots of the bands on today's list don't have much of a Social Media presence or even a Facebook page, but Otoboke Beaver has one: https://www.facebook.com/Otobokebeaver22/

Otoboke Beaver (おとぼけビ～バ～) - Anata Ga Falling Love Shita No Ha Watashi Ga Kirai Na:
 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4VVkAxyw6F8 

Is that freaking cool, or what?

Next up is one of the hottest girls groups on the planet! They are called Kinoko Hotel (Mushroom Hotel). This band has been around since 2007 and do a sort of Showa era retro rock. They just released a new album last year. I'd like to post a full video from that, but the label won't post them in full... So here's an edited version. This band is HOT! I love these girls!  

Kinoko Hotel - Onedari Strange Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-u77l_AfL8

In the west, Heavy Metal seems to always be a seller, in fashion or not. In Japan, it's Rockabilly. There are lots of good rockabilly bands in Japan. Here's a Rockabilly band that sounds great! The Learners! The Leaners are a 5-piece band with Sara as lead vocalist and I hear she is a professional model! Wow! 

Learners - I Want You To Be My Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiEWcShzypc

Next up is a trio named Bo-Peep from Fukuoka, Japan. (Fukuoka? Kyushu Japan? There sure are a LOT of hot bands from down there. I think there must be some sort of boom going on and I approve!) Bo-Peep call themselves "Sheet Metal" and "Alternative Punk." They were guests on my show about 10 years ago.... Why isn't this band more famous? Here's their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BopeepJapan/ 

BO-PEEP - Hello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJo8-xCwozU

Next up is a band who claim to be "from Japan." (Well, duh!) This band was introduced to us by the leader of the world famous Routes (who also hail from Kyushu!) The band's name is "The Swamps." Their bio on Facebook is quite funny. It says, "Imagine a band with Moe Tucker of the Velvet Underground on drums, Chuck Berry/Johnny Ramone on rhythm guitar and Link Wray on an acid trip on lead guitar. Bass? They don't need no stinking bass. Vocally many of the tunes were a mix of Lux Interior of the Cramps meets Cookie Monster (especially when the vocals were done through the guitar's pickups as they were on many of the tunes). At times it was noise trash rock and at others they locked into a serious rock rhythm."

Here's their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/swamps.jp/?pnref=lhc

The SWAMPS – Ain’t Love Me Baby   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6_PSG5ey8Q

And speaking of Kyushu again, here is the band that's been getting TONS of airplay on my show, "WTF?" (Please come "Like" our FB page https://www.facebook.com/WhattheFunday76.1/) and on the World Famous KROQ in Los Angeles on the Legendary Rodney on the Roq show as well as stations around the world. It's The Routes and they are Japan's best kept secret!.... Until now! Go Like the Routes' Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theroutes/ The Routes just released their latest wax and it sold out within days (But I think they are back in stock. Grab one while you can!) This is the debut video from that release.

The Routes - Perfect Hell / No Permanence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RbUuHB4bcA

Next up, once again.... Another band from Kyushu??? WTF??? It's the awesome Titty Twister! I love this band! Their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Titty-Twister-187768281258674/) says: "Titty Twister, from Fukuoka City Japan, was formed in 2002, by Howlin' Kimiko, and Dee Dee Kyoko. The band plays exciting, all original Rock n' Roll, and covers such styles as Garage Punk, Pop/ Bubblegum, 70's Punk, and Rockabilly. Come on, get Twisted!!" These guys should be on air constantly!

Titty Twister/ Live at Keith Flack   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slw2UK9YMbo

Next up is a Japanese girls band that just celebrated their 20th anniversary (and they were guests on my show a few months back!) It's The Noodles! Their bio says, "Noodles is a Japanese alternative rock band currently consisting of Yoko (vocals/guitar), Ayumi (drums) and Ikuno (bass). The band is originally from Yokohama, where they performed their first show. They are well known for the song "Love My Life", which they recorded for the movie of the same name, Love My Life." 

Noodles - Blood Waltz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el7-e0sqIKs&spfreload=10

Hope you enjoyed this. 

There is a rock n roll boom coming to Japan before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and I can see it coming. I wrote to a close friend the other day: "It seems to me that what is happening now in Japan reminds me of the late 1970s Punk Boom in Los Angeles, 40 years ago... I think the same sort of thing is happening again here.

I am lucky because I have seen this before when I was in the Rotters (https://www.last.fm/music/The+Rotters), so I have seen this before, but not too many people have… So, I think most Japanese rockers don’t realise what is going on…. I believe that what is happening now is a legendary time in Japanese rock music… These bands are all a part of it…. There is a music movement happening in (Tokyo) Japan now…. The music boom is just starting. I know it. I have seen it before. I have the feeling of Deja Vu."

Anyway, there are lots of other good Japanese bands, so if you know one, let me know. - Mike

Oh, and be on the lookout for the biggest rock n roll movie to come out of Japan in years. 

It's hitting theaters this autumn 2017!: 

"Ghostroads - A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story." 

Here's the trailer: https://vimeo.com/210533272