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Tag: 1980s

April 25, 2024

BE MORE FUGAZI: How the post-hardcore band defied the whole industry, showing you can still have ethics in this ‘cut-throat, business world’.

It was 1986, the vocalist and guitarist of hardcore punk band ‘Minor Threat’, Ian MacKaye, felt like he was destined for a different direction. He was sick of the current trends in the punk scene and wanted a new project “reminiscent of The Stooges, with a slice of Reggae”. Fugazi was born.

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1980s, fugazi, hardcore, indie, journalism, music, punk, rock, Washington
October 2, 2023

AROUND THE WORLD: Japanese City Pop – How a music genre gave false promises of a capitalist utopia… and why it has sneaked into modern western youth culture

Emerging during the late 70s and peaking throughout the 80s, City Pop used western influence and drew from genres such as funk, disco, boogie, R&B and soft rock. This was a completely new sound for the Japanese people. It took very little influence from their predecessors in Japan, completely ignoring them you could argue.

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1980s, city pop, japan, japanese culture, pop music