Les Rallizes Dénudés

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Les Rallizés Dénudés ( 裸 の ラ リ ー ズ )
General information
Genre (s) Psychedelic rock , garage rock , noise rock
founding 1967
resolution 1996
Last occupation
Takashi Mizutani
Fujio Yamaguchi
Kiyohiro Takada
Hiroshi Narasaki
Maki Miura
Mikio Nagata
Yukimichi Noma
Shime Takahashi
Shun'ichirō Shōda
Takeshi Nakamura
Toshirō Mimaki
Yōkai Takahashi
Yoshio Kuge
Moriaki Wakabayashi

Les Rallizes Dénudés ( jap. 裸のラリーズ , Hadaka no Rarīzu for Rallizes ) was an influential, albeit very reclusive Japanese avant - rock band . They originally started out as a music theater troupe in 1962 , before coming together as a band in 1967.

They were known for their relationships with avant-garde theater groups (such as those embodied by Shuji Terayama's troupe) and for their extreme live shows. The band Velvet Underground is one of their strongest musical influences . The style of the band was of simple, repetitive bass lines, screaming guitar feedback and Folk - Arrangements coined. The band has also identified with radical left-wing political goals and was involved in demonstrations against the Vietnam War and in the occupation of Kyoto University in 1969. In 1970, the band's original bass player, Moriaki Wakabayashi, was involved in the hijacking of a Japanese plane by the Japanese Red Army . The singer Takashi Mizutani was also offered to participate, but this declined.

The band made their last appearance in October 1996.

reception

If the band is perceived by many as one of the most influential Japanese psychedelic bands, Piero Scaruffi describes their music as "superfluous" and an "incompetent imitation of Velvet Underground".

Discography (selection)

  • Oz Days Live (2xLP, Oz, 1973)
  • '67 -'69 Studio et Live (CD, Rivista, 1991)
  • Mizutani / Les Rallizes Dénudés (CD, Rivista, 1991)
  • '77 Live (2xCD, Rivista, 1991)
  • Les Rallizes Dénudés (video, Ethan Mousiké, 1992)
  • "Etcetera vol 2." (7 "single + magazine, 1996)
  • Mars Studio 1980 (3xCDr, Univive)
  • Double Heads (6xCDr, Univive)
  • Laid Down '76 (4xCDr, Univive)
  • Laid Down '76 Again (CDr, Univive)
  • One More Night Tripper (5xCDr, Univive)
  • Great White Wonder (4xCDr, Univive)
  • Double Heads September (CD, Univive)
  • Cradle Saloon '78 (4xCDr, Univive)
  • End Of Heavy Groove (2xCD, Univive)
  • Cable Hogue Soundtrack (2xCDr, Univive)
  • Critical Trip (2xCD, Univive)
  • Wild Trip In The West (3xCD, Univive)
  • Tripical Midbooster - Winter 1981-1982 (4xCDr, Univive)
  • Back To Black Mandara (3xCD, Univive)
  • Wild Trips (5xCD, Univive)
  • Naked Diza Star (3xCD, Univive)
  • Mizutani 2 With Association Love Songs (3xCD, Univive)
  • New Products Era (4xCD, Univive)
  • Volcanic Performance (4xCD, Univive)
  • Metal Machine Music '82 (DVD, Copy Prot., NTSC, Univive)
  • 1994 Live Final Era (DVD, Copy Prot., NTSC, Univive)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Rolf Semprebon: Les Rallizes Dénudés. Retrieved January 9, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Jonathan Watts: Japanese hijackers go home after 32 years on the run. September 9, 2002, accessed January 9, 2014 .
  3. ^ Julian Cope's Album Of The Month. AOTM # 84. May 2007, accessed January 9, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Mike Orme: Les Rallizes Denudes: Eve Night. May 16, 2008, accessed January 9, 2014 .
  5. ^ Piero Scaruffi: Hadaka No Rallizes. Retrieved January 9, 2014 .