I met Outo's drummer Mitchung a few times - absolutely awesome guy. They joke about that themselves these days. Their English wasn't great and they were getting info about what was going on in the west (mostly the UK - apparently Japanese record stores imported from the UK and not the US, so outside of the bigger bands like Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and The Ramones they weren't seeing much American stuff) really piecemeal and out of context. That's why there's more of a crossover vibe to a lot of the Japanese bands, the punk vs. metal drama and politics just didn't translate over in pictures and on records. So they were piecing together bits and pieces from UK/DK, the few music videos they could find, pro-wrestling, and comic books. "We didn't know any of the rules for what punk was, or what fit into one scene vs. another, but if we thought it was cool we'd do it." So like you say, they ended up with an amalgamation of styles that you wouldn't really see in a band outside of Japan. They're aware of how mismatched it looks now in retrospect and think it's funny, but are glad they didn't know "the rules" because they think they definitely had more fun as a result.
![Outo - I Wanna Drink Your Cola! [VHS] (2001)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ADao2qoqeOw/mqdefault.jpg)
自分が大阪hard coreシーンに飛込んだ時(90年ぐらい)には OUTO 解散してたけど噂話だったり 街角のステッカーだったりセリフィッシュレコードのあの絵だったり 色んな所に OUTO の痕跡残ってた。まさに伝説でした！
I love how every member looks like they're in a different band. It's definitely something you see a lot with japanese hardcore bands.
I met Outo's drummer Mitchung a few times - absolutely awesome guy.
They joke about that themselves these days. Their English wasn't great and they were getting info about what was going on in the west (mostly the UK - apparently Japanese record stores imported from the UK and not the US, so outside of the bigger bands like Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and The Ramones they weren't seeing much American stuff) really piecemeal and out of context.
That's why there's more of a crossover vibe to a lot of the Japanese bands, the punk vs. metal drama and politics just didn't translate over in pictures and on records. So they were piecing together bits and pieces from UK/DK, the few music videos they could find, pro-wrestling, and comic books. "We didn't know any of the rules for what punk was, or what fit into one scene vs. another, but if we thought it was cool we'd do it." So like you say, they ended up with an amalgamation of styles that you wouldn't really see in a band outside of Japan.
They're aware of how mismatched it looks now in retrospect and think it's funny, but are glad they didn't know "the rules" because they think they definitely had more fun as a result.
That's so cool! Thanks for the info. Honestly, I love that vibe. Big fan of the scene out there.
1987? Gosh. It's a treasure, man.
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que energía carajooooooo saludos desde Ecuador
Outo for life
ギターの方が好きでした。んで、自分の息子もカツミになりました。笑
この音！
Osaka hardcore legend!!
Saludos desde Peru!
Hell yeah
俺は日本人じゃー
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