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The Blue Hearts (Japanese: ザ・ブルーハーツ, Hepburn: Za Burū Hātsu) was a Japanese punk rock band active from 1985 to 1995. They have been compared to such bands as the Sex Pistols, The Clash and the Ramones.[2][3] In 2003, HMV Japan ranked them at number 19 on their list of 100 most important Japanese pop acts.[4] In September 2007, Rolling Stone Japan rated their self-titled debut album number 3 on its list of the "100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time".[5]

For their self-titled album, see The Blue Hearts (album).
The Blue Hearts
OriginShibuya, Tokyo, Japan
GenresPunk rock[1]
Years active1985–1995
LabelsMeldac (1987–1989),
East West Japan (1989–1995)
MembersHiroto Kōmoto
Masatoshi Mashima
Junnosuke Kawaguchi
Tetsuya Kajiwara
Past membersMasami Mochizuki
Ryūsuke Hanabusa
Norio Yamakawa
Website30th Anniversary website

Career


Its members were Hiroto Kōmoto (vocalist), Masatoshi Mashima (guitarist), Junnosuke Kawaguchi (bassist) and Tetsuya Kajiwara (drummer). Mikio Shirai was not an official member of the band, but often toured with them as their keyboardist. Formed in 1985, the group made its major debut in May 1987, and released its first album, the self-titled The Blue Hearts,[6] and followed that up with seven more albums. Though they started on an independent label, each album sold more copies than the previous one, with their last recording selling in the millions. In 1990, The Blue Hearts had a self-titled EP released in the United States, which they supported with a US tour.[3][7]

In addition to having popular albums, they also had many popular singles. Two of the most well-known are "Train-Train" and "Linda Linda", which can be found on many karaoke machines. A cover version of "Linda Linda" was used in the 2004 dramas Socrates in Love and Gachi Baka, as well as the 2005 film Linda Linda Linda, the plot of which centers on a high school girls' band practicing The Blue Hearts' songs for the finale concert of their school's culture festival. The song also appears in the 2005 Nintendo DS video game Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan,. Other songs, including "Train-Train", "Owaranai Uta" and "Hito ni Yasashiku", have been featured in the Konami arcade games Drummania and Guitar Freaks. The 2015 anime series The Rolling Girls features covers of several Blue Hearts songs sung by the cast, including covers of "Hito ni Yasashiku" and "Tsuki no Bakugekiki" in the opening and ending sequences.

They were seen as controversial in Japan,[6] where antics such as using the taboo Japanese word for crazy, and spitting on television cameras got them banned from TV for a year.[citation needed]


Post-breakup


The Cro-Magnons live in Japan, 2011
The Cro-Magnons live in Japan, 2011

After The Blue Hearts broke up in 1995, Kōmoto, Mashima and Shirai formed a new group, The High-Lows.[6] In addition to retaining the hardcore fans of The Blue Hearts, The High-Lows were also able to attract new fans and lasted another ten years. When The High-Lows broke up in 2005, Kōmoto and Mashima again formed a new band in 2006, this time calling themselves The Cro-Magnons. Kawaguchi became a record producer and occasionally plays support for several bands, in 2009 he became the deputy director of propaganda for the Happiness Realization Party. Kajiwara formed The 3Peace in 1997, then The Big Hip in 2005 with Shirai, and his solo project Thunderbeat in 2008.

After the breakup of The Blue Hearts, both Kōmoto and Mashima chose not to sing any of the band's songs, with few exceptions. Kōmoto has sung "Boku no Migite" while performing live with other artists, and Mashima has occasionally performed "Aozora".


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References


  1. In Performance; Pop: New Music Seminar. Neil Strauss, The New York Times. July 23, 1994 (Accessed February 14, 2008).
  2. The Blue Hearts. Tri-M, Inc. Accessed February 7, 2008. (in Japanese)
  3. Rosenbluth, Jean (1990-09-28). "POP MUSIC REVIEW : Blue Hearts' Bring Tokyo Pop at the Anticlub". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
  4. "Top 100 Japanese pops Artists - No.19". HMV Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-06.
  5. "Finally! "The 100 Greatest Japanese Rock Albums of All Time" Listed". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
  6. Nippop | The Blue Hearts | Profile. Nippop. Accessed February 6, 2008.
  7. MTV出演 / THE BLUE HEARTS / MTV on YouTube



На других языках

[de] The Blue Hearts

The Blue Hearts (jap. ザ・ブルーハーツ) waren eine japanische Punkband, die Mitte der 1980er Jahre gegründet wurde und sich Mitte der 1990er Jahre nach internen Auseinandersetzungen wieder trennte.
- [en] The Blue Hearts

[es] The Blue Hearts

The Blue Hearts (ザ ブルーハーツ, Za Buru Hatsu, The Blue Hearts?) Fue una popular banda japonesa del punk[1] que realiza desde la segunda mitad de la década de 1980 para la primera mitad de la década de 1990. Ellos han sido comparados con bandas como los Sex Pistols, The Clash y los Ramones.[2] En 2004, The Blue Hearts fueron nombrados por HMV Japón como el grupo de música 19a mayor éxito e influencia japonesa.[3]

[ru] The Blue Hearts

The Blue Hearts (яп. ザ・ブルーハーツ Дза буру хатсу) — японская панк-рок-группа[1] игравшая в восьмидесятых и в начале девяностых. В 2003 году заняли 19 место в списке 100 самых важных японских популярных музыкальных проектов по версии HMV Japan.[2] Творчество группы было ориентировано на такие известные группы Sex Pistols, The Clash и Ramones, но даже будучи их фанатами они не хотели становиться их копиями, их музыка представляет собой сочетание панк-рока, кантри и других жанров. В последние годы существования их музыка оказала огромное влияние на музыку в целом.[3][4]


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