S.O.B.'s Don't Be Swindle
Published on 9. January 2025
128 pages
979-8-7651-0898-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book chronicles the Kyoto/Kansai 1980s hardcore punk scene through the album Don't Be Swindle by S.O.B., with a focus on Kyoto's main venues and the networks they created.
Apart from being the center of Japan's cultural heritage, Kyoto is home to one of Japan's leading avant-garde art and music scenes. The Kyoto University-affiliated venue Seibu Kodo has historically been the focus of this scene, creating an ethos and organizational core which hosted major international acts such as Frank Zappa and Talking Heads while pushing more local experimental and political acts. The hardcore punks in Kyoto, most of whom were high-school dropouts, borrowed the organizational structure and interacted with Seibu Kodo and its committees to create their own scene. By focusing on the seminal hardcore album Don't Be Swindle by S.O.B. and using rich archival material, this book explains the connections and entanglements of space and scene in 1980s punk.
Apart from being the center of Japan's cultural heritage, Kyoto is home to one of Japan's leading avant-garde art and music scenes. The Kyoto University-affiliated venue Seibu Kodo has historically been the focus of this scene, creating an ethos and organizational core which hosted major international acts such as Frank Zappa and Talking Heads while pushing more local experimental and political acts. The hardcore punks in Kyoto, most of whom were high-school dropouts, borrowed the organizational structure and interacted with Seibu Kodo and its committees to create their own scene. By focusing on the seminal hardcore album Don't Be Swindle by S.O.B. and using rich archival material, this book explains the connections and entanglements of space and scene in 1980s punk.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
File size
2,67 MB
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-0898-7 (9798765108987)
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Mahon Murphy | Ran Zwigenberg
S.O.B.'s Don't Be Swindle
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02/2025
Bloomsbury Academic
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Persons
Mahon Murphy is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law at Kyoto University, Japan, working mainly on the history of the First World War. He also teaches a history of Japanese Popular Culture.
Ran Zwigenberg is Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA. His research focuses on modern Japanese and European history, with a specialization in memory and cultural history.
Ran Zwigenberg is Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA. His research focuses on modern Japanese and European history, with a specialization in memory and cultural history.
Content
Introduction
1. I'm a Dreamer: The Origins and Infrastructure of the Kyoto Scene (1968-1980)
2. Speed My Way: The Organization of the Wider Kyoto Punk Scene (1977-1986)
3. Look Like Devil: Who Are the Punks?
4. Don't Be Swindle
5. Heads or Tails? The Live Scene After Don't Be Swindle
6. To Be Continued? Kansai Hardcore Goes Global
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
1. I'm a Dreamer: The Origins and Infrastructure of the Kyoto Scene (1968-1980)
2. Speed My Way: The Organization of the Wider Kyoto Punk Scene (1977-1986)
3. Look Like Devil: Who Are the Punks?
4. Don't Be Swindle
5. Heads or Tails? The Live Scene After Don't Be Swindle
6. To Be Continued? Kansai Hardcore Goes Global
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
