Mark was kind enough to send me two clippings from a Dutch magazine called DNA (De Nieuwe Aardschok) from October 1982.
Here they are for all to enjoy!
(I just wish that date was 28.08.2009!)
Thanks Mark!
(Translations welcome)
Saturday, 1 August 2009
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Hey, it's Mark. heres a translation:
ReplyDeleteAfter the unorganized punkgroup Just Good Friend it was already the Japanese group Bow Wow's turn. It was a wrong move on the organisations part to put Bow Wow in second place. The cons of this were: Bow Wow was only allowed to play for 30 minutes, was not allowed to give an encore and at this early there were hardly any people present. The handfull of people who were there, most of them were still sleeping. I won't go into the history of Bow Wow too much because we will have a look at Japan in the next AARDSCHOK issue. Bow Wow seem to know which LP is their hardest because half the set consists of tracks from the 'Signal Fire' LP. Even the beautiful "Prelude" was played perfectly. Bow Wow got the crowd going pretty quickly. In England it was also hard to get any Japanese imports so few hard-rockers knew Bow Wow. "In My Image" and the solid "Take Me Away" were played from the latest LP 'Asian Volcano'. After "Jet Jive" they played "You're Mine" which is the opening track from the recent, in England recorded, LP "Warning From Stardust". During "Hearts On Fire" monster guitarist Kyoji Yamamoto came running onto the stage with a big white wig on his head. The songs were sung back and forth between Yyoji and the other guitarist Mitsuhiro Saito. Bassist Kenji Sano and drummer Toshihiro Niimi, who had a transparent drum-kit with only one bassdrum, were also excellent. Despite the long call for an encore, Bow Wow was not allowed to come back. Kyoji came back for a moment to thank the fans. But the show must go on because the ladies from Rock Goddess couldn't wait to get started. With a real Japanese translator on my side I slipped into Bow Wow's caravan to interview them.
What does the name Bow Wow mean?
Kyoji: A barking dog.
How did you end up on Reading?
Kyoji: It was good timing because we were in England at the same time to record our new LP. I also recorded my second Solo LP here.
Your first soloproject 'Horizon' was alot different from the Bow Wow music. Is this the same on your new solo LP?
Kyoji: It is very different than Bow Wow, but also alot like 'Horizon'. Tommy Eyre (Gary Moore band) also plays on my new solo LP.
Is this the first time you guys are in Europe?
Kyoji: No, we played a festival in Montreux with Mink de Ville and Climax Blues Band et.al. on July 13.
If I am not mistaken, this is the third record company you are working with, right?
Kyoji: That's right. We also changed the style of our music about that many times. The first five LP's we recorded with the Invitation label. After that there was a quieter period on the SMS label, and currently we're working very hard under the V.A.P. label.
Why the unknown VAP label?
Kyoji: It's a new company, and they support us for 100%. With a bigger company you're just a number in a very big line. And with VAP we have a better company that takes care of a better distribution so that the LP will also be easily available in Europe.
How did you end up on the X-Bomber LP?
Kyoji: X-Bomber is an animationfilm in the Thunderbirds style. The producer of this series thought our music was very fitting for that.
You also play on alot of other LP's.
Kyoji: Yes, that's right. I play on the Loudness' drummer solo LP. Furthermore I play all the guitar parts on the Heavy Metal Army LP.
That's strange, because it is not being mentioned on the LP.
Kyoji: Yes it is, I am called Mr. X (to prevent difficulties with the record company.)
Who is your favourite guitarist?
Kyoji: Allan Oldworth (Tempest) and Jimi Hendrix.
More info about Bow Wow and other Japanese groups in our next Japan Special issue.