They have also done a headlining slots at various festivals around Japan. The tickets were SOLD OUT immediately after they went on sale. In their homeland of Japan, held a headlining show at prestigious Nippon Budokan on March 28th, 2014. Their field has always been beyond Japan. They are actively performing abroad by participating in big international festivals like SXSW in the US and THE GREAT ESCAPE in the UK as well as booking headlining shows in Taiwan. The band has supported various big names from abroad such as MUSE, Primal Scream, KASABIAN, etc. Even as an indie band, they have already scored top 10 single and album on Japanese Oricon chart. Head over to Earth Island Books for more information about ordering.Has released 4 albums to date and following those releases, all album tours have been completely SOLD OUT. I could go even more into the tiniest details, but I encourage you to purchase this book and find out about these rad bands for yourself. Earth Island Books did an incredible job, as usual, so the entire book is professionally printed, designed, and formatted, and the cover illustration draws attention even more. Still, there’s a decent amount of unknown or less-known bands as well. Of course, you’ll stumble upon renowned bands like 7 Seconds, Uniform Choice, Agent Orange, ALL, Down By Law, Big Drill Car, The Dickies, Government Issue, Rites of Spring, Dinosaur Jr, Embrace, Gray Matter, Dag Nasty, Moving Targets, Supertouch, Goo Goo Dolls, Shudder to Think, Husker Du, Pegboy, Superchunk, Mega City Four, Hard-Ons, etc. Also, what caught my mind the most was how the author and Earth Island Books sorted out content by the location these bands and artists are based. There are certain pieces of information about the bands that even music geeks like me never heard of, so even if you think you’re a know-it-all, We Can Be The New Wind deserves your utmost attention. His previous book, Crossover the Edge: Where Hardcore, Punk, And Metal Collide, is more than a good source of information, so the knowledge invested in the making of We Can Be The New Wind doesn’t surprise at all. What completely blew my mind was the amount of previously unknown information about certain bands, and it’s not the first time that Alexandros Anesiadis showcased his knowledge about it. Therefore, this will be a good read even to those bookworms who’re not entirely into punk rock music. One of the most important facts about this book is that you’ll stumble upon melodic hardcore, hardcore punk, pop-punk, melodic punk rock, indie, emo, garage, alternative rock, and even some metal bands.
#ALEXANDROS BAND PLUS#
The book serves as a comprehensive collection of interviews and insights about almost 150 music groups, plus about 900 who are mentioned along the way.
We Can Be The New Wind dives straight back to days when the zines were the most important source about bands, artists, and subcultures in general. They still are, but most zines nowadays are located on the web. If you wanted to inform yourself about it, you would go and find out firsthand, and in this case, the zines were the perfect source of information. That was probably because all the zine makers were involved in the punk rock scene as musicians, label owners, distro owners, promoters, or enthusiasts willing to help out.
Surely, punk rock was explored by the mainstream many times, but somehow they never captured the meaning and the true essence of punk rock subculture like the zine makers. Back in the pre-internet days, the only way you could learn something about punk rock or any other subculture was through fanzines, bulletins, or any other sort of underground media.
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