What Happened to Japan's Forgotten Shibuya-kei Band?

Shibuya-kei is a subgenre of Japanese pop music that emerged in the 1990s and peaked in the mid-2000s. It was a popular genre that has since reemerged thanks to internet culture, with its fans falling in love with it due to its mix of jazz, city pop, rock, soul, and funk.

Shibuya-kei artists created a unique sound that captured the essence of Tokyo's vibrant youth culture, with well-known bands such as Flipper's Guitar, Pizzicato Five, Cornelius, and CAPSULE, to name a few, but there was one particular band that never achieved the same level of success or recognition as their peers.

0:00 Do You Know a Band Called....?
0:20 Intro
1:03 So This Is the Meaning of Your Life
2:11 So Who Were They?
3:27 Highway Star, Speed Star
3:52 So the Journey Begins
6:30 That's Entertainment
8:14 So You Wanna Be a Rockstar
9:20 Mr. Noone Special
11:07 So This Is Where It Ends
13:57 Where Are They Now


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