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MARZ Tokyo Shinjuku July 20

We got our 5th gig! it is at an awesome club called MARZ in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. It is a little further north than Yoyogi, and has shinjuku station — the busiest train station in the world. It has a very lively entertainment scene, and we’re super psyched!

I don’t know who the other bands are quite yet, and will update as soon as I get that figgered out.

Tokyo Dark Castle has a fairly regular gothic night at MARZ that appears to be super popular, if you don’t know what that may look like, here is Aural Vampire at MARZ:

Also they have on some nights Midnight Mess which appears to be a show starting at midnight. I found a first hand report of how cool marz is on uh…we’re not from around here are we:

…but by now, we were ready for a little more action, something a little more japanese, and intrigued by a group of japanese hard rockers mingling outside a club called ‘marz,’ we made our way over there, asked what was going on, and quickly went in. it was a small club, with a good stage set up with instruments, dark lights, a small balcony, and $5 beer (cheap by tokyo standards). we figured we had made a good choice, and when the mc came out in a head-to-toe deranged looking clown outfit, we knew for sure we were in the right place. at 1am, the first band went on, and they were awesome. at 2, the next band. at 3, the next band. all of them ridiculously awesome. there were 5 bands total, starting at 1 in the morning, and all of them kicked ass. we all agreed that it was one of the best shows any of us had been to, and it was the perfect end to this trip. when the last band was finally over, we stumbled out into the dawn-lit streets of tokyo, sweaty, drunk, ears ringing, voices hoarse, and minds blown, hopped into a cab and went home.

This cool band called Crumb played there, and talk a little about it on their myspace.

[EDIT]

I figured out the line up, I believe, and we couldn’t be happier, yet again. We’ll be playing with the super fun VELLAmama a fantastic power pop line-up with catchy hooks and a very fresh sound – very athens-y if that’s a word.

Next on the bill is BOILS who are also in the power pop realm, but with less jangle and more edge to their sound.

Another Band that I could not find any info on is called Tarock – which is tarot, so I am hoping for a little goth-y edge on these guys.

And rounding out the bill are the Pinky Piglets, who know how to make a party happen.

Cheers to you all, keep watching the site!

Filed by Eric at June 30th, 2008 under Japan, MARZ, Tokyo