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- Date Released: October 21, 1997
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Garage Rock, Indie Rock
- Label: Matador
Leather clad Japanese band serves it up raw.
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We Say...
This Japanese band in black leather jackets serves it up about as raw as you can with its high-speed punk rock drumming and way overdriven guitar. Tracks like "Kawasaki ZII750 Rock 'n' Roll" and the GW take on "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" are shining examples of the high-energy rave-up style that defines this band. Planet of the Wolves is so stunningly raw that for much of the time, you'll wonder if the songs are being sung in English, Japanese or maybe even some new dialect called Garage-ese.
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They Say...
References to the Ramones, black leather jackets, covers ranging from the Oblivians to fellow Japanese travelers Teengenerate -- not to mention a ragged rip through the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" itself! -- all this makes it clear: Guitar Wolf doesn't seek to mess around. And the band doesn't -- Planet of the Wolves lives up to both its and the band's name, right from the distorted, "up yours" explosive start, "Kawasaki ZII750 Rock'n'Roll." Like the best bands that keep it simple when it comes to their garage punk approach, there's just that little something extra to make everything truly great -- in this case, vocal and musical delivery that makes perfect sense from the land of the Boredoms. To mention Teengenerate again -- that band sounded like a classic combo firing up and letting fly on all fours, where Guitar Wolf sounds like a band of aliens shocking themselves every time they touch their instruments. Seiji in particular is just plain nuts, either screeching like his soul is being ripped from his body or playing guitar that demands instant attention under threat of death. Not that the Billy/Toru rhythm section is any slouch, clattering and rumbling along with just as much frenetic energy. The freaky drumming and crumbling noise on the instrumental title track (not to mention some great wolfman howls) is one thing, the utter rampages captured on "Far East Man" and the strutting burn through Link Wray's "Rumble" another. The murky fidelity on the album doesn't sound like a gimmick so much as it does a necessary shield for the music to keep from committing direct assault on one's bodily person. Anyone who loved the Scandinavian trash/garage/glam explosion of the '90s needs this album like a heroin addict needs horse -- except this is a lot cheaper.
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| 01. |  |
Kawasaki ZII750 Rock 'n' Roll |
2:01 |  |
| 02. | |
Planet Of The Wolves |
2:34 | |
| 03. | |
Invader Ace |
3:19 | |
| 04. | |
Motor Cycle Leather Boy |
2:23 | |
| 05. | |
Far East Man |
2:30 | |
| 06. | |
Wild Zero |
3:47 | |
| 07. | |
Planet Heart |
2:52 | |
| 08. | |
Energy Joe |
1:44 | |
| 09. | |
Jett Love |
2:01 | |
| 10. | |
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction |
3:32 | |
| 11. | |
Kung Fu Ramones Passion |
1:51 | |
| 12. | |
Let's Get Hurt |
2:53 | |
| 13. | |
All Through The Night Buttobase!! |
1:58 | |
| 14. | |
Rumble |
3:34 | |
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Credits
- Seiji - Guitar // Guitar Wolf - Arranger // Guitar Wolf - Producer // Guitar Wolf - Main Performer // Yuka Koizumi - Mastering // Koy - Translation // Shuji Yamaguchi - Engineer // Shuji Yamaguchi - Mixing // Accel 4 - ? // Osamu Murafuji - Art Direction // Michihiko Nakayama - Director // Kenji Furukawa - Assistant Engineer // Toshimi Nanseki - Engineer // Toshimi Nanseki - Mixing // Emi Nagaya - Assistant Engineer
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