Group Sounds

This article is about the music genre. For the Rocket from the Crypt album, see Group Sounds (album).

Group Sounds (G.S.) is a genre of Japanese rock music which became popular in the mid to late 1960s and initiated the fusion of Japanese kayōkyoku music and Western rock music.[1] Their music production techniques were regarded as playing a pioneering role in modern Japanese popular music.[1]

Fōku (folk) and New Music became famous in Japan in the 1970s, but new rock bands survived as "New Rock" in Japanese underground music.[2] The origin of modern Japanese rock music was usually regarded as New Rock. Videos of New Rock bands' concerts were very rare.[3]

Notable Group Sounds bands

The Spiders in 1966.

Notable New Rock bands (1969–1972)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 第38回 ─ グループ・サウンズ (in Japanese). bounce.com. 2004-12-16. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  2. ↑ ""70'sニュー・ロック"コンピ盤、登場！" (in Japanese). CD Journal. 2004-11-01. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  3. ↑ ニュー・ロックの貴重映像発掘！映画「ロック誕生」 (in Japanese). natalie. 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
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