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Of all performers in Japan’s thriving noise-music community, the Boredoms undoubtedly had one of the most fun. Although their maniacally severe cacophony was in no way accessible listening, it had been underpinned with a gleeful love of life that helped them look for a limited (but nonetheless surprisingly wide) viewers …

Consider the freak-out attitude of Acid Moms Temple, ensure it is play by the guidelines of popular tune, then nourish it by way of a ’70s Marshall amp fueled by psychedelia and rock and you have the wild appear of Japan’s DMBQ. Shaped in 1988 in Sapporo, the music group …