Let the Good Times Rock: The Tokyo Rock Magazine
The Hellacopters have a fab new album out and are touring again. Before their tour kicked off in Europe, Dregen swung by Roppongi Rocks headquarters in Tokyo to talk about the band, playing with Michael Monroe, launching his own Riff beer, the art of Charlie Granberg, welding, the Roppongi Rocks sofa and much more.
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Is this the best version of MSG ever? Quite possibly so.
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Swedish extreme metal band Defleshed has reunited its classic 1990s line-up and relesed a fab new album. Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson checked in with bassist/vocalist Gustaf Jorde ahead of their December Japan tour.
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Sweden’s Black Paisley is rock’n’roll for grown-ups. Works a treat as a soundtrack to beer drinking on the balcony or in your car stereo.
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Excellent dirty and glammy hard rock. Faster Pussycat plays sleazy rock’n’roll at its best.
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The Swedish doom masters Candlemass are back and they are still top of the heap in the doom world.
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Atomic Swing’s Tomoko Sukenobu talks to Roppongi Rocks about her musical and personal journey from Japan to Stockholm.
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Former Hellsingland Underground member Patrik Jansson serves up an excellent blues-rock album.
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Two mind-blowing tribute shows in Tokyo celebrated the legacy of 70s hard rock.
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A smashing high-energy tour finale in Shibuya for guitar wizard Marty Friedman and his ridiculously great band.
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Norwegian heavy rockers Stargazer present the second song from their upcoming album.
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Swedish rockers Hellsingland Underground are back with their sixth studio album, the fabulous “Endless Optimism”. Album of the year? Quite possibly so.
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Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone serves up blackened doom on its new album.
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