Group sounds (Japanese: グループ・サウンズ, Hepburn: Gurūpu Saunzu), often abbreviated as GS, 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]
Group sounds arose following the Beatles performance at the Budokan in 1966, and was strongly influenced by British beat music of the 1960s.[2] Group sounds acts included the Tigers, the Tempters, the Spiders, the Mops, and the Golden Cups.[2] The movement peaked in late 1967 when Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets won the Japan Record Award.[1]
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See also
- Music of Japan
- J-pop
- Visual kei
- Japanese hip hop
- Japanese jazz
- Japanese reggae
- Japanese ska
- List of Japanese rock bands
- Enka
- Ryūkōka
References
- ^ a b c 第38回 ─ グループ・サウンズ (in Japanese). Bounce. 2004-12-16. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ a b Martin, Ian F. (2016). Quit Your Band: Musical Notes From the Japanese Underground. Awai Books. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-937220-05-1.
External links
- Cutie Morning Moon - Dedicated to Japanese 1960s garage punk
- The Video Beat - What are the Group Sounds?
- Showapop - Group Sounds Record & CD articles in English
- Trans World '60s Punk:Cutie Morning Moon Archived 2012-12-24 at the Wayback Machine - Provides Information Mostly About Garage Bands From Outside the United States
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