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NOTE: I am trying to rectify the Japanese Wikipedia article on Group sounds with the English one. I am working from and electronic online translation of the Japanese article. Electronic translations, however, are far from ideal, so I am trying to translate it in such a way that it comes closer to what the Japanese text is trying to communicate--and also achieves good English style. I removed some parts that were unsourced and did not seem to make sense in the online translation (I also take them to be of less importance). I need to find proper sourcing for all points discussed and to find helpful disambiguations to the English articles (ones that exist in English). I will try to remove commentary on bands that do not have English Wiki articles or are unsourced. There are other parts of the English article that I have to tie-in.

Group Sounds

Group Sounds
Stylistic origins	Rock and roll, beat music, British rock, kayōkyoku
Cultural origins	mid-1960s Japan
Typical instruments	Guitar, bass guitar, drum kit
Derivative forms	J-pop

Group Sounds (or group sound) and is, guitar is organized by several people at the center electrical instruments such as, the group to perform the play and singing. Been as affected by the "Vocal and Instrumental Group" in Europe and the United States, 1967 (1967) than early summer 1969 was all the rage in Japan over the (1969) spring. Abbreviation GS. Group Sounds (abbreviation G.S.) is a genre of Japanese rock music. Inspired by The Beatles, Group Sounds became popular in the mid to late 1960s. Group Sounds initiated fusion of Japanese kayōkyoku music and rock music. Their music production techniques were regarded as a pioneer of modern Japanese popular music.

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

Definition

Common characteristics of Group Sounds were lead vocals, electric Guitar, electric bass, and drums. A center of activity for of many G.S. groups the 60s was the jazz cafe.

History

1966 of the Beatles visit to Japan later performances, Electric guitar group to sing while playing their own instruments, such as it is received that the one after another to debut in Japan, youth entertainment magazine "Weekly Myojo" is summarized these groups and music under the designation that spread in the wake of that began called "Group Sounds" or "group sound", the origin there are several theories.  1965 to Terry at that time of blue jeans exchange that when heard the genre from the reporter and "It's a group sound" "But is better of Group Sounds Because it is singular's it", or electric of Wakadaisho the was while shooting Yuzo Kayama is "in the TV interview rock 'n' roll has proposed a "Group Sounds" as a new name to replace the "theory of equality has been said that the first [1] (the way of the first group Sounds record was released in May 1965 Tanabe AkiraTomo and The Spiders and the " frilly is " [2] ). 
At the time, it is also the era subdivision of music genre was not progressing, Jackie Yoshikawa and Blue Comets as and The Spiders, from what you have been working as a professional band from the Beatles concert in Japan before, The Savage and The Wild Ones such as folk rock group, also The Tigers and Tempters as "The Beatles" and " Rolling Stones students influenced by "the amateur-born was formed in the companion even the band, etc. are referred to as the "Group Sounds", there was considerable variation in such musicality and expression of each group. 
At that time of the music industry is still the old regime, each record company exclusive composer - lyricist is equipped with a [3] , music and a professional writer wrote, also in the original song members wrote, admitted to the record company the only thing that has been single had been to announce as song.  Therefore, concert ( recital in, etc.) to play around a favorite Western rock, etc. of their, singles also had groups that you have through the policy of not playing absolutely [4] . 
GS The boom initial Jackie Yoshikawa and Blue Comets, The Spiders, is called The Savage three popular group [5] , the medium-term The in late from Tigers GS boom, Tempters, Ox is your GS was called three Ie [6] . 
However at present, in 1970 appeared after the lock-pilot , Fuyuki Moto also late enrolled had rosemary and GODIEGO is a guitarist Asano Takashi已 had enrolled Chaco and Health Angel , such as is sometimes referred to as the GS .  This period is sometimes referred to as "pre-Neo GS-life". 

Social phenomenon

At that time, long hair and elements such as electric guitar is poor , youth delinquency tied to, criticism from the general public was very strong.  Therefore, the high school you went to watch a group Sounds of concerts sent down the suspension or expulsion, junior high school and high school to ban itself to go to the concert after another.  And their disposal if they were became so Makaritoru as natural of course also for the school side. 
1967 November Nara The Tigers made to Ayameike outdoor concert in, fall accident of fan occurs, it issued a Jukeisho person.  Therefore NHK is, " Grand show of song and cut the already appeared part of The Tigers were already recording ", hereafter, the Jackie Yoshikawa and Blue Comets in exception, banned the entry and exit of Group Sounds of long hair system .  The year 1968 in May happened concert ticket forgery incident by schoolgirl fan of the Tigers. 
Ox is girls after another to actually fainting by fainting performance went on stage, which in the wake PTA it was decided that frowned upon in and educators.  And the band of Group Sounds for accident prevention theater and that does not provide a concert venue municipality was increasingly [7] .

Female version GS

In the 1960s Pinky Chicks , The Hibiscus, Star Safa Years, Tokyo Angel Sisters, The Spunky, Matsuda Chikako and Tokyo Pink Pearls, such as The Foxy Lady's, some of the professional women GS (office affiliation) were present in.  And had them put out the record and Pinky Chicks only. 

GS of then

The 1968 summer celebrated the GS boom peak, group of more than 100 record debut fulfill also [8] , in 1969 withdrew in succession The Tigers in the spring, the main members from the popular group, such as Ox, Also popular also appeared group that turned to mood songs route Jackie Yoshikawa and Blue Comets led was steep descent.  completely GS boom by the time the same year to welcome the summer came to an end, in 1971 most of the group Once in was a dissolution and natural extinction [9] . 
Then from within the person who served as lead vocals and put to popular Group Sounds, after the group disbanded also singer and musician , actor , also talent also the person who has continued working in the entertainment world of front line as much, also to the person who had served the other instrument parts, actor and composer , music producer , entertainment office as a manager, etc., who there are many that are seated to the key figure in the entertainment world. 
1984 next from 1985 former some of the leading groups through has been cast to play the special program (90 minutes frame) of TV often broadcast (wild as members all Ones, Village Singers, Jaguars, and Kanabitsu and, Akamatsu love, Ox, excluding the summer evening x). 
The 1988 from 1990 over to, Tigers Memorial Club Band is large unit that was referred to as is formed, it was one after another showcase hits at the time.  In addition, Kenji Sawada your familiar in mimicry of Iwamoto Force is impressed by them, of the members of the Tigers, Katsumi addition Bridge , Taro Morimoto , Kishibe Shiro and The Tigers Mania a band called 1993 is formed in, " Tears of Romance "and I was released. 
On the other hand The Wild Ones also, in 1981 reunited in, it is still under active.  Also Jackie Yoshikawa and Blue Comets without dissolution (Blue Comets as a so-called GS is 1972 and took the form of dissolution = reorganization in the fall) has continued to be current repeat the members change activities.  Naoza Tigers, The Wild Ones Both GS heyday, Watanabe professional was affiliation (Jackie Yoshikawa and affiliation were Ohashi professional Blue Comets was under the umbrella of Watanabe professional in the form of a business alliance). 
2002 The Village Singers "of flaxen hair girl "is Shimatani Hitomi covered by ( Click here for details see item ) hit, it Village Singers in the wake of continued also currently resume live activities there. 
After the boom has left the so-called " Natsumero long been treated as ", but from the young music fans came been underestimated, from the mid-1980s Kurosawa advance research and by Chikada Haruo re-verification by the the success in the late 1990s and exert, the spread of the same time the Internet, at that time was released records easily it became easily available at auction, and from 2007 YouTube also came to the time of the video can be viewed at the Japanese version Coupled I'm slowly beginning to obtain re-evaluate the Te.  "Even abroad garage punk "and" garage rock "," soft rock and has been evaluated as a " boot leg version is released, received officially CD had or been released its popularity.  Re-editing and album another label in Japan, have one after another release, such as a CD recurrence by genre album, was released as the paper jacket specification. 
GS, which is inherited by the new generation
Second-order band boom has been the rise 1980s appeared in the mid- CCB I was told that the second coming of GS.  The almost same time, by children GS was born before and after epidemic Neo GS movement has occurred around the live house in Tokyo.  At the time of a typical band The Phantom Gift , The Collectors , The Strikes , Hippy Hippy Shakes and the like. 
If this movement is featured in various media, was flying sparks immediately across the country.  Movement is then became subsided also Dekishido-the-Emmons , Ruruzu Marble , etc. went inherited the GS.  And the 21st century and beyond GO! GO! 7188 , The Captains , The Cyclones , The Sharouzu etc., are born one after another GS followers. 

Group Sounds of Japan

===Notable Group Sounds===[10]

The Spiders in 1966.

• The Tigers (aka The Funnys)
• The Tempters
• The Spiders
• The Wild Ones
• The Golden Cups
• The Mops
• The Carnabeats

Notable New Rock bands (1969–1972)

• Blues Creation
• Flower Travellin' Band
• Happy End
• Power House
• PYG
• RC Succession
• Les Rallizes Dénudés
• Sadistic Mika Band
• Speed, Glue & Shinki
• Taj Mahal Travellers

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
• Kayōkyoku

Refererences"

^ Julian Cope "Jap Rock sampler" 2007, 90 pages.  Adopted theory of the origin of this Co-op article that the US Rolling Stone magazine March 1 issue, 1969 "Rockin 'in the Land of the Rising Sun" has become a original text. 

^ Kurosawa Susumu "Japan lock Osamu GS Edition" Shinko Music , 1994, 123 pages. However announcement at the time, the concept of Group Sounds is not embody, rather instrumental it is time with a focus on performance of "electric band" had dominated the width. According to Kurosawa advance, at the time of public ratings for this song "hobby of electric band" or was not the extent that "I electric band sang also song", that (Kurosawa Susumu "frenzy! GS picture book", "frilly" than song introduction section). ^ The lyricist writer who worked on the hit songs Atsushi Hashimoto , Rei Nakanishi , such as composer in Kunihiko Murai , Kyōhei Tsutsumi , Koichi Sugiyama , and the like. ^ Emmy Jackson of " Tears of the sun (Crying in a storm) "of and Blue Comets" blue eyes is (Blue eyes) ", such in the form of the old regime took advantage of the fact Western and was released from the label, they are successful and later met with, the old regime began to collapse, though gradually, in most cases the original songs of GS, members and remainder and professional writers that does not change the age, made of free Nora writers (or members, staff It was like a made with co-production) music. In addition, groups that are arranged in own way such as lyrics and melody are present in large numbers. It should be noted that GS and song pop is put to the old regime under earlier than pop songs side and the Japanese-made pop of side AC was nothing no state. ^ Kurosawa Susumu "Japan lock Osamu GS Edition" Shinko Music, 1994, 114 pages. ^ "reunion concert" Maki Hideto ^ there is also such a series of events to "Ox is early was the end of the GS boom," but there is also evaluated as was the later years vocal Hideto Maki (Hideto Noguchi) is "I, on the other hand (the GS boom) one it is said to year half extended and you think I "(from interviews Listings album" Ox Complete Collection "within jacket). ^ a greater or lesser group of the number of songs majority, only the release of singles, or not enough to album, which contains a group that also became the extinction concept of the album is lifted. ^ Golden Cups and Moppusu, such as Happenings Four is, GS boom undergone a transformation into a new lock and groping in the dark from the end, also by GS remnants set period from 1971 to 1972 PYG , Flower Travellin 'Band and New lock, such as group of was formed. ^ Kurosawa Susumu "Japan lock Osamu GS Edition" Shinko Music, 1994, pp. 185-187. ^ Akira Kushida but there is a theory that had been enrolled as a vocalist in this The Boruteiji, according to the "Japan lock Osamu GS Edition" 150 pages, Kushida in March 1967, from a band called "Barmes" Yokohama Although participated in the formation of the band to be a predecessor of Boruteiji (band name unknown), was missing the band in the same year in October, and some (This band starts officially activities as "The Boruteiji" may is from February 1968). Kushida person in this regard are also commented that "There is no fact that it was not belong to Boruteiji" in the official website [1] . ^ later, Fujita Triangle professional served as president, Momoko Kikuchi to turn out (cult GS Complete Singles 4, commentary from. Publisher Teichikuentateinmento ).

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 - Provides Information Mostly About Garage Bands From Outside the United States

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