Those Who Speak with Sound: The Three Silent Men Who Appeared at the End of the Showa Era (Late Showa 60's - Early Heisei Era)

Those Who Speak with Sound: The Three Silent Men Who Appeared at the End of the Showa Era (Late Showa 60's - Early Heisei Era)

The Blanket Jet City was formed in 1987 by Kenichi Asai, Toshiyuki Terui, and Tatsuya Nakamura, who became well known after appearing on "Ikasu Band Tengoku" in 1989. At their live performances, the sharp, piercing sound dominated the stage without a single MC.

Averse to words, they simply replied to reporters' questions in Nagoya dialect. I just wrote what I wanted to write," he said. It was as if he thought it was an insult to use words to describe sounds. His signature songs, "Akai Tambourine," "To Disneyland," and "Bad People," echoed with the city, violence, and the frustrations of youth, defying all explanation.

In 1991, their first album, "Red Guitar And The Truth," recorded in London, was released. During his trip to the country, Asai, at immigration, "Oh yeah! and showed the purpose of his entry by imitating playing the guitar while showing a pound bill. While laughing at the sight of them, it really shows how indifferent they were to anything other than music.

We don't have anything to say at a place like this," Asai mused one day. Those who have abandoned words and bet their lives on the mere sound of the music. Their grace and silent strength were unique in the history of Japanese rock music of the 1990s.