@schizopath
You a fan of them or you just heard them today?
That band were something else, the Wikipedia page on them is 100% correct (if you don't know one meber of the band hijacked a commercial airliner & flew it to North Korea where he still lives) they are called The Japanese Velvet Underground by some but their music goes
miles beyond anything Velvet Underground could ever do, I personally love the group & all their music. I found them from a piece on extreme bands ( the North Korea thing) & they make amazing music for taking MXE to, the sound & feedback just washes over you & their hypnotic basslines take you into a kinda trance.
My most loved track if I had to pick one & their best album is (imo) Yodo-Go-A-Go-Go
Much of Les Rallizes Dénudés' history remains largely shrouded in mystery and nearly nothing is known about their highly enigmatic frontman Takashi Mizutani. A few very sparse first person accounts and documentation describe Mizutani as an extremely introverted and reclusive individual with very nihilistic and solipsistic views on life. It is also evident that he had very radical leftist views and supported the
Japanese Red Army.
In 1970, the original bass player Moriaki Wakabayashi assisted in
the hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351 orchestrated by the
Japanese Red Army. Wakabayashi has been living in North Korea since the hijacking. Mizutani was allegedly offered a role in the hijacking, but turned it down. After this event, however, a paranoid Mizutani kept a low profile due to his ties with the Red Army, which he supposedly would eventually cut ties with in the early to mid 70s to avoid government scrutiny, although it remains unknown if he was ever affiliated with the Red Army at all.
