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Making music in Japan's underground : the Tokyo hardcore scene

Jennifer Milioto Matsue (Author)
Print Book, English, 2009
Routledge, New York, 2009
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780415961523, 0415961521
192134489
Introduction : ethnography of a scene
The underground Tokyo hardcore scene
Trains, 20,000volt, Tower Records, and the illicit intimacy of the spaces of play
Schoolboys, aspiring stars, underground girls, and the multiple identities of the people who play
More than the musical in the performance of hardcore
Conclusion : meaning and the power of performance
Epilogue : "Koenji, the sacred place for underground music."