Comments on: Foreign Singers and Musicians in Japan

By: TheAndySan

TheAndySan — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:23:29 +0000

@William – Yeah, Marty used to play with Megadeth, but he left them to go to Japan back in 2000.

He’s an amazing guitarist despite what most American metalheads will say about his taste for J-pop, and there’s loads of clips of him on YouTube.

Michael — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:11:53 +0000

Jim O’Rourke is now Tokyo-based, and has his own small but strong following as expected, but I like this quote from him about Tokyo musicians:

“I don’t think they’re interesting. I don’t really listen to music much anymore. I haven’t had a stereo for the last three years.”

By the way, he’s playing Furorock in a couple of weeks for those interested.

William — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:29:20 +0000

@ TheAndySan Ah, yes, Marty Friedman. Good suggestion. Didn’t he used to play with Megadeth? Is he any good? Have you heard him play?

@Susanne So it is! I did know that but clearly somewhere on the line I missed what I typed. I’ll correct it now. Thanks.

Susanne — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:51:21 +0000

Monkey Majik is spelled with a J.

TheAndySan — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:15:03 +0000

You forgot about Marty Friedman!
He’s on TV all the time in Japan.