In 1996, the publishers of zines Exile Osaka and Thora-Zine convinced a giant Japanese entertainment company to bring the scum band Concussion to Japan (even though they had never played a show before). Many of the best bands in the Japan underground scene appeared at Bayside Jenny, a now-defunct club in Osaka.
In 1996, the publishers of zines Exile Osaka and Thora-Zine convinced a giant Japanese entertainment company to bring the scum band Concussion to Japan (even though they had never played a show before). Many of the best bands in the Japan underground scene appeared at Bayside Jenny, a now-defunct club in Osaka.
Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band's show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure.
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.
A group of delinquent high school girls form a band when they accidentally poison their school's brass band and have to replace them.
The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his masculinity is thrown into question following a violent brawl.
A successful DJ named Darrel, managed to rescue a powerful mobster one night. In order to repay Darrell, the mobster, Frank Pacelli, gives him the task of protecting his daughter, Dolly.
In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion in an attempt to run Maestro out of town.
Only three days before the school festival, a newly formed high school band rushes to put together a set for their big show — including a hit single by '80s by the Japanese punk rock band The Blue Hearts.