View basket “King Of Cowards” has been added to your basket. Along Ago: 1981-1989 OXZ SKU: CT293LPC1 Barcode: 0817949020422 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Captured Tracks Released Date: 13th March 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info The mid ‘80s were an exciting time for music in Kansai (OsakaKyoto), Japan. There were more stages for bands to play on, more releases by independent labels and a variety of bands playing in different styles. The 80s were also a time when women’s rights in Japan, though a topic of conversation, were not widely visible in the real world. There were very few women in the underground music scene at the time, but none of them dressed like punks or dyed their hair, or outwardly showed much interest in declaring independence from the usual rules. So, in 1981, when Hikko, Mika, and Emiko (aka Chasenmaru) first appeared together as OXZ, they were intentionally shocking. Nothing happens in a vacuum, however. It was already acceptable for young women to form bands in the safety of their high school music clubs. They generally played cover songs at school events. However, actually stepping out into the dirty world of live houses was for the adventurous and compelled. To do so in OXZ’s overtly provocative, dramatic way was unheard of. Contemporaries of Shonen Knife, OXZ were known for the intensity of their live performances. Releasing their first EP in 1984 – an 8” EP – their catalog belies their reputation for moody, dark post-punk ahead of its time. The bass and drums dominate; the guitars are angular and spiky – punk, but with something extra. Along Ago: 1981-1989 collects the band’s entire catalog – three EPs and a single – alongside unearthed, unreleased demos. Then, 1989, it ended as the band went their separate ways. And the name? No one seems to remember how it came about, but it should be noted that in Japan, O means acceptable and X means rejected, so maybe OXZ means “going beyond all usual standards.” “One of the pioneering Japanese female underground bands… unique, strange and provocative.” – Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mother’s Temple) Artist OXZ Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Captured Tracks Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl , Includes Download Code Condition New Country UK Track Listings Fall in the Night Along Ago Life and Death Touching My Heart Vivian Be Run Down Etranger (1985) Boy Boy Etranger (1988) Is Life Teenage B (我等は何して) 老ひぬらん Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Blink 182 Enema Of The State Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 6th October 2016 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blink 182 Enema Of The State £20.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: UMC SKU: 4799874 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 6th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Damned, The A Night Of A Thousand Vampires Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Earmusic | 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 28th October 2022 £38.00 - £43.00 Select options Damned, The A Night Of A Thousand Vampires £38.00 - £43.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Earmusic Formats: 180g, 2LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Venom P. 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