View basket “King Animal” 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 Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Secret Boy Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Run For Cover Records | 1LP Released 9th November 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Secret Boy £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Run For Cover Records SKU: 0811408030946 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Fu Manchu Daredevil (Remastered) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | At The Dojo | 1LP Released 20th April 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Fu Manchu Daredevil (Remastered) £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: At The Dojo SKU: ATD009LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th April 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Twen Awestruck Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | French Kiss | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th September 2019 £16.00 - £18.00 Select options Twen Awestruck £16.00 - £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: French Kiss Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th September 2019 Read More Select options On Sale View Product Quick View Press Club Wasted Energy Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hassle Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 16th August 2019 £12.99 - £18.00 £18.00 Select options Reserve View Reservations Press Club Wasted Energy £12.99 - £18.00 £18.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hassle Records Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th August 2019 Reserve View Reservations Read More Select options View Product Quick View Beartooth Disgusting Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sony Music | 1LP Released 30th October 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beartooth Disgusting £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sony Music SKU: 84494230033 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th October 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Van Pelt, The Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | La Castanya | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th December 2022 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Van Pelt, The Stealing From Our Favorite Thieves £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: La Castanya SKU: LC49S Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th December 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Intelligence, The lil’ Peril Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Mt. 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