アイドルパンチ企画　"VIOLENT POP vol.38"@十三ファンダンゴ

別名「裸祭り」、やってきました。その名の通り、何となく脱いでるバンド、もしくは半裸の人がステージ上がる率が異様に高い今回の企画。年末のファンダンゴナイトの打ち上げにいてた俺らとクリトリック・リスがその場で出演が決定というユルいイベント。さすがドルパン。さすがファンダンゴ。懐が深い。愛情が深い。ジャイアンは毛深い。

Last Saturday we played an event called "VIOLENT POP vol.38" organized by our friends Idol Punch at Fandango in Osaka. We played with them a month ago & they offered us this gig when we went drinking with them after the show.

トップバッターはパーフェクトミュージック会長（？）、ウチ君率いるLARGE 400。イールショックとはずいぶん古い付き合いだが、対バンは実に７～８年振りじゃないか？あの頃とはずいぶん様子が違い、２ドラム、パーカッション、キーボードまで（うち３人はドルパンとメンバーも被ってる）いる。音はずいぶんポストロック？（だいたい「ロック後」ってどういう意味だ？）化してる。洗練？おしゃれ？でもウチ君自身は変わらず。聞いたら曲は昔の曲をそのままやってるらしい。アレンジってすごいね。電子レンジもすごいけど。

The first band on were LARGE 400. They are also old friends of ours but they have changed completely since we last saw them. They now have two drummers, percussion & keyboards (sounds awful…ed!). Their sound has gone from being junkcore to post rock (I’m not sure what either of those is…ed, and since Kazuto’s version of this says “what is post R N R” I’m not sure that he is either…it is difficult to keep up at our time of life). Maybe their music has matured (?) but the vocalist was still totally screaming. Apparently all songs are old songs, just re-arranged. Good work.

２番目は最近、大阪でやる時は常に一緒のクリトリック・リス。Mixiの書き込みで書いてあったけど、今日は皆、椅子に座ったままでディナーショーのようにクリトリック・リスを堪能。なんかいつもと違って、神々しい感じ。神だって書かれたよ。良かったね。

Next up was Kuritoriku Risu. We have played with him a lot recently when we have played in Osaka but this show was a bit different. The audience sat in chairs and watched him as if at a Dinner Show…you know like a swing concert, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, that kinda thing. It showed me another side of him. Somebody said he is god. I’m not sure…maybe!

そしてわしら、EES。この日もライブ・レコーディングしてるもんだから気合い入ってたよ。アクション少なめだったけど。かなり演奏良さげだったから何曲かこの日のテイクが入るでしょう。俺、結構間違えたけど。。。すんません。。。

And then it was us. I think we played quite well because we were recording again. Not too much over acting, just playing the songs. I think some of what we recorded last night will end up on the live album although I still made some mistakes (as always!)... sorry Aki & Gian...

そして大御所、アイドルパンチ。裸祭りの頭領、ラコスバーガー、オーナーのラッコ率いる裸集団。ラッコは脱がないけど。でもこのバンドの本当の目玉はあの前説の子じゃないだろうか。名前知らないけど。ずっとドルパンをあの方々と称し、全く無反応のお客（お約束）に向かっていく姿は涙誘うものがありましたぞ。そして演奏中も甲斐甲斐しく、マイクを直したり、森進一並みにノッてる姿はもう目が離せませんでした。リスペクト。

Finally, the headline act and host, Idol Punch.  They also have naked guys in the band... and the leader, Racco is the owner of famous burger shop called "Raccos Burger"...they are funny, junk (trash?) core but they played very tight and are quite poppy. I dig them deeply! (no, of course he didn’t really say that, I’m typing this up while listening to The Cramps!)

しかし今日は全く写真を撮るの忘れちゃった。。。めんご、めんご。youtubeでどうぞ。

I forgot to take a picture of LARGE 400 & Kuritoriku Risu... sorry about that..(I could not find a You Tube link for either of those two but I did find Idol Punch)

この日の打ち上げでは去年に引き続き、今年4/17、18に行われる大阪ロックデイ（先走りで発表しちゃうぞ）にアイドルパンチとラコスバーガー出店が決定！勿論、イールショックも出ますぞ。今から皆、予定空けておくように。遠方からのお客求む。当方健康な中年男性３人組、レイジ（ドイツの）、エントゥームド等好む。完全プロ指向。

I am on the staff of a local event called "OSAKA ROCK DAY". It has not been officially announced yet but I don’t care…I can tell you that Idol Punch will be playing (why not EES????...ed **yes, we will be playing too !!!) and Racco’s Burger will have a stall there too.

そういえば今日から2/28、下北沢シェルター「スゴイ・インディードvol.2」のチケット発売開始です。久々の２マン、対バン形式のライブですぞ！しかも対バン相手はあの!!　ああ、まだ言えない。でも期待裏切らない事必死。今のうちにチケット押さえておいてね！

The presales for our headlining show in Feb, "Sugoi Indeed vol.2" at Shimokitazawa, Shelter started on Sunday, we have a great guest band for it...I can't say who it is just yet, I will let you know next week. Don't miss it !