Bakufu Slump

Bakufu Slump
Bakufu Slump
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Rock
Years active	1981–1999, 2004, 2005
Labels	CBS/Sony, Sony
Associated acts	Super Slump
Members	Sunplaza Nakano-kun; Papala Kawai; Funky Sueyoshi; BābeQ Wasada
Past members	Hojin Egawa

Bakufu Slump (Japanese: 爆風スランプ, Hepburn: Bakufū Suranpu) was a Japanese rock band originally active between 1981 and 1999.[1][2] During the 1980s and '90s the band was "hugely popular" in Japan.[3][4]

Among their best known songs was "Runner".[5]

Drummer Funky Sueyoshi went on to form X.Y.Z. with Minoru Niihara, former lead vocalist of Japanese metal band Loudness.

Discography

1984: Yoi (よい, "good")
1985: Shiawase (しあわせ, "happy")
1986: Raku (楽)
1987: Jungle
1988: Highlander
1989: I.B.W.
1990: Oragayo in the Seventh Heaven
1991: Seishun'ō (青春王, "king of youth")
1992: Ajipon (アジポン)
1994: Tension
1995: Pirori (ピロリ)
1997: Kaibutsu-kun (怪物くん, "monster-kid")
1998: Hard Boiled

References

Pacific Friend - Volume 25, 1998, p. 86: "It was during this time that I heard the music of famous Japanese rock bands such as Southern All Stars and Bakufu-Slump."
Mark Schilling, The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture, 1997 (ISBN 0834803801), p. 230: "In the latter half of the 1980s rock bands like Rebecca, Checkers, Hound Dog, Tube, Anzen Chitai, Bakufu Slump, and Kome Kome Club began to take center stage on the pop scene. Unlike earlier bands, who played Western-style rock for hard-core fans, these groups had a more Japanized sound that ordinary kids could relate to. Also, taking a hint from New Music queen YUMINC, who mounted spectacular stage shows...."
Billboard, 18 May 1996, p. 54: "HoriPro will also use the party to publicize artists it has signed to its Soundasia record label, such as China's Dai Yao, Singapore's Cina and Japan's Funky Sueyoshi, the drummer of hugely popular Japanese group Bakufu Slump, whose solo...."
Billboard, 26 May 2001, p. 48: A former member of the now-disbanded Japanese rock band Bakufu Slump, Sueyoshi offers a first-person perspective on working with collaborators from other Asian countries, including China. Sueyoshi provided this account to Billboard′s...."
Billboard, 6 November 2004, p. 6: "Almost immediately after humming a few bars of melody using the sound 'ta' — the easiest sound for the technology to recognize — Kosugi's handset received a message saying the song was 'Runner' by '80s rock band Bakufu Slump."

External links

Profile at Sony Music

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[1] Pacific Friend - Volume 25, 1998, p. 86: "It was during this time that I heard the music of famous Japanese rock bands such as Southern All Stars and Bakufu-Slump."

[2] Mark Schilling, The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture, 1997 (ISBN 0834803801), p. 230: "In the latter half of the 1980s rock bands like Rebecca, Checkers, Hound Dog, Tube, Anzen Chitai, Bakufu Slump, and Kome Kome Club began to take center stage on the pop scene. Unlike earlier bands, who played Western-style rock for hard-core fans, these groups had a more Japanized sound that ordinary kids could relate to. Also, taking a hint from New Music queen YUMINC, who mounted spectacular stage shows...."

[3] Billboard, 18 May 1996, p. 54: "HoriPro will also use the party to publicize artists it has signed to its Soundasia record label, such as China's Dai Yao, Singapore's Cina and Japan's Funky Sueyoshi, the drummer of hugely popular Japanese group Bakufu Slump, whose solo...."

[4] Billboard, 26 May 2001, p. 48: A former member of the now-disbanded Japanese rock band Bakufu Slump, Sueyoshi offers a first-person perspective on working with collaborators from other Asian countries, including China. Sueyoshi provided this account to Billboard′s...."

[5] Billboard, 6 November 2004, p. 6: "Almost immediately after humming a few bars of melody using the sound 'ta' — the easiest sound for the technology to recognize — Kosugi's handset received a message saying the song was 'Runner' by '80s rock band Bakufu Slump."