
Tag: punk

SRI LANKA: PUNK ROCK BUSES vs. DRUM AND BASS TRAINS
by joostay
How different types of transport can influence the tunes you listen to…
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: asia, bus, colombo, CREATIVE, CREATIVITY, dnb, drum and bass, fitness, huntingtons, ikimasho, japan, kandy, photography, pop punk, punk, punk rock, screeching weasel, se asia, seba, sri lanka, the queers, tokyo, train, travel, video

HELLRIDES: KUALA LUMPUR (MALAYSIA) TO NUSA LEMBONGAN (BALI)
by joostay
Back to Bali – and escaping the End of Days. I’ve written a bit before about Hellrides – those horribly twisted and depraved long-distance drives my old band used to do every night in order to play a farcical gig in front of no one. My touring days may be behind me, but travelling in Asia often means cramped conditions, squalid surroundings and not quite knowing if you’ll end up at your intended final destination. Not much change from playing on the DIY punk circuit then, […]
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: airplane, bali, belfast, boat, CREATIVE, dangerfields, hellride, indonesia, ireland, journey, northern ireland, photography, punk, punk rock, story, train, travel

Hellrides: Tokyo to Hua Hin, Thailand.
by joostay
I’m sure there are easier ways to relive your youth than this. Back when I was younger I was in a punk band. We toured a fair bit, our drummer relentless in his thirst for a gig – any gig – and so we drove thousands of miles in a green VW Estate plastered with an assortment of stickers of bands you have probably never heard of. The tours were planned well in advance, so if we were offered a gig […]
Categories: Travel: Outside Japan • Tags: backpacking, bangkok, blog, hellride, how to get from don muang airport to hua hin, hua hin, ikimasho, japanese, punk, punk rock, thailand, the dangerfields, travel, van

HEY HO, LET’S GO! IKIMASHO! WITH THE QUEERS
by joostay
Joe Queer chats to Ikimasho! about Japan, maki rolls and writing songs for Joey Ramone. I love The Queers. Yet despite them touring my home country of Northern Ireland in 2004, 2005 and 2008, I always somehow managed to miss them due to me being in different parts of Asia at the time. Fast forward to 2013 and I was back in Asia again… only to find out they were playing not far from my house here in Tokyo the very next night. Finally, after […]
Categories: Art, Music & Culture • Tags: asia, asian man records, ben weasel, dangerous dave, japan, joe queer, joey ramone, music, pop, pop punk, punk, ramones, richie ramone, screeching weasel, sushi, the queers, tokyo, touring

JUGHEAD IN JAPAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN PIERSON
by joostay
The co-founder of Screeching Weasel and Even in Blackouts chats to Ikimasho! about Japan, music… and popcorn. John ‘Jughead’ Pierson is a busy man. Not content with forming one of the most influential pop-punk bands of all time – Screeching Weasel – he is also a playright, novelist and actor. Now, he has went one step further – moving from Chicago to Osaka to work for Universal Studios Japan. I asked Jughead how he was settling in, picking his brain […]
Categories: Art, Music & Culture • Tags: blog, even in blackouts, ikimasho, japan, japanese, john pierson, osaka, pop punk, punk, screeching weasel, tokyo, universal studios