Ah, how busy I am. I have to prepare for North American tour 2007. Taking working visas, ordering merch and more… I got dizzy.
Anyway, we played in Hiroshima on October 26. The venue was an old movie theater. The show was a tribute event for Ramones. Hiroshima punk band Soucho Pistons featuring Marty Friedman covered many Ramones songs. Their play was fantastic. Audience there were very lucky.
And Shonen Knife played. Our original member Atsuko came back from Los Angeles and played the bass after 7 months. We could have a very good groove naturally. Atsuko will play the bass until the end of North American tour 2007. Don’t miss our shows in Osaka, too.
After our show, Yuki who wrote a book I love Ramones also she is a photographer and I did a talk show. We talked about Ramones. She owns a Ramones fan club Japan. Japanese issue only but the book is very interesting.
For the last, a tribute movie for Johnny Ramone Too tough to die was screened. People there could enjoy Ramones a lot.
Thank you for coming. Some fans came from far away cities like Tokyo or Osaka. Thanks for Pistons and other staff.
After show, we went to eat Okonomiyaki which is a kind of Hiroshima style pancake with vegetables, sea foods, pork and noodles. It’s tasty. The dinner party was started from 12:30 p.m. and finished around 3:00. I usually went to bed around 11:00p.m. I sat up till very late.
I’m happy we could play at nice events like Aomori Rock Festival Natsu-no Mamono, New Picnic Himeji and this Ramones tribute show. I hope that we could play at cool events like these in future, too.
