J-RockJapanese rock, or J-Rock for short, can range from playful to hardcore, but it is certain that the Japanese music scene is always willing to try new things. Japanese rock, next to Japanese Pop, is the most popular form of music in Japan. See also Visual kei, a movement closely related to J-Rock. Psychedelic rockPsychedelic rock was invented in the 1960s by American and British counterculture figures. Arriving in Japan, psychedelic rock took on a different flavor. Previously known for the drug intake of its performers leaving an impact on the hazy, drugged-out music, J-Rock performers tended to be drug-free, or even adamantly anti-drug (for example, Kosugi Takehisa, Haino Keiji, Nanjo Asahito). Psychedelic rock first appeared in Japan in the mid to late 1960s. A few Group Sounds bands imitated their Anglo heros, including The Golden Cups, The Mops, The Dynamites and Jacks, whose "Karappo No Sekai" and "Marianne" were two of the first psychedelic recordings from the country. Like in the UK and US, the psychedelic rock scene was linked to a political movement involving young, spirited students. An economic boom brought many young people to universities, where radical politics abounded. Central to this movement, arising from the late 60s Kyoto student revolts, was the band Les Rallizes Denudes, followed by Lost Aaraaff. By the 1970s, as in the US and UK, Japanese rock spawned a folk-rock scene, there led by Magical Power Mako. Bands
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