My friend Amy, a Japanese girl who basically grew up in Hawaii, invited me to see a punk show on the guest list of her co-worker Serge, who plays bass for The Ken Yokoyama Band. Serge used to play in the bay-area punk band Limp, and now is the IT guy for Orrick. Amy obviously shares my interst in punk rock. Ken Yokoyama, is the side project fo Ken, who is a member of the seminal Japanese punk band, Hi-Standard. This was a Fat Wreck Chords line-up, wel aslo saw the ska band Mad Caddies and the headliner was Lagwagon. It was my first time to see all of the bands and I enjoyed them all. We got to go back stage and meet the bands, there wasn't much of an after party since they were all playing Osaka the next night and had to get up early to catch the Shinkansen. Below the Mad Caddies as seen from the balcony at Shibuay Ax.
The picture below is of Lagwagon from backstage.
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