The “IRIE RACKIT” of Veni Vidi Vicious
By Shay on Dec 18th, 2008Garage rock came roaring back to the masses a few years ago courtesy of bands like The Strokes, The Hives, and The Vines. And thanks to bands like Veni Vidi Vicious, garage rock in Japan is here to stay.
The garage rock revival (they call it ‘neo-garage’) quartet, Veni Vidi Vicious released their debut album in the fall of ‘08. Their first full-length release, IRIE RACKIT, officially came out October 22, 2008.
Veni Vidi Vicious’s loud, frenetic, and retroesque music is drenched in the sound of humming guitars and searing snares beneath strident, raspy vocals. The often tinny music beckons of moppy ‘fro-ed guys jamming out in smoke-filled clubs.
IRIE RACKIT features eight tracks; some with genre-befitting titles like “Cosmo”, “Motown”, “Yeah Yeah Yeah”, “Marihuana Monkey”, and “Domino”.
Veni Vidi Vicious formed in April of 2005 (five years after The Hives’ obviously influential Veni Vidi Vicious album was released). The band is vocalist/guitarist Ryousuke Irie (入江良介), guitarist Takeshi Irie (入江健), bassist Masami Takei (武井優心), and drummer Shotaro Yamazaki (山崎正太郎). In December of ‘07, Veni Vidi Vicious released a split EP with The Mirraz. They are currently signed with mini muff records.
My attention was first drawn to Veni Vidi Vicious after noticeing the split EP and the show they played with The Mirraz but it was not until Wada-san of The Mirraz recommended I check them out, that I did so. Good stuff!!
Watch “Cosmo” by Veni Vidi Vicious:
Check out the band’s official site and MySpace.
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Wow, thanks for introducing me to another band! :D
I am going to check this band out along with The Hives and The Vines. I love The Strokes… I remember when The Vines had that one song on MTV a couple years back. Ah, I’m going to check out all of these bands!
Thank you!