[Machine Translation] The 1980s - that was the era when Japanese rock stood on its own! In the 1980s, Japanese rock artists absorbed the rock music introduced by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones in the 1960s and developed by hard rock and progressive rock bands in the 1970s, and presented it in their own new forms, and Japanese rock was finally able to be called "Japanese" or "Japanese" without the "Japanese" label. The author, who was deeply involved with Japanese rock artists in the 1980s as the editor-in-chief of the music magazine "Music Steady" (*) and as a music journalist who wrote articles for numerous music magazines and produced music programs for cable TV, examines and discusses the rock artists of the 1980s, when Japanese rock artists came to be referred to as "rock" without the phrase "Japanese" or "Japanese" in their name. The author, who has been deeply involved in the music industry as the editor-in-chief of Music Steady* and as a music journalist who wrote articles for numerous music magazines and produced music programs for cable TV, examines and discusses the music industry. He also includes little-known behind-the-scenes stories about labels, events, live houses, music media, and more! Music Steady" is a music magazine focusing on Japanese rock music, first published quarterly in the early 1980s, later bimonthly, and then monthly in mid-1984. The author, Satoshi Kojima, served as the magazine's second editor-in-chief from early 1985 until it ceased publication, covering not only big rock names such as RC Succession and Hound Dog, Motoharu Sano, Shogo Hamada, and Southern All Stars, but also individualists such as Moonriders and punks such as Stalin. The magazine's design attracted a lot of attention. From early on, the magazine also paid attention to the beat-oriented groups such as the Mods and Sheena & the Rockets, as well as the new generation, including Yutaka Ozaki, Koji Yoshikawa, Misato Watanabe, and Ayumi Nakamura. ( Table of Contents ) 1. symbol of independent Japanese rock/ RC Succession 2. three memorable bands/ Hound Dog, ARB, The Mods 3. added color to Japanese rock/ Street Sliders, BO WY 4. energetic beat and punk groups/ Roosters, Rockers, Sheena & the The Rokkets, Anarchy, Stalin, etc. 5. two overwhelmingly popular singer/songwriters/Motoharu Sano, Shogo Hamada 6. new type of pop that appeared in the 80's/Hoshiyuki Osawa, Senri Oe, etc. 7. paved the way for rock music by women/Kumiko Yamashita, Takako Shirai 8. Yutaka Ozaki 9. two teenage girls who followed Ozaki / Misato Watanabe, Ayumi Nakamura 10. introducing chunky music unique to the yellow race to the world / YMO 11. urban bands that continued their own activities / PINK, others, Killing Time, Real Fish, etc. 12. The authentic group that emerged from Ikaten / The Blankey Jet City 13. visual-kei that came into the limelight in the late 80's / BUCK-TICK, X (X JAPAN) etc. 14. in between rock and song / Checkers and Koji Yoshikawa etc. 15. the leading figures of the band boom / The Blue Hearts, Angie, etc. 16. the band of the year The Blue Hearts, Angie, Jun Sky Walkers, etc. 16. career group that persevered 1 /Kazuo Takeda, Char, Carmen Maki, etc. 17. career group that persevered 2 /Masaki Ueda and South to South, West Road Blues Band, Some other artists who gained popularity in the 80's 19. some of them came from the underground scene in the 80's 20. the live house scene that flourished in the 80's 21. concerts and large scale events that started to flourish in the 80's Concerts and large scale events that started to flourish in the 80's 22. music magazines in the 80's that attracted attention