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village voice > nyclife > Spring Arts by Zach Baron: "Don't Call It Noise Music
Japanese metal bands summon power and energy from the '70s

by Zach Baron
March 7th, 2006 3:27 PM

Catch MONO
photo: Human Highway Records
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We all have our generational breaking point.
Whether it's Mick Jagger's dinosaur skeleton jerking around a Super Bowl stage or the 5,000th Ameriquest commercial about managing baby boomer money in a 'rock and roll' kind of way, a listener's eventually going to lose it and reset his classic-rock radio presets. Kids need to have their say: Foreign language? Novel artwork? Clever genre name? It all flies, just as long as Mom can't take credit. Reggaet�n for reggae, grime for hip-hop, or, if NYC's spring concert calendar is any indication, guitar rock from Japan for guitar rock from the Jurassic.
In the next couple months, New York venues will bring kids the all-over-Jap"