#GIZUMU

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FROM THE MIND OF SAKEVI YOKOYAMA -- FROM THE "PUNK ON WAVE" ARCHIVES...

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on two versions of print coverage for Japanese hardcore punk bands LAUGHIN' NOSE, G.I.S.M., COBRA, & LIP CREAM, from the late, great Sakevi Yokoyama's self-published subcultural/ underground-encompassing magazine, "PUNK ON WAVE," a.k.a., "P.O.W.," c. 1985.

Sources: https://x.com/thunederroad518/status/1266569471671463937 & Pinterest.

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Randy Uchida, Guerrilla Incendiary Sabotage Mutineer, G.I.S.M. (ギズム, Gizumu)

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TERRORIZING TOKYO WITH ANARCHY, VIOLENCE, GROWLS, & MANIC RIFFAGE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a mega photo-dump of vocalist Sakevi Yokoyama of G.I.S.M. playing a show at The Loft, Shinjuku, Tokyo, c. 1992/1993? Pics of the late, great Randy Uchida and one (very blurry) shot of bassist Kiichi Takahashi are also featured. 📸: ❓

"These weren’t taken that long before Sakevi would be arrested for attempting to set a man on fire with a makeshift flamethrower on the Tokyo subway."

-- FORT BRAGG ZINE (UK/NYC-based webzine)

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/2731715402107094301 & SPEEDFUCKER (via X, formerly Twitter).

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A MEETING OF HARDCORE MINDS -- OSAKA & TOKYO PUNK BRANCHES.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Japanese hardcore punk bands G.I.S.M. and GHOUL (from Osaka prefecture), c. 1983-'84, coverage from an unnamed punk zine in the Japanese language.

Rest in Noise, GHOUL vocalist Masami, Randy, Hiroshima, & Sakevi -- more legends lost.

Source: www.picuki.com/tag/%E6%A8%AA%E5%B1%B1sakevi.

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THE PRETTIEST MAN PLAYING THE DIRTIEST RIFFS IMAGINABLE -- REST IN NOISE, YOU LEGEND!

PIC INFO: Spotlight on some super-rare Randy Uchida of the mighty G.I.S.M., and looking particularly more effeminate than usual, venue & location unknown, but more than likely a Tokyo/ Shibuya/ Ninjuku gig, c. 1984. 📸: undisclosed.

Source: @thecutrate (uploaded to Instagram in 2020) -- In memoriam.

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RARE RANDY – THE RAREST IN THE UNIVERSE.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a rare close-up and original shot of the late, great Randy Uchida (never seen him rocking denim jacket before), legendary guitar wizard for the mighty G.I.S.M./R.U.G., c. early ‘80s, before his full-on glam metal period of the mid '80s.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3421314129311463335.

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TOKYO PUNK -- TOKYO HARDCORE -- TOTAL PUNK DERANGEMENT IN SHINJUKU '82.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Tokyo-based hardcore punk/heavy metal band G.I.S.M., performing live at the LOFT in Shinjuku, Tokyo, c. January, 1982.

Been wanting to post this one for too long already, and it's definitely one of the more well known live G.I.S.M. shots to be found online. Rest in eternal noise, Hiroshima, Sakevi, Randy, GISM. 💥💀🇯🇵

Source: www.picuki.com/media/27643217Hiroshima54922687201.

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LIVE GIZUMU HARDCORE IN THE '80s -- "THESE DAYS WILL NEVER COME AGAIN."

PIC INFO: Spotlight on Tokyo-based metal punk band G.I.S.M. performing live to all the punters, c. mid 1980s, and more than likely somewhere in their home base of Tokyo. In memoriam -- Sakevi Yokoyama (196?-2023).

EXTRA INFO: Original scans by @under_pain_of_flesh, from the photobook "Oppressive Liberation SPIRIT Vol. 1," compiled and/or collected by Sakevi Yokoyama, published by Beast Arts International, c. 2020.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3151185594586892320.

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"FUCK IS WOMENS MONEY. DESIGN WORK ETC. BY GISM."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the complimentary poster included with original pressings of the "Detestation" 12 inch EP/mini-LP by Japanese hardcore punk/heavy metal band G.I.S.M., released on Dogma Records in 1983.

Bass – Cloudy

Chorus – Execuitinary

Drums – Mario

Guitar, Design [Jacket Design] – Randy Uchida

Vocals – Sakevi

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3090338405744634048.

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TERRORIZING PATRON SAINT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF WAR -- WELCOME TO 1984.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the late, great raging metal punk bastard Sakevi Yokoyama, performing live with the mighty G.I.S.M., from the magazine pages of "Punk On Wave" Vol. 1 no. 2 self-published by Sakevi Yokoyama, Jul-Aug 1985.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3419812862131170949.

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UP THE HARDCORE PUNKS -- A MINGLING OF THE MINDS -- TOKYO BRANCH.

NOTE: Tasteful DISCHARGE tee spotted in the very back. Fuck, yeah! Dis nightmare still @$!*%#& continues!! 💀💥💀🔥💀💢

PIC INFO: Spotlight on the so-called "HOLY TRINITY" of Japanese hardcore punk, featuring members of GAUZE, G.I.S.M., and THE EXECUTE, c. early '80s, Tokyo, Japan.

Anyway, the only members I can personally recognize are: Shin (GAUZE bassist), Momorin (GAUZE guitarist), the late, great Randy Uchida (1961-2001), and bassist Cloudy Kannon (right across from Randy).

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3348999856015458419.

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COME ONE, COME ALL -- COME AND WITNESS MY EVER-GROWING COVER PHOTO COLLECTION.

PIC(S) INFO: Part 1 of 2 -- Spotlight on the first set of Tumblr cover photos for the month of March 2024, and featuring such online finds as:

Sixties op art by British abstract artist, Bridget Riley.

Bassist/lyricist Geezer Butler of BLACK SABBATH, performing live at Madison Square Garden in 1976. 📸: Fin Costello.

A now instantly quotable "thank you list" from English hardcore punk band, DISCHARGE, from the band's 1980 "Realities of War" EP

Front & back sleeve art to "First Issue," the 1978 debut album by British post-punk band PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. Photography by Dennis Morris.

An advertisement for Asahi Super Dry, a rice lager-style beer, and Japan's #1 selling beer.

An American Apparel fashion model of yesteryear, with something of an "indie" look about her.

The late, great Sakevi Yokoyama in his natural, feral state onstage, fronting the Tokyo-based heavy metal/hardcore punk band G.I.S.M.

Insert artwork to "PUNISHER: WAR ZONE" Vol. 1 #1, c. March 1992. Artwork by John Romita, Jr., Klaus Janson, & others.

Sources: Comic Art Fans, @theydeclare it (via Picuki), PopMatters, Mutual Art, Guitar World, Instagram, Pinterest, various, etc...

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THE ULTIMATE PiNHEAD PERSON OF THE TOKYO HARDCORE SCENE -- NINJUKU COVERAGE IN '83.

PIC INFO: Mega spotlight on print coverage of the late, great Sakevi Yokoyama of Tokyo hardcore punk/heavy metal band G.I.S.M./ GIZUMU, from the pages of "PiNHEAD" magazine, "For Super Modern Boys & Girls," c. 1983. 𝘾𝘽𝙎/𝙎𝙊𝙉𝙔 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙘.

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/2746505599213541697, Made in Wonder, various, etc...

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IN MEMORIAM -- BECAUSE RANDY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR INDUSTRIAL/FREE JAZZ/NOISE/HARDCORE.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a portrait of the late, great Randy Uchida in his then post-hardcore punk/glam metal trappings (in his late 30s), photo taken from G.I.S.M.'s "SoniCRIME TheRapy" era, c. early 2000s.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2505680338822307423.

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THE UNDERGROUND OF THE JAPANESE UNDERGROUND -- WELCOME TO 1984.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a handful of color shots of various Japanese hardcore punk bands, including LIP CREAM, G.I.S.M.'s late, great Randy Uchida, the also departed Masami of GHOUL, MASTERBATION, THE COMES, MOBS, & ZOUO, from a gig photo album, c. 1984.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2267212078274467100.

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"KILL, I'LL KILL THEM PERFECTLY. I SLAUGHTER SINGING THE MADLY ANTHEM."

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on some shots of Tokyo hardcore punk/heavy metal band G.I.S.M. performing live, with all of these shots being completely new to me. Never seen any of these before up until a few days ago. 📸: ? (did Gin Satoh take some of these, I wonder?).

"Hogs instruct you to go to hell."

"Look at the child's body covered with bullet marks."

"They detest the departed spirits in third world nuclear armed hogs laugh raping your wife I've sold my soul to the devils."

"Their gonorrheal cocks strangling the bedridden aged to death, shooting the excreted aged to death."

"Fire birds make an air raid and burst into fire."

"Bloodily bomb descends to you."

"The erotimaniacs give the dinner and make us butter a joke."

"Kill, I'll kill them perfectly."

"The dismembered bodies disperse and become full in the cities."

"The dirty heads pass water is deflated penis is onto our heads."

"The faceless lady dangling as if she were marionette they surely send you the demagogue, the militaristic, the bombing and the death in actions."

"The worst madmen complete the machines ruin mother earth."

"I slaughter singing the madly anthem."

-- G.I.S.M., c. 1983-'84 -- all lyrics by G.I.S.M.

Sources: Last FM, other random sites, and I did find some choice shots here: https://www.picuki.com/tag/RandyUchida.