Big In Japan

[Machine Translation] OHL, Germany's oldest hardcore punk band, formed in the former West Germany during the Cold War, is releasing an edited CD for their first visit to Japan. The band was formed in 1980. The band was formed in 1980 and will celebrate its 45th anniversary in 2025, when this CD will be released. During their long history, the band has had several member changes, but they have remained a PUNK band and have continued to deliver their message in unconventional ways. It is easy to imagine that it must not have been an easy road, given the various backgrounds of the times. It is impossible to specify what makes them punk or hardcore, but it would be difficult to find an element that makes them anything other than that. We hope you will experience their music, which has been created in the midst of their turbulent history. This is an edited version of the album, but it can be called a best-of album, containing songs that are scheduled to be performed at their live concerts in Japan.

冷戦時の旧西ドイツにて結成されたドイツ最古のハードコアパンクバンド、OHL (オーハーエル)が初となる来日に合わせてリリースする、編集盤CD! 結成はなんと1980年。こちらのCDがリリースされる2025年には45周年を迎えるという事実はなんとも驚異的。これだけの長きに渡る活動の中、幾度かのメンバーチェンジはあったもののPUNKバンドとしての姿勢を貫き、型破りなまでのメッセージを発し続けてきた。様々な時代背景からも察するに決して簡単な道ではなかったであろうことは想像に容易い。何をもってパンクなのか、ハードコアなのかということを明示することは出来ないが、彼らがそうでないと言える要素を見つけるのは難しいだろう。激動の歴史の中で生み出された楽曲群を是非体感して欲しい。今回の作品はいわゆる編集盤だが、日本でのライブで披露される予定の楽曲を詰め込んだベスト盤と言える内容になっている。