Hey! Two Punks the Mods : the Early Days Hakata Shippu Hen

[Machine Translation] The members themselves reveal for the first time the untold story of the night before THE MODS debuted. In the 1970s, in Hakata, where many unknown musicians were engaged in friendly competition for success, two young men had a fateful encounter. Tatsuya Moriyama, a singer, had been groping in the dark since the breakup of his band. The bassist, Koichi Kitazato, admired him. They caught the wave of punk rock music arriving from overseas, and entrusted their dreams of a new band to the latest sound... This book is the first autobiographical essay written by the two. The book is the first autobiographical essay written by the duo, and it is a detailed and frank account of the days of tears and laughter leading up to the band's entry into the Tokyo market, which until now had been hidden behind the hard image of THE MODS and had never been touched upon. 53 realistic nonfiction essays by young people who have devoted their entire youth to music!

メンバー自身が初めて明かす、THE MODSデビュー前夜までの知られざる物語。1970年代、博多。多くの無名ミュージシャンが成功を目指して切磋琢磨していた土地で、２人の若者が運命的な出会いを果たした。バンドを解散して暗中模索の日々を送っていたシンガー、森山達也。彼に憧れていたベーシスト、北里晃一。海外から届いたパンク・ロックの波をキャッチした彼らは、新バンドの夢を最新のサウンドに託していく…。本書は２人が初めて書き下ろした自伝的エッセイ。これまでTHE MODSの硬質なイメージで覆い隠され触れられる事がなかった東京進出までの涙と笑いの日々を詳細に、肩肘張らず語った内容は貴重。青春のすべてを音楽に賭けた若者たちが織り成す、リアルノンフィクション53篇!