Sunday, May 18, 2008

Mari Hamada

About 10 years ago, I purchased a vinyl by Japanese artist Mari Hamada, knowing nothing about what it was, save that it had vaguely interesting artwork, and had guitars on it.

Finally, I gave it a listen. I would have liked it more back then, but as far as 80s comfort metal goes, it's pretty good - and she's got a good voice. Decent guitar work as well... Nothing amazingly original here, but good use of the genre without being too cliched in a bad way.

It seems her first three albums - Lunatic Doll, Romantic Night (haven't found it at all yet), and the one I found originally, Misty Lady, are the ones to listen to. They're hard to find, especially on CD, but digital copies are floating around on the net.

Check out this live version of Noah.

1 comment:

Franco Ferrer-San Miguel said...

There's a huge problem with that statement: I can only find a Digital-copy of "Lunatic Doll", but not of the other two. You wouldn't happen to know where to find a digital copy of the other 2 albums would you? Help would be appreciated! Thanks!