The Local Art

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THE LOCAL ART are a four piece indie band from Japan formed in 1996 by Satoshi Okada(Vo.&Dr.) and Ikko Ono(Ba.) as band name “SHAMPOOHAT”

In 2002, they changed their name to “THE LOCAL ART” and Yokouchi Takemasa(Gt.) Manabu Inagaki(Ba.) joined the band then Ikko changed to Guitar.

This band is know for the unusual band composition where Drummer is the Vocal.

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1	Autumn Lives	5
1	Fake Plastic Trees	5
3	エイティーズチルドレン	4
3	オイカゼハングライダー	4
3	in the life	4
3	夏の終わりがまだここにある	4
7	tomorrow	3
7	奇跡の欠片	3
7	キンモクセイ	3
7	No.18	3
7	白い花	3
7	泣かない泣けない約束	3
7	おやすみイエスタデイ	3
14	愛の言葉	2
14	Sakura	2

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Kizuna
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SAKURA
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MIRAI
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Kotodama
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4rst wrote:
Monday morning

I think the majority of the "emo" in the west is more of a mix of emo and pop-punk with really exaggerated lyrics. The Local Art is emo but I've never really cared since they don't sound like the cliches of the genre. For some reason their kodama album didn't impress me as much as I thought it would(I heard some of it way back when but only recently got back to it). Still, nearly all their other works are fantastic. ~hideki~

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R-Chizzle14 wrote:
May 2008

I suppose their Emo isn't the same as western crap-fest Emo, so I'll let the tag slide... but I love the fact that the drummer is the primary vocalist, unique!

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Koide067 wrote:
November 2007

泣かない泣けない約束 ♥

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[deleted-user] wrote:
October 2007

i really liked those singles. but yeah, kizuna is pretty good!
Tar-Ovat wrote:
October 2007

Yup it is. I'm currently loving 白い花.

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lops-sama wrote:
October 2007

KiZUNA is a lot better than i expected after the disappointing singles! O.O I really like it!

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Tar-Ovat wrote:
August 2007

Sí, pepe, en verdad su música es emo, pero el VERDADERO emo, no ese made in u.s.a emo que es un simple pop punk para adolescentes poseros.

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beck_pepe wrote:
August 2007

emo? jajjajajajaja xDDDD

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[deleted-user] wrote:
July 2007

I'm glad I downloaded their discography, THE LOCAL ART is great!
ohhrae wrote:
July 2007

emo?woho

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Herr_Amn wrote:
July 2007

Such a good band.

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akitaka wrote:
May 2007

Agreed. The cultural trend makes me want to head-butt small children, but the band's amazing. Drummer songwriter/singers are hard to come by...and I've never found one that I didn't like. サヨナラだけは言葉にできない is my favorite track; especially the remastered version in their late single.

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calimaki wrote:
April 2007

<3 Local Art

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theratinthehat wrote:
December 2006

well you really have to hate what the word emo is representing nowadays in western music... <_<

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Tar-Ovat wrote:
December 2006

In that point of view its ok, they are correctly emo... A vocal and drummer eh! I love this band, in fact, they don't sound like that 14-years-old-american-emo

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theratinthehat wrote:
December 2006

because they really are emo. they've been featured in emo compilations. the band call themselves as emo. they're proud of it.

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Tar-Ovat wrote:
December 2006

Empty? This band is GREAT!

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