1978 Merzbow (Masami Akita) [primarily studio projects] 1979 Hijokaidan (Jojo Hiroshige) [primarily live performances] 1981 Incapacitants (Toshiji Mikawa) 1984 SOLMANIA (Masahiko Ohno) 1987 MASONNA (Maso Yamazaki) 1990 C.C.C.C. (Mayuko Hino, Hiroshi Hasegawa) 1991 AUBE (Akifumi Nakajima) Violent Onsen Geisha (Nakahara) [from independent to major]
European and American noise artists is based on their political views
Mayuko Hino's live performance style
"Language is limited. Also, music is sometimes limited. But noise is everything."
The growing of independent Japanese bands
Noise may continue to be ignored by ninety-nine percent of the world