UGLYM3N = GAYM3N

girls and guys, we like to introduce to you an amazing ROCKABILLY band from japan who called themselves HOT DOG BUDDY BUDDY. before springscream, we do not know these guys. but with a twist of luck, we were scheduled to perform on the same stage on the same day with them at kentington resort, taiwan; which was 7-april-2007 at CIRCLE stage.

we found out their profiles here at springscream. when we flew to kaohsiung, we bumped into them with other japanese bands. they had a colorful outlook. the bassist pushed a trolley with a HUGE double bass guitar (wood bass). the drummer is a girl who brought her own GRETSCH snare drum. the guitarist/vocalist looked cool. we were too shy to talk to them.

on the 2nd day in kenting, i bumped into 2 of them (guitarist and drummer) after our free-of-charge-eat-all-you-can-buffet-breakfast. we spoke a little bit. the guitarist spoke little english mixed with japanese. i can understand the english parts but not japanese. we took photos. the girl is so sweet, i’m having diabetes.

then hooi, mike and i bumped into them again near RODEO stage. we took photos again. i did not speak to the girl drummer as she was quiet and i had an impression that she doesn’t speak english. man, am i wrong? she posted at our website last week in english. talented girl.

at the night of their performance, it was packed with a huge crowd and to be EXTREMELY BLUNT AND HONEST they were the best band we’ve seen so far. whatever they did on stage were amazing and humbled us to the ground. their performance beat the crap out of us. we salute them very much. and they are all in their late 30’s. you can see that they are extremely passionate with what they are doing on stage… enjoying every minute of it. they performed a 45 minutes set. the crowd screamed ENCORE but they did not continute due to time constraint. here’s their official website here’s their updated forum with photos and diary but its in japanese.

honestly speaking, almost all japanese bands were GREAT at kenting. we learnt a lot at kenting… we learnt a lot and i mean a lot of stuff in kenting. we learnt how bands survive and how bands keep the passion alive with fire all the time. these bands commitment put me, ah hooi and mike to shame, SERIOUSLY. you can’t believe how dedicated these people were. they do what their hearts desire.

so much for the photos, let’s watch them perform, will ya? the video was captured using my cheapskate canon digital camera. its only 3 minutes long. watch it here.