[Breaking News] PORNO CHOOTOKKYU 2017: “SiM” Live Report

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• Music Festival Master / Editor-in-ChiefKeisuke Hane
  Editor-in-chief of RAG MUSIC and in charge of music festivals. When I attended my first music festival as a freshman in college, I was captivated by its charm—“I can’t believe there’s a place this free and this fun.” I share information about wonderful music festivals every day to help grow the community of festival fans.

Welcome to SiM's live show!

First, SHOW-HATE, SIN, and GODRi appeared and unleashed a roaring sound, and at that moment MAH took the stage.

Although it was ROTTENGRAFFTY’s own Porno Chotokkyu, when MAH said, “Welcome to SiM’s show!” his expression radiated both respect for ROTTENGRAFFTY and a burning determination to fire up the crowd and hand the baton to the next act.

Their first song, as if they were already in top gear, is “Blah Blah Blah.”

The moment the song started, the audience broke into a sing-along and surged en masse toward the front of the already packed floor.

The scene undulated like the sea itself, and a literal wave of divers—people diving into the human sea—appeared in great numbers.

The second song, which started without a moment’s pause, was “Amy.”

The call-and-responses in the chorus are flawless, and the audience practically feels like members of the chorus themselves.

In the call-and-response section between the guitar and bass, the bassist’s SIN skillfully wields the Hot Hand effects unit controlled by a sensor on his finger, producing a distinctive sound from the center riser as if to provoke the audience.

No sooner had the second song ended than MAH was on the center platform, miming the hands of a clock.

At that moment, fans who sensed what the next song would be started forming a large circle, and the song performed was “Faster Than The Clock.”To the fast two-beat rhythm, countless circle pits whirl around the venue.

MAH encouraged the crowd to swing their arms left and right and shouted things like “Turn around!” and “Two-step!!,” guiding the audience in how to have fun in time with the music so that even first-time fans could enjoy themselves, and steadily amped up the venue.

A self-proclaimed band 'hugely popular for its balance of roaring noise and catchiness'

Calling themselves “a hugely popular band for their balance of thunderous noise and catchiness,” MAH cracked up the crowd in Kansai dialect, saying he’s excited to see how ROTTENGRAFFTY will clear the bar that keeps getting raised for Maximum the Hormone from here on out: “Can’t wait to see it, ya know!”

In contrast to how they had been energizing the venue with an aggressive performance just moments before, this shows a completely different, unexpected side of them.

However, the shout was “Can you handle Kyoto?!” and the name called was “JACK.”

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I can’t get the image out of my head of MAH standing center stage under the spotlight, delivering the opening whisper.

On stage, SHOW-HATE and SIN put on flashy performances spinning their instruments, MAH dashed around to the edges of the stage, and GODRi freely enjoyed the live show, twirling his sticks between tight, sharp drum beats.

Even as the next song, “MAKE ME DEAD!”, kicked off, the energy kept rising, and perhaps thanks to MAH’s earlier talk, the audience fully savored the moment, each in their own way.

Next up was "ANTHEM," whose intro is packed with reggae vibes—soaked in deep reverb from vocals to drums—that crafts a dark atmosphere and sounds incredibly cool.

The song develops into a loud hardcore tune, showcasing reggae-punk band SiM at their best.

The call-and-response with the audience was spot on, and the venue felt completely united as one.

It can't even start without you guys!

After saying that today was their last show of the year and asking fans to come see them again next year, MAH added, “It doesn’t even start without you, does it?”

I felt the bond between them and the fans in that moment.

And just like that, the final song that began was “KiLLiNG ME.”With their classic crowd favorite, the venue reached its peak excitement today.

With the excitement still in the air, they said, “We’ll do one more song!” and started “f.

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As soon as the 'h' started, Crossfaith’s Koie burst out.

I was blown away by the powerful back-and-forth of MAH and Koie’s deep, forceful shouts.

And so, from SiM—who kept the crowd fired up from the very start—the blazing baton was passed on to Maximum the Hormone...

Porno Super Express 2017 Photo by JON.

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