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THE ROUTES

GARAGE PUNK, RHYTHM AND BLUES IN JAPAN!!!

About Me

The Routes are based in Fukuoka and Oita, Japan. The Routes are:
Masao Nakayama (drums)
Chris Jack (guitar/vox)
Toru Nishimuta (bass)
The music of The Routes celebrates rock 'n' roll, rhythm 'n' blues, British Beat, and garage punk, deliberately and very happily oblivious to the fads and trends of today.

The Routes playing the title track from their debut album Left My Mind, at Nervous Wreckin' Fukuoka, 2nd December 2006. This clip was kindly made by Jon Wilks.
The Routes playing the Jimi Hendrix song Can You See Me, live at Voodoo Lounge Fukuoka. This clip was kindly made by Jon Wilks.
FRIEND REQUESTS
I'm very happy to accept friend requests from other bands, labels, djs, and organisers, but please read the following:
DON'T send me event invitations for your shitty concerts and events happening on the other side of the fucking planet, unless you want DELETED and BLOCKED.
DON'T ask me about your shit band touring Japan. You don't stand a chance unless you're KNOWN, and if you were KNOWN I'm sure you wouldn't be flapping around on myspace. We rarely play outside our prefecture ourselves.
DON'T post comments for your crap events on the other side of the fucking world, unless you want DELETED and BLOCKED.
None of the above applies to people that we know. You can do whatever you like.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/17/2005
Band Website: theroutesjapan.com
Band Members: DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW ON MOTOR SOUNDS RECORDS!!! Buy it direct from MOTOR SOUNDS RECORDS , or buy it at:
AMAZON UK
VIRGIN MEGASTORES (UK)
HMV (UK)
TOWNSEND RECORDS (UK)
THE FREAK EMPORIUM (UK)
PLAY.COM (UK)
CODE 7 (UK)
AMAZON USA
AMAZON CANADA
AMAZON JAPAN
TOWER RECORDS (JAPAN)
HMV (JAPAN)
SEVEN ELEVEN (JAPAN)
KURO NEKO YAMATO (JAPAN)
DAIKI SOUND (JAPAN)
JEUGIA (JAPAN)
SOUNDFLAT MAILORDER (GERMANY)

REVIEW BY YOTCHIE "LSD" OHKOSHI, DOLL MAGAZINE #237, MAY 2007.

REVIEW BY MASAO NAKAGAMI, COOKIE SCENE VOL.55, AUGUST 2007.

THE ROUTES SONG "LEFT MY MIND" APPEARS ON THE SAZANAMI LABEL COMPILATION WILD SAZANAMI BEAT VOL.4.

OUT NOW ON MOTOR SOUNDS RECORDS !!! THIS KILLER COMPILATION FEATURES THE SONGS "THE SHADOW" AND "LEFT MY MIND" BY THE ROUTES. BUY BLOOD ON THE SCRATCHPLATE '65 FROM:
AMAZON UK!!!
AMAZON JAPAN!!!
AMAZON FRANCE!!!
ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN BUY IT USING PAYPAL DIRECT FROM MOTOR SOUNDS RECORDS . THIS ALBUM IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN UK FROM ALL GOOD RECORD STORES!

REVIEW BY MASAO NAKAGAMI, COOKIE SCENE MAGAZINE.
Influences: The Yardbirds, Link Wray, Bo Diddley, Hound Dog Taylor, The Sonics
Sounds Like: THE ROUTES
Record Label: MOTOR SOUNDS RECORDS
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

October/November 2007 MAJOR UPDATE!!!! Important shit!

October/November 2007 NEWS Chris Jack one man band / Rock 'n' Roll Monkey & The Routes / Munsters Void CHRIS JACK will be playing as a ONE MAN BAND on the following dates:24th November 2007, Tropi...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 05:28:00 PST

OITA MAGAZINE ARTICLE (July 2007)

Hi There is a nice one page article of The Routes in City Jyoho Oita magazine. It's in Japanese, but you can see it here: Magazine cover The Routes article Cheers Chris      ...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:50:00 PST

COOKIE SCENE VOL. 55 REVIEW

There is a great review of  Left My Mind in the Japanese magazine COOKIE SCENE (Vol. 55, August 2007, Arctic Monkeys cover). I was pretty chuffed because it's a national magazine, and w...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:51:00 PST

Left My Mind reviews from Soho Strut, Goddeau, and Popism!

SOHOSTRUT! (http://www.sohostrut.co.uk) The Routes are a Japanese band signed up to Lurgan label Motor Sound Records of County Armagh. Left My Mind is a truly raucous romp of frenziedly frazzled R&...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Wed, 16 May 2007 07:46:00 PST

REVIEW IN DOLL MAGAZINE!

There is a review of Left My mind in Doll Magazine #237 (May 2007), by YOTCHIE "LSD" OHKOSHI. Sorry, can't be arsed to translate. Hoping for a Cookie Scene review in May. Cheers Chris http:...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:12:00 PST

TOWER & HMV (JAPAN)

Left My Mind is now available from http://www.towerrecords.co.jp/sitemap/CSfCardMain.jsp?GOODS_ NO=1516252&GOODS_SORT_CD=104"TARGET="resource window">TOWER RECORDS (JAPAN), and http://www.hmv.co.jp...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 06:04:00 PST

London Resonance FM

Hi Y'all Toru from The Routes will be interviewed tonight, on Mike Spenser's Trash Can show, London's Resonance 104.4fm. The show starts at 10PM (UK time), and can be easily heard live here (via mp3 s...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:04:00 PST

The Routes "Left My Mind" available worldwide!!!

DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW ON MOTOR SOUNDS RECORDS!!! Buy it from: http://www.motorsoundsrecords.com">MOTOR SOUNDS RECORDS http://www.amazon.co.uk/Left-My-Mind-Routes/dp/B000MXP4SI/re f=sr_1_1/026-4604351-021...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:21:00 PST

WILD SAZANAMI BEAT VOL 4

The Routes "Left My Mind" will appear on the Sazanami Label compilation Wild Sazanami Beat Vol 4. The album features 23 track from bands from Japan, America, Germany, Russia, and France. The release d...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:44:00 PST

ALBUM RELEASE AND PARTY

Hi! Left My Mind is available NOW from:  Motorsounds Records http://www.motorsoundsrecords.com Soundflat Mailorder (Germany) http://www.soundflat.de   UK and Europe distribution is...
Posted by THE ROUTES on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:48:00 PST