Hijokaidan
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: Japan
- Born: 1979 in Kyoto, Japan
- Active: 1979 - present
Biography
Hijokaidan are a Japanese noise group formed in Kyoto in 1979, the project of guitarist Jojo Hiroshige of #Alchemy Records#. With a revolving lineup that has ranged from two to fourteen people, the group moved from destructive performance art toward a dense wall of noise built around Hiroshige, vocalist Junko and *Incapacitants* member Toshiji Mikawa. Records such as 'King of Noise' (1985) and 'Emergency Stairway to Heaven' (2015) made them, as their nickname has it, the King of Noise.
Genres
Hijokaidan Discography
- Zōroku no kibyō (1982) - Album - rated 3.5/5
- Viva Angel (1984) - Album - rated 3.63/5
- King of Noise (1985) - Album - rated 3.13/5
- Modern (1989) - Album - rated 3.4/5
- Romance (1990) - Album - rated 3.31/5
- Windom (1991) - Album - rated 3.63/5
- The Neverending Story of the King of Noise (1992) - Album - rated 3.81/5
- Noise From Trading Cards (1997) - Album - rated 3.49/5
- Jojo & Junko (2000) - Compilation - rated 3.28/5
- The Noise (2009) - Album - rated 4.09/5
- Made in Studio (2012) - Album - rated 3.71/5
Members
- Jojo Hiroshige - guitar, noise (1979–Present)
- Toshiji Mikawa - electronics, noise (1980–Present)
- Junko - vocals (1980–Present)
- Okano Futoshi - drums (2004–Present)
- Fumio Kosakai - noise (1986–2014)