Group sounds ( Japanese: グループ・サウンズ, Hepburn: Gurūpu Saunzu), often abbreviated as GS, is a genre of Japanese rock music which became popular in the mid to late 1960s and initiated the fusion of Japanese kayōkyoku music and Western rock music. ^[1] Their music production techniques were regarded as playing a pioneering role in modern Japanese popular music. ^[1]

Group sounds arose following the Beatles performance at the Budokan in 1966, and was strongly influenced by British beat music of the 1960s. ^[2] Group sounds acts included the Tigers, the Tempters, the Spiders, the Mops, and the Golden Cups. ^[2] The movement peaked in late 1967 when Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets won the Japan Record Award. ^[1]

See also

• Music of Japan
• J-pop
• Visual kei
• Japanese hip hop
• Japanese jazz
• Japanese reggae
• Japanese ska
• List of Japanese rock bands
• Enka
• Ryūkōka

References

External links

• Cutie Morning Moon - Dedicated to Japanese 1960s garage punk
• The Video Beat - What are the Group Sounds?
• Showapop - Group Sounds Record & CD articles in English
• Trans World '60s Punk:Cutie Morning Moon Archived 2012-12-24 at the Wayback Machine - Provides Information Mostly About Garage Bands From Outside the United States

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