Osaka Popstar videos
Osaka Popstar (Marky Ramone, Jerry Only, Ivan Julian & Dez Cadena)
Artist |
Video |
Album |
|---|---|---|
| Osaka Popstar | Wicked World | Express Video July 2011 Week 1 |
Pop-punk band fronted by Misfits-collaborator John Cafiero Initial lineup featured Jerry Only (Misfits), Dez Cadena (Black Flag, Misfits), Marky Ramone (Ramones, Misfits) and Ivan Julian (Richard Hell & The Voidoids). Current lineup features Dennis Diken (The Smithereens), Sal Maida (Milk 'N' Cookies, Roxy Music), and Dean Rispler (The Voluptuous Horror Of Karen Black).
Osaka Popstar is a punk rock supergroup formed in 2006 by New Yorker John Cafiero. In 2006, Cafiero teamed up with several well known punk rock artists to create the anime based punk group, Osaka Popstar. They released their debut album/DVD on May 23, 2006. Their lyrics consist of topics such as characters in Japanese anime like Astroboy and Sailor Moon. The first single off the album was a cover of singer/song writer Daniel Johnston, entitled "Wicked World."They toured as special guests with The Misfits in Fiend Fest '06 across the United States and other dates in Europe with stops in Tijuana, Mexico and Montreal, Quebec in October and November 2006.
Their album was released in Japan in June 2007. In 2008, they released a live EP, which was recorded on Halloween night 2006 on the Fiend Fest. In 2012, Cafiero, backed by the band Juicehead and credited to Osaka Popstar X Juicehead, released a cover of Fugazi's "Waiting Room". In 2013, the band will release another single, "Super Hero".