Battle of Disarm

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Battle of Disarm is a crust punk band from Isigawa, Japan. They originally formed over rising concerns on the cruel treatment of animals, & high usage of vivisection by major corporations. Since they first formed in 1989, they have refused to release any material on compact disk, in protest of the technological advances that has swept across Japan, which they say has lead to worldwide "corruption and murder". Other issues they have focused on is the disarming of nuclear weapons, by releasing songs like Disarm or Die! and , in concern that more bombings, like the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, might occur.

Unfortunately, like many Japanese punk bands who are attracted to punk more for the fashion statement than the ideals of the movement, the band's lead singer, Ryuji Asada, makes money breeding and selling rare insects from his online shop http://www.kuwasta.com/ which of course brings into question the band's lyrical sincerity. This inability to connect one's actions to one's beliefs is prevalent in the Japanese punk scene, in no small part due to larger cultural mores that place utmost importance on personal convenience to the detriment of any belief system whose scriptures would demand personal sacrifice. This is by no means unique to Japan, but, as with many other societal and cultural phenomena, the problem is particularly accentuated there. Often, there is also a problem in that much of the philosophy and ideals wrapped up in the punk rock movement move around the world in English, so most meaning is lost on Japanese punks without much interest in reading lyric sheets using a dictionary. However, Asada has presumably been around the scene long enough to have gotten over that difficulty.

The band are currently the forerunning band for the Japanese record shop, distro, and record label, D.I.Y. Records (run by Asada), which they have released most of their albums on. Originally located in Ohara, Japan, it was forced to close down for a brief period, for financial reasons. In 2004, however, it reopened, and was relocated to Tokyo, Japan. The slogan for the record company is "DIY or DIE", which has been popularized within the crust punk scene.



Contact
c/o RYUJI ASADA
Iseya Haits 301
Uchikoshimachi, Hachioujishi, Tokyo 192-0911
JAPAN

[edit] Discography

7" EPs

• Chaos City (1992)
• Not lie... (1992)
• Split w/ Hylkiö (1993)
• In the War (1994)
• Anti-Vivisection (1994)
• Split w/ Fleas & Lice (1995)
• 50 Year's Past from World War 2, but Our Sufferings Continue... (1995)
• Disarm or Die Split w/ Subcaos (1995)
• Split w/ Masskontroll (1995)
• Disarmed disaster Live 1995 Split w/ Katastrofialue (1996)
• Split w/ Snifter (1996)
• The Worst of Battle of Disarm (1998)
• Split w/ Under Threat (2000)
• Split w/ Fleas & Lice (2003)
• Split w/ Los Rezios (2005)
• Split w/Autonomy (2005)
• Live Split w/ Resist And Exist (2005)
• Split w/ Fallas Dell Systema (Coming 2006)
• Split w/ Autonomia (Coming 2006)

10"

• Crust, Love and Peace – Europe tour 1997 Live in Slovenia (1999)

LPs

• Split w/ Brainstorm (1993)
• Split w/ Under Threat (2000)
• Sons of war! Old resistance days (1997)

Tapes

• Chaos City/Not Lie Demos (1995)¹
• Chaos City & Other Live Recordings (1997)¹
• Take Action (2000)¹

Compilations

• War Compilation CD (1991)
• Уen I Mohou CD (1993)
• Tokyo Crusties Conp. EP 7" (1994)
• Not Proud To Be French 7" (1996)
• Thrash Ahoy CD (1998)
• Нi dios at Ni Amo LP (1998)
• No Hesitation to Resist 10" (1999)
• Blastnight CD (2000)
• Crust Night CD (2002)
• Animal Rights Compilation LP (2003)

¹Re-released using previously recorded songs.

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