Brent Comiskey

Kansai Underground: 1996 The Year That Scum Broke

Brent Comiskey, Matt Exile

In 1996, the publishers of zines Exile Osaka and Thora-Zine convinced a giant Japanese entertainment company to bring the scum band Concussion to Japan (even though they had never played a show before). Many of the best bands in the Japan underground scene appeared at Bayside Jenny, a now-defunct club in Osaka.