Got Faded Japan

Got Faded Japan ep 499.5 ½ PART 2 Forget about climbing the corporate ladder and fetching your boss his morning coffee, join us in the ODD JOB ARMY! Get your own coffee when you want it and how you want it! Johnny takes the wheel this week and flies down the odd job highway, don’t spill your cup-a-joe in this episode! FADE ON!     THIS WEEK'S END OF THE SHOW TRACK! “RISE UP by CREAM PANDA https://...

Got Faded Japan ep 499.5 1/2  Getting Faded at the Tama River! With Johnny unavailable to do Episode 500, Tom Tom Tokyo and Shawn from Vancouver settle down with some beers, Champaign, and craft gin for GFJ’s first ever show on the Tama River where they break down New Years and New Jobs, play a few rounds of Adult Trivial Pursuit, and of course break down the news. This week’s stories include a ha...

Got Faded Japan ep 499   After almost 500 episodes we have decided that we are going to shed our worn out white belt and upgrade to the kick ass platinum alligator skin black belt, HELLS YEAH it’s time for a FADED upgrade! Unlike New Coke and Crystal Pepsi we’re NOT gonna screw a great thing up, we’re gonna fire up the show right with a karate kick to your earbuds by keeping the GFJ format exactly...

Got Faded Japan ep 498 The remarkably talented Kyle Eastwood joins the show to discuss his upcoming Asia tour (Blue Note in China & Tokyo), his latest jazz album, writing music for major films and having Clint Eastwood as his father. FADE ON! Get tour dates, merch and more info on Kyle Eastwood at: http://www.kyleeastwood.com/ If you are or were in a band or have a friend who is in a band, send us...

Got Faded Japan ep 497 Ho Ho Ho, NOW I HAVE A BEER! Once again its the holiday season and what better way to celebrate the end of the decade than to meet up with a couple of Faders, kill some brews, and break down the weekly news! And to make things even more jolly we kick it with Dicky Crickets!, YOU'RE WELCOME! Happy Holidays & FADE ON! Get the 411 on Dicky Crickets at: https://www.youtube.com/c...

Got Faded Japan ep 496 Christmas comes early in this episode! We are greatly honored to have comedic genius Ardal O'Hanlon on the show. You may have seen him killing it on stage, in the movies, on TV, or chilling at a café sipping coffee and writing his newest ground-breaking joke! Ardal O’Hanlon will be performing live at The Good Heavens Bar in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo on January 23rd, 2020! Get you...

Got Faded Japan ep 495 Tokyo legend and long time Fader, Anthony H Joins the show to help Johnny and Tom break down a wall of beers and crush the weekly local bizarre and off the wall news! Be sure to stay to the end of the show because we have a new track that Anthony H has just dropped! HAPPY HOLIDAYS FADERS! We are MOST HONORED to have ANTHONY H as this week's END OF THE SHOW SONG:  "NEW NEW" G...

Got Faded Japan ep 494 Taylor joins the show to help us understand mental illness in Japan as well as help us break down the weekly news and HOLLY SMOKES do we have a lot of news in this most FADED of episodes! FADE ON! In the news, everyone loves boobies, cosplay gets costly, bloody badges, Akihabara looses it's edge and a whole lot more! We are MOST HONORED to have VAIWATT as this week's END OF...

Got Faded Japan ep 493 FADERS! THIS IS A DRINK ALONG EPISODE. EVERY 10 MINUTES YOU SHOULD DRINK A BEER TO KEEP UP WITH US, GAME ON! Dee Simon & Danny from the Sick & Wrong Podcast get SICK & WRONG with Johnny who took them around some of Tokyo’s most underground and ghoulish bars, shops, cafes and of course IZAKAYAS! And this is where the show went down, at one of Shibuya’s cheapest and grungiest...

Got Faded Japan ep 492 Johnny leaves Tokyo's inner city and kicks it in the forest with non other then with FOREST. Kyle & Peter join the show and breaks down the past, present and future of how to FIRE UP FOREST, not to mention that the trio also FIRED UP the weekly bizarre local news, FADE ON!   Follow FOREST. at: https://www.facebook.com/Forestheband/ http://forestheband.bandcamp.com This week'...

Got Faded Japan ep 491 After two and a half years of being pregnant, Tom finally has his Mini-Me, no seriously it looks just like him but with a full head of hair! In this tell all, Tom breaks down what to do and not when having a kid in Japan! And as a birthday present to all FADERS in celebration we have KAOSIS on the show to breakdown the weekly news, FADE ON! Follow KAOSIS at: https://www.face...

Got Faded Japan ep 490   In this very special episode, Lips from from the iconic and legendary band ANVIL meets Johnny for an in-depth and inspirational conversation about metal in the 80's, old vs new groupies, the ins-and-outs of record labels and a whole lot more! FADE ON! GET TOUR DATES, INFO AND MERCH ON ANVIL AT: http://anvilthestoryofanvil.com/ http://my.tbaytel.net/tgallo/anvil/    https:/...

Got Faded Japan ep 489 It's a cool November Thursday with nothing to do but to hang out with two of our favorite drinking buddies from the Japanese punk rock band, PUNK ASS SUMMER! We drink, talk some smack and then break down 7 of the most bizarre and twisted local news stories of the week FADE ON!   Punk Ass Summers new EP "Travels" now available on all streaming platforms! Listen to Punk Ass Su...

Got Faded Japan ep 488 In this jazzolicious episode, Johnny and Tom expand their minds by exploring the world of electro jazz fusion. Guided by HI5, they learn what it takes to become global jazz performers, FADE ON! In this weeks news, woman jumps the gun to prison, real life suicide squad, PI helps pervy professor and much much more! Get HI5’s tour dates and merch at: https://www.facebook.com/ha...

Got Faded Japan ep 487   Music gives you energy, inspiration and makes you want to move and with Sydney’s RACKETT, you get all of the above with a fist full of teeth! Johnny sits down with RACKETT and chats about the past, present and future of her artistic movement! In this week’s news, Diamonds are forever (sometimes), invisible apples, and breaking skulls at the red-light kareoki ! Get RACKETT’...

Got Faded Japan ep 486 It's the weekend before Halloween, it's Johnny's birthday, it's Tom's baby's prebirthday, and the GFJ boys have a bottle of Apple Wine with the weekly bizarre news as a chaser! In this week's news: never loose your gun while walking the streets especially if you're a cop, street fight "MAN VS CAR", Shibuya dries up in the middle of typhoon season and a whole lot more!   This...

Got Faded Japan ep 485    Once again the Got Faded Japan boys are Faded in the park! We don't need no studio to podcast, all we need is a bottle, a mic and a fist full of news, then we're good to go! This week's show and news, TOM GETS A JOB, well not really, teachers teaching bullies, mosh pit the train and a whole lot more! This week's end of the show song: Hard Work Club - "Bang Bang Bang" http...

Got Faded Japan ep 484 Fading the only way they know, with a case of beers, a classic POW and a fist full of the weekly bizarre news, FADE ON FADERS! In this weeks news, racist comedians get racist, dating kids is a verrrrry bad idea for corporate promotion, raiders of the lost ark of panties, and a whole lot more! This weeks song: “The Itch” by Bad Mary! Be sure to get their latest CD on November...

Got Faded Japan ep 483 Put GG Allen in a blender with a twist of GWAR and fill that SOB all the way up with blood, sweat and whiskey and then you have an idea of how BROTHEL rolls! Blessed we are to have BROTHEL on the show to discuss their scene as well as the weekly bizarre news! FADE ON! Get more info on BROTHEL at: https://dougfcknsteele.com/brothel/ https://www.facebook.com/Brothel-1989383673...

Got Faded Japan ep 482 In this very epic episode Johnny gets caught Pacing The Cage with a bottle of Whisky & Apple Coke! No seriously, Sober September is over and Johnny splashes it up Melbourne's hardest hitting rock band, PACING THE CAGE. Now you probably think that they just got wasted an discussed music, and that's true, but they also kicked out the jams with Tokyo's most bizarre and twisted...

Got Faded Japan ep 481 Italian guitar legend Marco Angelo & keyboard genius Carla join the show to discuss their latest tour of Japan, rocking out with Iron Maiden’s guitarist among the ins and outs of life as a living GUITAR HERO! In this week’s bizarre and wild news, fake cop takes real money, dudes bling aint shining too bright and somebody went RICE RICE BABY in Niigata! Get more info, merch a...

Got Faded Japan ep 480 NEWS! NEWS! NEWS! So what else is new? Sober September is in full swing and Johnny just might be the diamond snowball in hell with a chance to win this white knuckle competition while Tom is Faded and loving every mouth watering sip of his seasonal beers; and even more, the dynamic duo decide to kick this episode right and kill 8 of the most bizarre news stories in Japan, FA...

Got Faded Japan ep 479 In this episode there are less dudes, no booze and a whole lot of news! In case you're wondering, hell may have frozen over and it makes one heaven of a show! In the news, dude with sticky fingers gets the Employee Of The Year Award, a robber knows his weapons, Irish rapper gets a colorful rap-sheet and a whole lot more! FADE ON!!!     NOW YOU CAN DIRECTLY SUPPORT THE SHOW A...

Got Faded Japan ep 478 Day 6 of rocking Sober September and Johnny is going strong! In this special episode Johnny and Tom meet up with Australia’s own WRAITH, a band that’s killing the death core scene in the land from down under! No no, don’t get the wrong idea, they aren’t killing the scene in hell but they may be partying with Satan! Hells yeah Faders Australia’s own WRAITH joins the show and...

Got Faded Japan ep 477 Tom Melesky, “Tommy T”, “Tom with a T” or whoever he is, joins the show in the park! Yes that’s right Faders, you asked for it and we gave it to you. We’re chilling in the park again, cockroaches, rats and all! In this episode we discuss the difference between the Tokyo and Chiba (Tokyo’s cute little brother) music scenes as well as break down the weekly news, HELLS YEAH! OH...