When you think Japan you don’t typically think of Hardcore Punk, but in the not so distant past there was a band that was the epitome of Hardcore in Japan. The STALIN was the brainchild of the 29 year old Socialist and social activist; Michiro Endo in 1980 who just a year earlier after returning from Vietnam created Jieitai, named after the Japanese Self Defense Force whose songs went on to become STALIN hits.
