Rockapella In Japan - Blog Posts

More from the Rockapella X'mas '96 performance. If some of these seem extra choppy, I swear it's just the manic '90s editing style, and not me. (This same video also features hilarious dissolve and spin transitions without a hint of self-awareness. I love it.)

"Lucky Seven!"

More footage on a bus...

And inside a CD store. (Barry is me rn)

Rockapella has fun inside a Japanese toy store, Christmas 1996.

Seanpanman?

Barry Kong

Coming soon - the concert, at the Japan Airlines Building, Tokyo.

Intro to a Rockapella performance in Japan, Christmas 1996. Yes, the scrolling text in the first image does say 'Rockaperlla'. Similarly charming misspellings are littered throughout. (Sorry, Elliott. But notably, Jeff's last name is spelt correctly here, something English-speaking networks have struggled with).

Rockapella performs House of the Rising Sun in Japan, 1995.

Rockapella in 1992 (Carmen Sandiego-era), being interviewed in Tokyo for CNN, about their success in Japan.

Curiously, the news anchor introduces them as "some rockers who aren't quite stars yet", only to have the reporter say they are "already on a roll in the U.S." Get your story straight, guys!

Rockapella performing on Japanese TV in 1992. Looks to be some kind of musical guessing-gameshow?