Nope I'm from the US.I just went to a used cd shop & saw The Hellacopters "Payin The Dues" cd & Gluecifers "Tender Is THe Savage" cd & bought them on a whim & ended up loving those 2 cds.Then a friend of mine who is in Japan told me about the Backyard Babies & I listened to some samples I liked what I heard.I love that raw sound of they're music.