I might have played a little bit more in Europe than I have in Japan.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We've performed in South America and in Japan.
It's a big deal when you play in a rock band and you conquer Japan. You know, it's a big deal.
When I go to Japan and do shows I play for 1,000 to 1,500 people. I like a lot about Japan. Their popular culture and mass commercialization appeals to me.
However in countries outside of Japan I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent that we are seeing in Japan.
I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.
In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents.
They were ridiculous times. After I won my world championship in 1976, I went to Japan.
The level on which Japan seems to have picked up on my music seems to be on a more abstract level.
I've always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.
We played the same thing in Europe we played in the States.