Eikichi Yazawa, born September 14, 1949 in Hiroshima, is a veteran rock music figure, with such an incredibly devoted following that it is tempting to call him the Japanese Elvis. He first burst onto the music scene in 1972 as a bassist/ singer of the band Carol, a denim and leather clad four piece who played straight ahead rock ala Chuck Berry, with a brash sneering attitude. While plenty of previous bands and played rock music, none had ever adopted such a swaggering bad boy approach. The…
