Bootlegged in Japan explained

Bootlegged in Japan
Type:	live
Artist:	Napalm Death
Cover:	Bootlegged in Japan.jpg
Label:	Earache
Producer:	Napalm Death
Prev Title:	Breed to Breathe
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Words from the Exit Wound
Next Year:	1998

Bootlegged in Japan is a live album from British extreme metal band Napalm Death, released in June 1998 through Earache.^[1]

Background

The album features a concert from the 5 August 1996 at the Liquid Rooms, Tokyo. It was recorded as a bootleg and after the band received the recording, they found it was good enough to release it as an actual and official live album.^[2] In the inlay of the album the band wrote:

Release

Bootlegged in Japan was part of a 3-CD set together with the album Diatribes and the EP Greed Killing Earache re-released in 2010.^[3]

Personnel

Napalm Death

• Mark "Barney" Greenway – lead vocals
• Jesse Pintado – guitar
• Mitch Harris – guitar, backing vocals
• Shane Embury – bass, backing vocals
• Danny Herrera – drums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Napalm Death 'Bootlegged in Japan' . . 1 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923232604/http://www.earache.com/catalogue/mosh209.php . 23 September 2015 . dead .
2. Web site: Nippon Riffin': Japan's Nastiest (and Best) Metal, Part I . Craig . Hayes . 22 July 2013 . . 1 November 2014.
3. News: EvilG . 27 October 2010 . Napalm Death – Diatribes/Greed Killing/Bootlegged in Japan 3 CD set now out in North America . . St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador . 1 November 2014.