STUDIO VOICE – “THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT!

STUDIO VOICE VOL. 239 – “THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT! Cモッズたちの宇宙”

Publisher: Infas Publications
Published: November 1995
Format: Magazine
Language: Japanese
Condition: Very Good

STUDIO VOICE is one of Japan’s most iconic and influential pop culture magazines—a sharp, genre-defying publication that captured the pulse of underground and alternative culture from the late 1970s through the early 2000s. Launched in 1976 by Infas Publications, it quickly became a platform for new voices and radical ideas, blending art, music, fashion, film, literature, and street culture in a way few magazines dared. STUDIO VOICE became Japan’s answer to The Face and i-D, while developing a distinctly Japanese lens on global youth culture.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, STUDIO VOICE not only chronicled what was happening in the world of culture—it helped shape it. It introduced readers to emerging subcultures, underground movements, and international creatives long before they went mainstream. Whether exploring post-punk Tokyo, avant-garde cinema, or transnational club scenes, the magazine served as a cultural compass for generations of artists, designers, and iconoclasts. It’s more than a magazine—it’s a time capsule of creative rebellion and a key text in the visual and intellectual history of modern Japan.

The November 1995 issue (Vol. 239), themed “The Kids Are Alright! Cモッズたちの宇宙” (“The Universe of the Mods”), offers a comprehensive exploration of the Mod subculture. This edition features in-depth articles on key figures such as Paul Weller, detailed analyses of the film Quadrophenia, and reflections on the enduring influence of Mod style and music. Bridging British Mod aesthetics with 1990s Japanese youth culture, it captures a moment of cultural dialogue and reinterpretation.