I barely remember the band Scanch（すかんち）and it was only through celebrities mentioning it on TV that I was even made aware that such a group existed. One of those celebrities was a part of Scanch itself, musician ROLLY who you can see above on the right. ROLLY was someone that I usually saw as a glam rock tarento on various variety shows but never actually saw his group perform or anything like that.
Scanch, which specializes in many types of rock (glam, alternative, hard, etc.) has dipped up and down in the Japanese music world for decades but its first go-round was between 1982 and 1996, and it turned out their final single during this period was the November 1995 "Moshimo Mainichi ga Christmas Dattara".
For those folks of a certain age from the United Kingdom who may recognize the melody and arrangement, it's indeed a cover of glam rock band Wizzard's "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" from December 1973. And with both versions, I enjoy that nostalgic sound of either The Beach Boys or Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. To think, those kids in the video above are now probably getting close to retirement.
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