RC Succession have come a long way from their humble beginnings as a high school folk-rock trio, toiling through the '70s as a relatively obscure soul/R&B band before finally nailing it as a flamboyant, even provocative punk/glam act that predated visual kei by two decades, and inspired such J-rock legends as Boowy, whose vocalist Kyosuke Himuro admitted that he became a rock musician after seeing RC Succession live. The group dates back to late '60s, when it went through a variety of lineups labeled, in a bid for consistency, "Clover," "The Remainders of the Clover," and even...