Original sentence: Japanese style noise music tends to be associated with "harsh" characteristics including walls of white noise, non-linear pulses, beats, sampled loops, dialogue, and sirens.Likewise the popularity of musicians such as the aforementioned Noise Music figurehead/posterboy Merzbow, Otomo Yoshihide and other names like KK Null, Masonna, The Gerogerigegege and Hanatarash (founded by Boredoms frontman, Yamatsuka Eye) have made Japan something of a Mecca for fans of this style.Noise music is not particularly  more in Japan than in europe of America, although there is perhaps a higher level of recognition from crossover with "mainstream" genres and events, such as fashion shows or dance performances with music by "Japanoise" artists.Since the late 1980's this Japanese style attracted interest from music or culture magazines and thus the term "Japanoise" or even "Noise Music" is often associated with this style of sonically thick concrete walls of distorion
Edited sentence: It is hearsay that the largest following of the Noise Music genre(s) exists in Japan, with the largest followings in Tokyo and Osaka.Japanese style noise music tends to be pigeon holed by a cliché of defining characteristics including walls of white noise, non-liner pulses, beats, sampled loops, dialogue, and sirens.Musicians such as the aforementioned over prolific, Noise Music figurehead/posterboy Merzbow, Otomo Yoshihide and other names like KK Null, Masonna, The Gerogerigegege and Hanatarash (founded by Boredoms frontman, Yamatsuka Eye) have made Japan something of a Mecca for this style.Sonically thick concrete walls of distorion in all forms are the name of the game here.The genre is equally sought after in the United States (Seattle, New York, and San Francisco)and in Europe (Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands)