Interestingly, their first songs were all written in English and, in fact, their first independent 6 track album (released in 2000) was entirely sung in English. The four of them came together in the music club of their university in 1996 for Gotoh, Kita, and Yamada, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION was the first band they ever formed.Īfter a while, they began to perform at the school and in the local Yokohama area.
Asian Kung-Fu Generation has been cited as one of the best, most balanced modern rock bands to emerge from Japan in the 2000s. Despite the indie nature of their music, the band has enjoyed worldwide commercial success in addition to critical acclaim. Their songs incorporate various aspects of the genres, most typically expressing fast tempos and prominent power chord guitar riffs in addition to rhythmic groove and emotional lyrics. The band's musical style is influenced by seminal Western alternative rock acts as well as their own local Japanese indie-rock and punk scene. In 2002, they released their major-label EP debut Hōkai Amplifier, from that point singing their lyrics in Japanese.
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Starting out as a college band, Asian Kung-Fu Generation released a series of independent EPs featuring lyrics mostly sung in English. For nearly its entire career, the band has consisted of vocalist Masafumi Gotō, guitarist Kensuke Kita, bassist Takahiro Yamada, and drummer Kiyoshi Ijichi. I relied heavily on Wikipedia here – I’m a not-so-clued-up fan I’m afraid.Īlso, thanks Aerobe for the bit about these guys' songs appearing in Anime.Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション Ajian Kanfū Jenerēshon, stylized as ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION) is a Japanese alternative rock band formed in Yokohama, Japan, in 1996. These guys play a big part in my desire to keep learning nihongo especially when I don’t feel up to it- lazy bugger that I am. TheyĪlso, according to a fan site, appear in an animated adventure/psychological drama film titled
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‘After Dark’ appearing in Bleach, ‘Haruka Kanata’ in Naruto and ‘Rewrite’ in Full Metal Alchemist.
The band members and their respective roles within the band are as follows: They were rocking it independently for a while before being signed by Ki/oon Records キューンレコード and releasing the following albums (their indie flow and heart-felt lyrics not diminishing however, even at the face of fame) They released another EP around this period titled "I’m Standing Here" this time sung in Japanese. It picked up slowly with help from a popular radio DJ on the station FM Yokohama. They started gaining popularity in 2001 when they sent their first single "konayuki" 粉 雪 to indie radio stations. Having started out in 1996 and they only released they're first EP in 2000 with 6 tracks mostly sung in English. Only switch is that they are in Japan and they play at their resident Yokohama area and have been together since.
Another guy (Kiyoshi Ijichi) tags along after his own band disperses and they start playing together. ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION is a band that was first formed, as with most bands, when some guys (namely Masafumi Goto, Kensuke Kita, and Takahiro Yamada) meet at University and reckon they could start something together.
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