This album, which would decide their future, debuted in the number 1 spot of Highline Records weekly charts, and also made it to the number 35 spot in the Oricon Indies Chart. In November of the same year, they released "Houkai Amplifier," their first Mini Album to be produced professionally. In 2002, they submitted a track to the Underflow Records Compilation CD. It achieved great success within the region and at all the Live Houses.įrom this time on, starting at Shibuya, Shimokitazawa, Kichijouji and other places, they started putting on shows famed for their energy. Once "Konayuki," the first song in which they used Japanese lyrics, was completed, they sent copies to all the independent shows on the FM stations, and were consequently able to get their music played for the first time on FM radio.Īfter that, they released their second CD of original works, this time using Japanese lyrics. In 2001, beginning with "YMD" they held many self-planned events at Yokohama's CLUB24. The CDs were sold at concerts and over the internet. 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.
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.
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