Softball is an all-female pop-punk band from Chiba, Japan. The band members — Moe (vocals/guitar), Nomiya (bass), and Rie (drums) — got together while still in high school. Mike Park signed them to Asian Man Records, and they made their self-titled first American release in 1999.
There are two bands called Bomb Factory. Chronologically:
1) The original Bomb Factory, formed in 1991, is a Japanese band from Tokyo who are influenced by '70s and '80s hardcore punk, hard rock, and heavy metal.
2) Bomb Factory is an English post-punk band formed in 2003. ---------------------------------------- 1) Japan's Bomb Factory (Japanese: ボム・ファクトリー) originally wrote and sang lyrics in Japanese, almost all the music they have produced since 1997 has English song titles and lyrics.
Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian ebm/futurepop/synthrock musical group, formed in 1989. The current lineup includes Stephan Groth (vocals, programming, guitars, samples), Brandon Smith (guitars) and Thomas Jakobsen (drums). The group has achieved moderate commercial success with a unique brand of gloomy, danceable gothic synthpop, winning awards and Top-10 spots in Germany and Scandinavia. The band's name is commonly abbreviated to APOP or APB.
Nana Kitade (北出 菜奈, born May 2, 1987 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She is particularly famous for dressing and designing Gothic Lolita fashion, something that many of her fans have in common with her. Many of her songs were used as anime, TV shows, doramas and movie opening/ending/image themes. As a child, Kitade wanted to be a singer. She started learning the piano at the age of three, and wrote her own lyrics at twelve. In junior high school, she became a fan of Ringo Shiina and learned to play the guitar, traveling frequently to Tokyo for singing lessons.
There are three groups with the name Toe: 1. toe (Japanese band) is a Japanese math-rock / post-rock / instrumental music group. 2. Toe (American band) is a Chicago post-rock music group. 3. Toe (English band) is a experimental/noise rock band from Ipswich. japanese band : http://www.toe.st/ toe is a Japanese music group that formed in 2000. While mentioned in many post-rock circles, their song structure and dynamics are similar to many popular math rock artists. The vast majority of the music is instrumental and features the swift and acute drumming of Takashi.
Winnie is an indie Japanese band formed in 2002. They released their first demo in the same year. In 2003 they released their first mini-album first class speed of light. While they continued to perform live they did not release their second mini-album The Darkest Eternal Lights until 2008. winnie's music is a more pop/rock inspired with all of it being sung in mostly understandable English. And mix the vocals between female member Iori and male member Okuji.
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LICKER was a Japanese band from Ōsaka which was formed in 2006. They decided to disband after their last live at the 31st of March 2011 due to Masa and Makoto leaving in January of the same year. Members:
Vo.: Cra (now in 琥珀)
Ba.: TsubasA
Dr.: aka (now in 琥珀) Ex. member:
Dr.: yato (left 12.3.2010)
Gu.: MASA (now in 琥珀)
Gu.: Makoto More information:
OHP LICKER (Chicago)
Over in the states, the band LICKER is headed by Gordon Vanguard and Kyle Benson. They stylize themselves to be a carefully blended cocktail of grungy alternative and pop music.
